YappyMonotheist

The Times of Israel is a trustworthy source and there’s nothing nefarious behind the narrative being pushed here (that Epstein wasn’t Mossad because one of the people talking about it also denied the Holocaust [whatever this means to Zionists, I bet it’s more like “it wasn’t just about the Jews but about every undesirable, like the Romani people, for example”, which is true]) at all.

They have to be a bit more blunt with the narratives, I guess, after TikTok pre-American purchase showed the genocide live and people in the West started looking at Israel differently.

You don’t have to “know” the “fundamental truths” to the universe to see comparatively clearer and deeper, and to have a set of beliefs and worldview that allow you to handle life better than others (you can’t, actually, remember why Socrates was so wise!).

Friends and relationships in general are something else and, at least IMO, the most important and fulfilling part of life. People do act as mirrors and will also provide you with different POVs which could help you make better decisions, and their support and care will allow you to more easily get through hardship, but these POVs are not necessarily more realistic and productive than yours. Basically, people around you could love you to the best of their abilities and still be too confused and ignorant to help you mentally deal with life (and a competent therapist comes in handy in this situation).

Also, the counselor should care about your wellbeing the same way a medical doctor would, because of basic human empathy (and perhaps little bit of pride and work ethic), and not the way your mom or bff would. And that’s enough, anything more would probably feel fake and also be very draining for the mental health professional.

I was “in the dating pool” from ages 13 to 23 and then I met my now wife. One thing I’ve noticed, throughout cultures and ages, is that beautiful women will easily fall madly in love with a man who’s responsible, emotionally stable (at least relatively), secure in their decision making, comforting and funny, even in the absence of big money/attractiveness.

Treat them like people because, well, they are people (lol), but don’t treat them like men. Humanity doesn’t just default to masculinity, after all.

I mean, some people are definitely more “illegal” than not on stolen land: the thieves. 🤷

No, they’re there to help you process these thoughts and memories in a more productive way. Counseling isn’t a replacement for friends, they’re more a replacement for clear-headedness and introspective intellectual prowess. If you could think clearly and productively, you wouldn’t really need friends to discuss and process things, right?

Just an accurate prediction of an expected reaction. There was no argumentation, so where’s the sophistry? 🤷

Eh, I would say about 4 or so years in earnest but by then I was already a big fan of the words of Jesus and Solomon, I just disregarded the parts that talked about God, lol. And through my now wife, although it was more circumstantial: she’s Muslim but not like a preacher who “convinced me”, we had even reached the middle ground of me doing the rites but not believing… and then one day it clicked. 👍

Yeah. I didn’t use to be but now I am, and I’m very happy about it. And why? Because God guides whom He wills, I guess. 😅

🤣 It’s hard to get mad or offended with these nice ladies, idk.

Sensible post! People will feel ashamed and downvote you though, but that’s expected.

Instead of giant shrimp! But, tbf, nobody knows what God will present Himself as, lol.

One of these days you’ll finally decide to fill that God-shaped hole with God. 🤣

They never made a sequel to Terminator 2 and, honestly, thank God. 👍

This makes sense to a big chunk of the American population, that’s the problem. One maniac cannot rule over a nation of sane people.

And a plurality in America worships him in an almost religious way. 😔

Not really, no, at least from what I’ve seen. Idk how it works in Murica but my white friends’ parents in France and the UK don’t give them any strict guidance or “forbid” them from doing things. Personally, it didn’t happen in my household either but I come from an “eccentric” family, definitely not the norm in my culture. And now, my Indian female colleagues notice when I gain weight and lovingly and lightly tell me to “watch out”, even tapping on my tummy, for example, and it’s been helping me keep an eye on it, lol. I think it’s very sweet, and stable people shame you because they care (I do it here all the time!). Gotta take the good and disregard the annoying. 🤷👍

Cowboy? Lol. Anyway, islamophobia is a sign of either big stupidity or big evil. It’s the one moral and ideological framework that has stood the test of time, after all, and money doesn’t like you thinking and feeling right things.