Stanley

Say a random man is 30 lbs overweight, what is the shortest timeline for losing that 30 lbs in a healthy fashion? Right now my best guess is around 6-8 lbs per month as a maximum healthy speed, I'm wondering if you guys agree or if I'm way off.

If I am standing on an asteroid going 500m/s and I jump off in the opposite direction at 500m/s, am I travelling or standing still? The answer is...depends on the frame of reference. Relative to the rock I am travelling. So if I was accelerating up to the speed of light, how would I even know when I hit that speed? I would be going the speed of light relative to what? Relative to everything? I just don't quite understand special relativity here,

In the new testament, Jesus emphasizes how it is impossible for anyone to be righteous, because the standard is unattainable. He redefines murder as "getting angry with your brother," and adultery as "looking at a woman with lust." In other words, even being TEMPTED to sin is now a sin. The standard is THAT high.

So when Satan tempted Jesus in the desert, we have two options. If Jesus was not tempted at all, then he is not relatable as our high priest and savior. He has not experienced life, not really. He is not a man and he never was, he simply pretended to be one.

If he was tempted but refused to stray from the righteous path, then he is a human and relatable figure, and a great role model...but by his own definition, Jesus would be a sinner, since he "committed sin in his heart."

Just wondering what you all think of that.

Someone please explain to me how an omnibenevolent, omnipotent God would allow random natural evils (unrelated to free-will) such as bot-flies, plague, tsunamis, hurricanes, famine, etc. I can't think of a single valid justification.

In my gut it seems wrong, but I can't articulate a good moral argument against it.

My best attempt: Because you are creating a life with a preconceived notion of what that life will become, and it is wrong to lay burdensome expectations on someone's life before they are even born...however, it's not a great argument because people do that already with NON-cloned human children.

So if your girlfriend kissed a girl at a bar, or boyfriend kissed a boy at the bar, etc. Not on a dare, but more as an experiment. Happened only one time, not an ongoing issue.

Years ago I discussed this with an ex, and I was curious what other people think on the matter.

i.e. a device that can move a vessel through space (potentially faster than light speed) by expanding space behind it and contracting space in front of it.

This would not break the laws of physics (in theory) because in it's local space the vessel would not exceed the speed of light, but from an outside observer's point of view it would appear to travel faster than the speed of light.

Do you think it's possible in the far future, or merely science fiction?

I know most Satanists are actually secular groups that follow a set of principles and do not actually believe in Satan. Are there any groups that actually worship the Satan of the New Testament?

I understand how the Jesus narrative can be compelling, but the Noah story is just crazy to me.

1) Animals require different biomes. You cannot keep a polar bear and a desert tortoise alive and happy in the same wooden boat.

2) There are too many species to fit on the boat, and eight people is not enough to take care of them. Animals require vast amounts of extremely specific food to survive, and someone has to shovel the poo.

3) The amount of water required to cover Mt. Everest is immensely huge. Where did it go.

4) All plants would have died. The bible doesn't mention Noah collecting seeds from every plant.

5) Nearly all human diseases would have died, unless Noah's family hosted thousands of pathogens. Most bacteria and viruses cannot survive a year at sea with no host.

There is so much more, but that will suffice for now.