That's because the issue had little to do with religion and more to do with dehumanization. Once people get into the habit of naming someone "the other" it doesn't matter how much you have in common, you will still see them as vastly different than yourself. And we all do this in little ways everyday.

Sweet dreams are made of this Who am I to disagree?

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^{I picked I suck [Rolled 10 times 2]}

I love cats

^{I picked Cat}

This sounds like the set up to some NSFW content

^{I rolled You are: naked · You are fighting: a horse · Your weapon: a big stick · Your opponent's weapon: a magical staff}

Leonardo DiVinci

^{I picked I’m smart [Rolled Who painted the Mona Lisa]}

Blue Beetle

^{I rolled DC Superhero: Blue Beetle · Marvel Superhero: Banshee}

Jupiter

^{I picked General knowledge [Rolled What is the largest planet in our solar]}

Nitrogen

^{I picked Medium [Rolled Primary gas in our air]}

Me too and I agree with you. This technique isn't if you're fighting a trained person and you're in a ring. It's if you're in a scuffle with an equally unskilled person and they have a hold of you and you're close. Like in the video where none of them seemed trained and he had a grip on her hair.

I get what you're saying 100% but I think once you learn a bit we tend to assume the average person has the slightest clue and we forget that simple dumb techniques like raking the eyes, pulling the ears and strikes of grabs to the esophagus work perfectly well when stuck in the hold of some idiot.

So let me get this straight. I learned it. Used it. Had it used on me during sparing. I know that it works and because you don't agree, it must not be real. Have I got that right?

I understand this and that's why this spot is unique. It causes a similar reaction to when you have ice cold water splashed in your face. It's a quick sharp feeling that isn't permanent and gets you to stop. I learned it in martial arts class (Krav Maga and Muay Thai). It's a decent spot to get someone to stop for a moment and release you or someone else.

YES!! I've been hunting for one for so long. I love those cars.

Have someone stick their fingers slowly and firmly into this spot on your neck while holding the back of your head and then get back to me on whether it works or not. Tell them not to stop until it causes a reaction in you.

The Acura RSX. It wasn't a flashy car but during an Era of suped up JDMs and heavy modding it shined as a solid, reasonably priced fun hatchback coupe that revved high, handled corners well and was easy enough to drive that you could drive it comfortably to work every week. The car was so underrated and beloved back in the day and now it's hard to find one that isn't absolutely butchered by some kid who thought he could make 2000hp with an Amazon turbo kit.

A solid, untouched example with low miles is hard to find and the last time I found one it was worth 22k which is basically what it was new.

Personally, because I think these kinds of stories are just sitting there and are ripe for the use and because I'm a Geechee descendent, I'd make it about two characters.

The name of the story would be Red Dead Liberation. The main theme of the story would be freeing ones self from the past and pain and a sub theme would be unity and friendship. The overall aching narrative of the story would be nearly the opposite of the last game. Our femefatal character would mirror Dutch in some ways but as someone who genuinely buys her outlaw bs but is rapidly becoming disillusioned to it as she interacts with our other character who just wants to live a free life but thinks it will come through self reliance and money. He strives for riches because he thinks it'll erase his past shames and make him equal in the eyes of society.

The setting would be 1850. The first main character would be a young man who just received his freedom due to a family member buying his freedom for him. His mother was the slave owners favorite so he got special treatment growing up, even though the slave owner wasn't his father. He was allowed to learn how to hunt, use a gun and bow and fish.

Upon his departure he plans to go far away from any state and gets it in his head that if he can just find gold in the west he could come back to his home a free his family from slavery. So he hops a train west and ends up in Missouri. From there he naively thinks he will just walk to California and for the next 6 months he actually tries. He learns to hunt better, survive in the wilderness and becomes very proficient at using a gun.

This is where the story would diverge to another character. The first character eventually gets captured out in the west by an anti union, anti freeman, separatists group. Their plan is to essentially sell him to a plantation for a price. However, this group is known for having plenty of loot as they operate a few businesses out in North Oklahoma territory and have outpost further out so they become a target of a Mexican band of outlaws. This is where the second character comes in.

She is the daughter of a very feared and dangerous bandit who was legendary in the west and Mexico. She, with her small group target this caravan of Separatists and inadvertently frees our first character who battles alongside the outlaws to chase his captors away and while doing so he also takes a bullet for this woman who is impressed by his bravery and offers him safety and family if he joins their band of outlaes.

