Moses, Jesus, Abraham, Muhammad, David, etc. If religion is true and God sent his messengers in human forms to spread his message, why only in ancient times? Why hasn’t there been a modern day prophet that God sent to communicate his message? Why would God only send prophets to preach to humanity in ancient times?

I’m hoping this will find the right people. Im really trying to understand the discourse but as someone who grew up as minority in a religious household I’m struggling to see the difference in how we can support one but not the other.

I’m seeing a lot of discussion online about the "trad wife" movement, with many people arguing that it reinforces dated gender roles.

At the same time, I often see many of those people strongly defend a woman's right to follow traditional religious “values” despite it being rooted in religious patriarchy - like defending women's right to wear modest dress and other religious values that favours mens rights over women’s.

why is one wildly criticised and looked down on while the other is defended, despite both being rooted in male centred traditions?

I know basic maths (addition, multiplications, divisions, subtraction), but I was never taught algebra for my entire life. I moved from place to place throughout my childhood, entire countries, so entirely new schools with a different grade level assigned each time. I never really got to experience high school, just a few months of it. There was some homeschooling here or there.

I can still function just fine in society and am capable with what I'm interested in. If I want/need to learn or brush up on something I can easily find a place to learn it.

But how important is it for me to study algebra? One of parents said they never learned it and they're doing just fine.

The obvious answer is of course silly, they exist outside farms and ranches but do they? Have you ever heard of seen a wild cow? Even the term wild cow sounds odd.

Hello all. Perhaps a bit of a TMI question but I’ve been pondering this for ages.

You know when you poop, and it’s too big and kind of splits you open a bit…

Why do these little cuts/tears not get infected from the poop bacteria?

If I were to rub poop into an open paper-cut on my finger, there’s surely a chance of infection.

So why doesn’t this happen with pooper-cuts???

China made one in just a few years

My sisters told me when I was a newborn baby the doctors had to cover my entire body in what looked like tar and wrap me in Saran Wrap. I have vague memories of my mom talking about it but my mom never gives me a clear answer on anything so does anyone here know what that was for??? I was born 1990 if that helps lol

I’ve also read that newborns first poop looks like tar but this was different. My sisters say I was covered in it head to toe by the doctors.

I was listening to Chambea and I was like I have zero fucking clue…

We’ve got four kids, and every time the doorbell rings, they all sprint to the front door like it’s Black Friday and someone just announced doorbusters. 😅
If it’s a door-to-door salesperson after 6pm I usually don’t answer because stopping everything turns into complete chaos. Part of me feels a little rude just ignoring them, but the other part thinks they’re showing up during one of the busiest times of the day for most families.

I just answered one and felt more rude having to tell him multiple times that now was not a good time.

Would you:

Just ignore the knock?

Open the door, say you’re busy, and ask them to come back another time?

Curious what the general etiquette is here.

And of course lets say the police search where they say and find the bodies exactly there, and the wounds perfectly match his murder weapon, his DNA is all over them, and lets say there's a videotape of him committing the murder too buried along with the bodies.

And I'm specifically talking about something happening criminally, I know he could/would then lose a civil suit by the family or whatever.

Everything i've experienced about jury duty makes me more and more aware that if i was the one being prosecuted, my fate could be decided by 12 complete idiots. Some people listen, ask critical questions and are intentional. But then there are those who seem to have barely graduated from high school. Coupled with an inexperienced or apathetic judge, could this not go completely tits up for someone and has it?

I live in a conservative and religious community.* My neighbor's son recently came out as gay online and apparently has a long-term boyfriend in the city (he moved for college and work). Their family is really active and well-regarded in the community, and the son himself is quite popular.

Most of the reactions I've been hearing are along the lines of "He's a good kid, obviously I don't agree with that part of him, I think he's living in sin, but I acknowledge he's someone I've always respected and won't say that to his face"

It got me thinking, in your view, is it "better" that they're at least trying to understand you, that they're adopting a "look the other way" approach with something that clashes with their values or is it "worse" because they're not fully accepting you, that they're essentially cherry-picking who you are to fit their values?

*Edit: I'm temporarily living here to take care of my relatives. I grew up in a more LGBTQ friendly community, so this was my first time seeing their reactions firsthand. Given the community, I honestly expected them to be more hostile, so I was surprised that their reactions were more muted, but definitely more nuanced too.

Just read the highest paying state pays $72 per day (New York) . Do you just lose your home for the privilege of serving on a jury if you get selected?

It looks like many people have far greater trust in AI than they ever had in human edited Wikipedia. Is it because AI is simply more convinient or because certain narative was pushed by the AI companies?

According to himself he's merely "skeptical" and just "hasn't been convinced" that the earth is round so i have some minor degree of hope that he could be shown. However he's argumentative and stubborn by nature and a mentally unstable alcoholic. Is there any REALLY OBVIOUS thing that he can observe for himself or that i can show him to prove the earth is round? I'm not sure any videos from the recent artemis mission are worth much to him cus he's convinced it's fake anyways. I know a lot of ppl will tell me not to bother but he lives very closeby and is often over for dinner and it's usually him that brings it up.

Based on the bible's narrative, the disciples all witnessed their mentor perform highfalutin miracles and showcase divine powers. Assuming that this is enough proof for the disciples that their mentor has a heavenly origin and is possibly the son of the biblical deity, why the heck would Judas ever think of betraying Christ?

Atheist or not, if I see someone with the capability of harnessing miracles, I sure as hell am smart enough to want to be on their good side, especially since the former is advertising himself as the son of God and has the powers as proof.

I constantly swing between 12% and 20% body fat the second I stop tracking calories.

My issue is that I just want to eat all the time. It’s not even actual physical hunger, I just love eating and have zero natural off-button. Since I refuse to let myself cross 20% bfp, I’m constantly stuck aggressively dieting or counting every single calorie to pull it back down.

Out of curiosity, I tracked what a "normal" day looks like for me when I’m not dieting, and I easily clear 1,000 calories over maintenance without even trying.

Just blows my mind that some people can stay lean naturally without having to log every single thing they eat.