u/jacknjillpaidthebill

To clarify, I am not an iconoclast. I agree with making icons of Jesus and the saints, praying to the saints, saintly relics, kissing and bowing to icons of Jesus, etc.

My question is specifically with regard to kissing, bowing to, and other 'physical' venerations of saintly icons and relics that go beyond simply praying to the saints. I understand saints can hear our prayers through God revealing to them. But unlike God Himself, how are the saints supposed to 'feel' our bows and kisses? Not to sound protestant but if they can't 'feel' or sense such physical actions then what is the point of performing them?

Everything I've said is as per my latest and deepest personal understanding of scripture, church history and the like. If I have spouted misinformation, I apologize and would like to be promptly corrected.

I hope someone can find a good answer to my question 🙏 pax vobiscum

was digging into the history behind the deuterocanon and came across something interesting. if my facts are right then Jerome, even after buckling to church authority, didn't translate the entire deuterocanon and thus we ended up not using some of the books, but the orthodox still have them. afaik these are the books the early church affirmed in the septuagint

yo i start at utsg this fall and i wanna end up doing ai/ml research long term. i keep seeing people say just take the standard calc courses but like if i actually wanna understand the heavy math in research papers do i gotta take the specialist math sequences (157, 240, etc) or is the major track enough if i just learn the rest on my own.

i just wanna know if taking the hard math classes is actually worth the gpa risk or if im just wasting my time. i already asked this on the university subreddit but felt itd be good to also try my luck here, sorry if this doesnt fit the sub

im an incoming first year cs student and i wanna go into ai/ml research later. i keep hearing diff stuff about what math courses to take. some ppl say just take MAT148 (used to be mat137) (easier to maintain a good GPA, less workload) and chill but others say i need the specialist math courses such as MAT158 (used to be mat157) to actually understand research papers.

i dont care about the degree title or looking cool i just want to be prepared for grad school/research. is it genuinely worth taking the specialist math courses (like 157 etc) for the knowledge or is the standard major sequence enough if i just learn the hard stuff on my own. dont sugarcoat it pls.

also for 1st year, if I enroll in CSC110Y1, CSC111H1, MAT158H1, and MAT159H1 , I have hit 2.5 credits. Is this enough for the entire 1st year? should i be enrolling in more?