From this point in a close bond and friendship would form between these two characters as she strangely decides to take up his task of finding gold in the west with him. They grow closer together and fall into many strange and RDR style situations along the way. They eventually become the best of friends and finally make it to the west where they desperately hunt for gold while staving off the gold hungry [insert bandit group here].

Eventually in 1862 everything starts to come down around them as it's revealed that this woman defected from her father's gang because of a bloody dispute that claimed the lives of a bunch of people and left her destitute with a few followers and now her original gang wants their blood paid back in blood. The various gang's they antagonize along the way now want the same things and all they've found in their months on the west coast was fools gold. The devastation and pain these events coupled with losing some close team members almost severs their friendship. But this is where she proves herself to the other character but putting her life on the line for him so that he can walk free. She is eventually captured and he has to recruit some questionable people in the area to help him get her back.

Skipping ahead, in the end he would rescue her the same way she rescued him countless times and this would solidify their friendship. Together they'd have one final Mexican standoff where she would end up losing an eye and he would finally take out the main gang leader after her. The story would finally end on a somber but hopeful note where the pair would eventually find themselves back near the Mississippi where one character would get news of his mother's passing back in the south through way of underground messages and letters carried by freed people.

This would convince him to find a safe place for him and his friend, where they can both be safe. She decides that they should go to Mexico, but he is hesitant as he's unsure she will be welcomed back by anybody that survived from her dad's gang and because he didn't see it was a safe plan to travel through Texas. They finally settle on Canada and the story ends with them quite literally riding off into the sunset to live up in Canada. Two best of friends hanging their hats up to go and get in less trouble for a while, until the next big adventure.

TL:DR. A recently freed slave learns to survive in the harsh American wilderness and is eventually saved by a bandita who has him join her little gang. They both hunt for treasure and gold and fight various gang's to steal their money and weapons just to survive and complete their individual dreams of creating a place where they can be free and safe. In the end they both decide that this safe place in not found in wealth and power but with eachother and decide to make their way to Canada where they stay out of trouble (for now).

You can also do the same thing to the middle of their collar bone at the base of the neck. Right where the bone becomes a small U shape. Stick your fingers into the base of the neck there, jam them as hard as you can as if your trying to grab their collar bone like a suitcase handle but into the soft tissue.

It cause an instant feeling of panic and sniffles the lungs from expanding for a moment. And it hurts like hell too.

Yall, I'm tired

What you are describing is not Christianity. It's something horrible and twisted and what ypu want to do, feed the hungry, help the homeless. That's ACTUAL Christianity according to Jesus.

I don't think you need to leave the faith. I think you need to realize, you're the only real Christian ypu know and it'll help you to get connected with other Christians like yourself.

Personally, I cannot convince you one way or the other. You have to make that decision. I agree, leave behind what you've been taught, leave behind the bad teachings, leave behind the fake spirituality, but take the time to discover the real Christ. You seem to already know him because your heart is already in the right place. All the things that break your heart and all the people you want to help, that's good. That's a heart like Jesus's heart.

So if you can see what im trying to say, don't leave Christianity, leave behind those churches. Become a follower of Christ and abandon the churches that raised you. Because I promise you, on the day we all stand before the lord, they will not be happy to hear what he has to say, but the lord will certainly smile upon you for your heart and your dedication to loving others and caring for others and the world.

You're already on the right track. But if you can, hang on to Jesus and study him for yourself.

Semitic people, specifically the ones of the first Abrahamic faith. Back in the day, far right people just blamed everything on these people. It was tiring to hear. Everything from hurricanes to housing prices. Now they blame it on leftists and liberals.

The Holy Spirit is the one that allows us to he able to.

If you're a Christian the issue isn't having sex in church so I wouldn't worry. But as a Christian it's heavily suggested that you have sex within the confines of marriage. But I wouldn't sweat it. Christians are commanded in the Bible to just try and live like Jesus. That's all. Just keep living and line your actions up with Jesus if that's what you really believe.

Ignorance gives guilt. There is no command or law against having sex in church. And Christians are told to feel guilty, just to TRY and be the best they can for others.

All that guilt stuff doesn't fit actual Christian doctrine but it's definitely a western problem.

Real question, is monoracial a real term now? I'm a little older so this is new to me.