But apparently not in periods…

“Love” in the scriptures is typically a verb, e.g., “God so loved the world…” It describes an action that God does, not a feeling. God’s love is his acting in a loving way towards undeserving people.

Christian theologians believe in the impassibility of God, which means that God does not have emotions as humans do. Then biblical texts where emotions are attributed to God are explained as anthropomorphism - God using human language to communicate his nature and actions.

Light it on fire first.

He looks like how I feel.

Mostly both.

No, just a pre-internet meme about red cars.

Red ones go faster.

Surely any roadblocks you put in place quickly by one party in power can be removed quickly by the other party in power. Again, I think what’s going to matter is those few people in the administration with standards and allegiance to the country over party, and loud outcries from the people when they touch something important.

I don’t think it’s crazy, just desperate for validation.

There is a myth in evangelical Christian circles, I believe acknowledged in the article, that candy canes have their color (white for purity, red for blood) and shape (upside-down J for Jesus) and taste (sweet like the gospel) to explicitly communicate Christian doctrines. There is even a children’s Christmas musical performed in churches at Christmas based on this principle. As much as one may approve of the doctrines, Christians holding steadfastly to a particular origin of candy canes regardless of the evidence seems dishonest and misguided, if not outright idolatrous to me.

The amount of candy cane myth that is believed wholesale and unquestioningly by modern American churches is amazing.

Phenylephrine ​isn’t the only OTC medication that doesn’t work.

And it’s a stimulant. Nothing worse than feeling miserable from a cold and unable to sleep because of pseudoephedrine.

I think Mucinex has been demonstrated to be as effective as phenylephrine (i.e., not).

It depends. Does he collect them because they’re cool and he wants to trade with friends, or to play the game and win? If it’s the former, get a bunch of packs (I think they typically have of order 10 cards each, and you’re guaranteed one of the better cards with nice art). If the latter, you would need to ask so you get something that works with what he has; one possibility is to get a trainer box that has cards that tend to work together, or you can buy decks that previously won a championship or something.

Similar boat here. While we’ll probably be all right, I fear for the vulnerable and weak.

The British Empire was always a result of the British monarch ruling India, making the British monarch a King/Queen over other kings. When India gained independence from the British monarch after WW2, Britain could no longer claim to be an empire.

This one post lowered the mean IQ of the subjects of the past day’s posts significantly.

And, judging from their eyes, 100% evil.