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It does not. Now, generally when someone online pushes back on this statement they fall into one of two buckets... those who think of themselves as Christian and push back defensively, or those who despise Christians and push back because most Christians espouse this lie. I won't assume either, but I will set the record straight because that dogma is NOT scriptural and that dogged, deliberate lie needs to be put to an end. Feel free to ask questions if you want.

You mentioned both the Old and Testaments... since Paul's greek statement in the "New Testament" (“male-bedder”) follows the phrasing of the Old (LXX), I'll explain that one (because Paul's word choice means he was citing Deuteronomy).

Leviticus 18:22 NKJV: "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination."

First, that is actually a fairly accurate translation (especially for the NKJV), so there's no need to dig too into Hebrew or Greek in this case... just a grammar and a bit of historical context.

Jewish scholars hold a doctrine that scripture does not waste words. This isn't necessarily pivotal here, but it's a good entrypoint for this exercise.

The phrase "You shall not lie with a male" would be perfectly clear on it's own… and yet that is not actually what it says… so why does scripture include the qualifier "as with a woman"?

Before you read on, think about that. What is the specific difference between "lie with a male" and "as with a women" that scripture is trying to clarify?

Now, we don't have to guess at this. It's not a mystery, and it never has been.

The word “woman” here (issah) is also the word for “wife”. It does double-duty… based on context. In this context, it’s a deliberate choice that carries both meanings simultaneously

The year is 2,000 BCE... you are a young man and you want/need a wife. How do you get one?

You buy her. You buy her from whoever owns her. Often, that is her family (well, her father, specifically)... but not always. A man who owns slaves can have sex with any woman he owns... but according to Jewish law, he would need to marry her. She doesn't have a choice in the matter.

Are you seeing where this is going? Men can be property, but they are not to be made subservient to their owners in the same way women are.

Using modern terminology, the way we'd phrase Leviticus 18:22 is "You may not rape your male slaves as you do with your female slaves."

Yes, by modern standards all this is gut-churningly awful. But these writings were not made us - they were written by and for ancient ethnic and religious Jews living thousands and thousands of years ago, raised in cultures that would be alien and barbaric to us now. When you keep the context in mind, most (not just much - most) scripture is abundantly clear... not just on the WHAT... but the WHY.

If you look at all the useless AR features that Apple has pushed into iOS over the years, you can tell that they've already been working toward this for at least a decade. They aren't giving up on it any time soon... they're playing the long game. Wearables are inevitable, and they want to be way ahead of the curve.

I think we’re still YEARS away from this tech taking off. It’s too expensive, it’s too bulky, and it’s not powerful enough.

I think the Apple Vision headset will be the first meaningful step forward since the CV1, and even that is just one step on a journey that could take another decade.

The technology is cool. I will say that.

But Meta/Zuckerberg is squandering it. There is a huge disconnect between the price of thing (OVER $500) and the value proposition. It's bad at gaming. It's still less powerful than even current-gen smart phones, let alone modern consoles or gaming PCs... and what little gaming content is out there makes that abundantly clear. Asgard's Wrath 2 does it no favors given those realities. And what are the uses beyond gaming?

Exercise could be a compelling value proposition, but they aren't leveraging even that obvious marketing angle. "You can do your supernatural workouts!" How many people know what that is? I do, but ask a rando on the street. They have no idea. And what are the other options beside Supernatural workouts? Oh, nothing? Nothing for my stationary bike? Nothing for a rowing machine? Nothing for treadmills? With all those funds, they are not exploring the practical applications at all and the product is failing as a result. Instead, Zuck STILL hasn't given up on his Metaverse/Horizons MMO idea.

And that's before we even get into Meta/Facebook's inherent creepiness as a company.

Ye gods, that is almost as bad as Denuvo.

Ubisoft, what is you doin?

But still no metro system! Literally unplayable!

/s

I thought it was okay. It fizzled out pretty quickly for me as it felt half-baked and overly "gamey", which kept breaking the immersion illusion for me. I never did finish it. But I started over when Phantom Liberty dropped last week and it feels soooo much better. The immersion doesn't feel like it's being killed by a thousand cuts... everything feels more natural and believable now. It still has it's gamey moments, but they are a lot less obvious now.

For me it went from a 6/10 to 9/10.

Similar background, but I was always strongly encouraged to read scripture myself. When I started pointing out how the scripture was pretty clearly in opposition to most popular Christian dogmas, it wasn't the dogmas that were seen as the problem, it was ME for pointing them out.

Scripture is pro-abortion, it does not condemn homosexuality in any way, it does not contain even the concept of hell, nor does it does not support the concept of heaven as an afterlife destination; but it does demand you always treat others with respect and dignity (even your mortal enemies!) and that you worry about your own failings rather than others. You are to live by example, not edict or meddling.

Modern "Christians" are not followers of Christ, but enemies. They spit on his teachings and the scriptures. They are an army of anti-christ cultists.

"And I will tell them bluntly: You were never one of mine. Get out of here, you criminal trash." - Matthew 7:23

Freedom is a two-way street. Remember that one person's freedom ends where another begins, and vice versa. If that line is ever allowed to be crossed, freedom ceases to exist. Allowing discrimination (based on inherent human traits) crosses that line.

Give me an R! Give me an S! Give me a rock. And. Stone!

What does Epic have to do with this?

Members of online “Mom Groups”.

“How long should I ferment his urine before making my child drink it to cure his COVID because vaccines cause autism and I just need to trust God’s plan.”

It’s okay. If you want something genuinely as good as Google, if not better, Kagi is what you want.

DRM ONLY ever affects paying customers, ergo DRM is always unethical malware.

Also, let’s never forget how Ghostwire Tokyo had Denuvo patched IN over a year after release.

TL;DR; Illegitimate court makes illegitimate rulings on illegitimate cases. How does this happen? Rampant, widespread, bald-faced corruption.

I’ll believe that when I see it. The GOP never hold their own accountable, no matter how awful or obvious the crime.

The absolute furthest they will go, and only when given no other choice, is “we investigated ourselves and decided there was no wrongdoing.”

In 1994 you were buying a physical, manufactured product which you owned.

Now you are temporarily licensing access to something that doesn’t exist, can’t be transferred or resold or backed up or modified, has unlimited reproduction potential for no cost, and sells at scales unimaginable in 1994 dwarfing all other consumer markets in total revenue.

Games are dramatically overpriced.

I can't believe how this guy just keeps opening his mouth and telling us how Starfield used to be fun and interesting, but that they removed all that stuff until all that was left was this sterile Far Cry clone that feels more like a chore than a game.

I'm already mad at how unbearably boring the game is, and the more Todd Howard talks about the development, the more angry I get. It's callously just rubbing salt in an open wound.

Everyone: "Games are getting WAY too expensive."

Out of touch executive: "Games are too cheap! Why are our sales going down? I promised the shareholders infinite growth!"

This is California. 60% of the population will readily support this. The other 40% think that murder is one of their Constitutional freedoms. Thankfully, they are the minority and can continue to move themselves to Florida, Tennessee, Texas and other minor 'murican ethnostate dictatorships. The rest of us rational freedom-loving Californians bid them adieu.