Brother Gregor never spoke and often spooked the neophytes with his appearance, but he was a gentle soul and a phenomenal cook and knew more ways to prepare a fish than the abbot knew hymns

Our own evil inclinations are far more dangerous than any external enemies.

–St. Ambrose 

i once went to vegas as a child pre smart phones and there was a store in one of the hotels selling gold and diamond phones and i walked right in and pointed at one and said hey can i hold that i might be interested in it and the worker looked at 10 year old me and asked if i could afford it and i told him well ma has been extra generous with the lunch money lately and i've been putting a little away each day and i hadn't checked interest in a bit and he said the phone cost $50k and i stood there and thought for a moment and said well i'll have to do a couple extra chores around the neighborhood but i could handle that if i could do a payment plan and he asked me what kind of chores i did to make so much money and he did not like me answering "burglary"

I have memories of the local district running an ad campaign with billboards claiming that we had a truancy problem because the average student was missing what worked out to 2 days a month...

When I say “school should be disability accessible”, I don’t just mean we need handicap rails and EAs. Kids should be able to miss a day without failing out of school. You shouldn’t be dismissed from clubs because your attendance record is “spotty” (true story). I once missed an entire week of school because of a terrible, unending migraine. I was expected to keep up with my studies despite the blinding pain that came with working on my computer. When I heard my teachers say that you couldn’t miss exams, I asked what I would have to do to be excused from them. Their response? “Either get a doctor’s note an hour before the exam or death of an immediate family member.”

I cannot express how rigid this expectation was. First of all, with my condition, I wouldn’t have enough warning about my sickness to go to the doctor and request a note. For many people, this is exceptionally difficult, especially with the current shortage of medical professionals. Next, it ignores the fact that my schedule may not line with theirs because of my medical needs. Once, I had to visit a hospital a province away (which I was on the waiting list of for over a year) on the same day as an exam. I begged my mother not to take me because I was so nervous that I would be marked as an automatic fail. I was lucky enough to make it work, but that’s only because of my spectacular support system consisting of family members and wonderful doctors.

Disabilities aren’t always about needing a bus that can accommodate wheelchairs. It’s already difficult enough for many of us to maintain school attendance without the harsh punishments involved for skipping a day. We need to be able to miss school without being punished. Only than can you claim that the school is “accessible”

Hey OP, baby formula is among the most frequently stolen items because people shoplift it in massive quantities to cut cocaine with.

Baby formula should be free.

Notice how forced-birthers and pro-lifers want parents to suffer with the costs of feeding their children.

Conservatives would only want to punish the parents and judge them.

The heartlessness for children is disgusting.

If Veggie Tales was never a part of your childhood, let this be your introduction to veggie tales. Fans made this version with updated animation and texture and it looks great. This whimsical interpretation of a story from the book of Daniel reinterprets the elements of the Bible story in the following child-friendly ways:

Idol worship = chocolate bunny worship

Nebuchadnezzar = corporate CEO

Captivity in babylon = children enslaved in a factory

Death by fiery furnace = death by fiery furnace

the curse of adhd:

i will remember with absolute clarity, when the thought strikes me that i have a text to send someone, that this is the fourth time in three days i've attempted to send this specific text

i will forget, in the time it takes me to pick up my phone, that i picked it up intending to send a text

oh, people have been trying to girlboss Jezebel for a long time; (see the online magazine "Jezebel") but recently this has also become a popular insult for any woman that "trad"men don't like

By the way, Jezebel's sin was not being a seductress (that wasn't mentioned in the bible story) giving lip or rebelling against male authority (not the point at the very least) or the fact that she ran the kingdom while her snotty nose baby husband Ahab was pouting. but the fact that she killed the prophets of God and also plotted murder to please her loser husband's whims.

Ok to your post about psychology-psych actually helped me be more responsible and helped me tackle how to align my behavior with my values. It helped me be in more control, not less. It helps you (when done correctly) understand the how of your brain. Sin and/or sin of others is the why.

Thinking God was always watching every bad thing I did was crippling. Shame doesn’t get you far.

I think psychology has value, as long as it's not used to excuse your behavior in a determinist devil-made-me-do-it fashion. That's the attitude I'm criticizing there. I find the results of things like psychological studies and neurology very interesting and worth studying. You are correct that it helps understand the "how".

Objectively, God DOES see everything because he's omniscient, Im sorry you find that crippling but I don't know what to tell you. The hint here I think ks to be pre-emptive rather than to shame yourself retroactively, to pick up and move on, and I think I mentioned that in the post. God sees, but he also forgives through Christ. There is no need to stay in shame. Shame exists to move us to repentance; after you repent it is of no value.

By the way, Jezebel's sin was not being a seductress (that wasn't mentioned in the bible story) giving lip or rebelling against male authority (not the point at the very least) or the fact that she ran the kingdom while her snotty nose baby husband Ahab was pouting. but the fact that she killed the prophets of God and also plotted murder to please her loser husband's whims.

I'm just saying, if there's a curse that runs along your family line and you don't tell your kids about it, how the hell are they supposed to go on a quest to stop it?

Private Johnson, you've been placed in the Fortnite Division. You are to report for duty by this evening. Private, I don't care if you've never held a controller before, your country needs you.

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just watching a Laurence Brown video where he implied that the United States government maliciously exported raccoons to Russia and Germany

Inanimate objects do not and cannot contain or carry demons around with them when not actively being used for divination purposes, I feel inclined to die on this hill. This is benighted superstition

Prayer can be as simple as “Jesus Christ, please help me!”