if that's your only major criticism i have no disagreement

but that's hardly exclusive to jews

yeah that doesn't make much sense to me i guess

so are you also okay with people saying "christian atheist" then?

and I am not pro-Israel in the sense that no religion deserves a country

Religions don't get countries

plenty of people celebrate christmas and easter but don't go to church for it

and there are traditions and values that people probably learned growing up in a Christian house, and even if they leave the religion, they're always going to associate those traditions with christianity

If you do google searches about hindu scholars, it's very hard to find them in comparison to christian or muslim scholars

there doesn't seem to be much consensus about their belief system

@ThePangburn let me know when you want to play chess sometime

sure

5 min blitz?

bobbymack1

nice games @Tiago Rodrigues

the first two were, the last one i was gasping for air at certain points

there were two moves where you missed a free piece

we can talk on voice while playing if you want

we're playing live right now

chess.com

Is anyone here into math riddles?

I have a really good one, requires knowledge of algebra

There is a square town of unknown dimensions. There is a gate in the middle of each side. Twenty paces outside the North Gate is a tree. If one leaves the town by the South Gate, walks 14 paces due south, then walks due west for 1775 paces, the tree will just come into view. What are the dimensions of the town?

this problem is apparently from ancient China

@StoneCold316 way to be in the spirit of things

@LokiV the problem is solvable. You will be lead to a polynomial of degree 5, with 4 extraneous solutions and 1 real, positive solution

What does a grid alignment parameter mean?

Oh I see what you're saying, it assumes that we are using the conventions of north, south, east and west, yes. I didn't think that had to be specified

i played @Tiago Rodrigues in chess earlier today and we both enjoyed it, anyone else who wants to play on this discord let me know!

yeah let's do it

do you have an account on chess.com

what is your username? i will send you a challenge to a blitz game

ok

i've sent you a friend request

oh wow i notice my DM history with him is gone

oh nevermind he just changed his name to Voltaire XD

@lockwood just saw a license plate that said 'LOCKWOOD'

np

actually i prob won't make it in until 6:15

lol

i didn't even know twitters could be monetized

youtube needs to decide if they're a publisher or a platform

graham linehan is a comedic genius

black books is the funniest show

i've never seen father ted

"was ranked second to fawlty towers in greatest british sitcoms," wow

@T2the2ndpowr If YouTube takes down whatever they want, then they become liable for every single video promoting something illegal on their site and it ought to bankrupt them in the span of 1 day.

For example, you cannot sue the phone company if two people make a terrorist plot over the phone because the phone company does not actively censor people’s conversations. If they did, they would be immediately liable for millions of conversations. YouTube needs to make up their mind as to what they are.

Either they take financial and legal responsibility for everything on there or they take zero

If you guys stop and notice just how often everyone asks for your skin color in America you’ll be appalled. We don’t even notice it because it’s such a force in the air

@Thrax after watching the movie “saving private Ryan” I just get sad when I see this meme lol

is there no way he could've moved past you or gotten around you without physically moving you?

@ola

If there was no way for him to do so, I would say he is permitted to use the least force necessary to get past you

Today's the day! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs069dndIYk&ab_channel=EarthWindandFireVEVO

@ThePangburn let me know if you're playing chess today

open mic philosophy. join the live youtube feed and contribute to the discussion in any way you can

what's great about it is I have never perceived a leaning, people have been all over the place

we tend to be skeptical

Check out how long this guys been in prison: http://www.ctinmateinfo.state.ct.us/detailsupv.asp?id_inmt_num=16370

People try to learn

Romanian in 1 hour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTYEz4DZOuk&ab_channel=Babbel

Wars are always easier to start than they are to stop. If a vaccine is not developed, we will be wearing masks for the next 5 years.

I totally get laid like all the time. I’m getting mad messages from the bitches in discord asking for my personal deets, but I reject them all because I wanna spread the wealth.

@Yussuki ₪ then how are there modern religions that are less than 300 years old?

did we meet today to discuss the moral landscape?

my instagram is @5minutebobby

@ola get in here

difference of two cubes

yeah np

(a^2b - 1)

how long before someone says BLOCKCHAIN

it's inevitable when talking about bitcoin

get out of text and into voice

#nottruecommunism

in response to @Malachi 's question from earlier, I don't think adultery ought be punishable by law. No matter how many contracts are signed, I don't think one can legally enforce where people's genitals go.

Is it a "moral crime?" If it entails lying, absolutely. If both parties consent, no. I don't acknowledge crimes against God as legitimate.

I still don't understand how @JPMcGlone knows that he is appealing to a standard outside himself, rather than his own mind. When you read the teachings of Christ, *you* are the one who decides how to interpret it, and when it works out in your favor, you've decided that that's what Christ said after all.

Joseph Kony does the same thing.

You think that God is synonymous with Logic or logos, but when Christ's words aren't simply harmonious with logic, it feels as though you're required to read it in such a way so that you're warping what the words are. Again, your standard of Logic is outside of the new testament.

i can vc in about 10 minutes

i wouldn't mind doing it in here for now, all the vc channels are empty and if the attacks get bad, we can move

I was so close 😦 @brucebruce @drenath @ola @Katelyn

Marriage is a contract two people enter into which give them a tax benefit. Legally, there are zero requirements to enter into that contract. The only problem is how costly it is in order to leave it.

> Not sure what that meant honestly
Yep

they don't teach good financial planning in american school, period

inb4 "my school did"

> It's hard to distinguish nature from nurture without genetic research and omniscient type of nurture records.
@Malachi

agreed, which is why the most sensible thing to say is that it is probably some combination of both

> Yes. It's hidden.
@Yussuki ₪

And the only people Satan killed were Job's children which he only did after God gave him permission to in order to win a bet

The degree to which God is anthropomorphized in the Book of Job is one of the greatest travesties of the Bible

Bad =/= evil

gravity killing someone can be bad

Killing is bad in depriving people of the future they could've had if they had not died

Yes

No, gravity can cause 'badness' but not evil

He also violates free will

He also violates his own standards of Goodness for his amusement