Every denomination has a different Bible, with different books they consider Canon. For instance, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo church has a staggering 81 books. They consider the book of Enoch canon, which almost every other denomination considers apocryphal. Interestingly, the book of Enoch corroborates a lot of information from other apocryphal texts, such as the origin of nephilim.
Honestly, the whole thing becomes a LOT more intriguing when you start adding back in the non-canon books. And I can totally see why the church deemed them heretical in a lot of cases, they pretty well fly in the face of a powerful centralized church, and if you’re in power, seeking to maintain it, it only makes sense to destroy them.
I always liked Stephen King’s version better. Pray for rain all you want, but dig a well while you wait.
Want a rabbit hole of apocryphal knowledge, start digging into gnosticism. It’s like more internally consistent Christianity. Also depending on which flavor and particular interpretation, you could arrive at such truths as: Satan runs the church. God(old testament) is an asshole and a fool. Jesus (specifically the divine aspect Christ) is on a rescue mission to save God’s mom, Sophia, from the prison world that is earth, that God made specifically to trap her. Judas is a tragic hero who has to kill his friend, Jesus, so that Christ can escape the prison world.
It’s wild, it’s a more interesting story than Christianity, and I can ABSOLUTELY see why most of these books were branded heresy.
Mums biopsy results came back negative. Given what we knew going in, I was expecting that to be the case, but good to have it confirmed.
This, too, shall pass. It’s been one of my mantras for the longest times. The things that make you happy will fade, so cherish them while they’re there. The things that make you sad will fade, so keep going through, one day will be easier.
Yeah, like I said, not entirely sure it’s legal, but that’s the boat I’m in. The other banks did the same shit, charged me more, and offered me worse rates on loans. At least this one spits on it before going in.
Mentioned in another post, but I don’t qualify for many credit unions beyond my local one that I currently use. I’ve used a few different bank options, but none of them have really been any better, and usually worse.
Ass eczema must be miserable
I love that last line that shifts the onus of responsibility to the consumer.
Really, though, I’ve gone through a few banks, and am current with a credit union. They’re better than what I got with the banks, but they’re still shady, still wont to charge whatever fees they can get away with. There’s very little oversight, and in a lot of cases you’re kinda stuck with what you get.
If only they didn’t charge fees. My bank charges an insufficient funds fee that’s conveniently the same amount as the overdraft protection fee. So my options are eat the fee and get my stuff, or eat the fee and not get my stuff.
I’m not entirely sure this is legal, but I was told directly by a representative that these were my options. It’s quite literally a poor tax.
They mean opting out of overdraft protection. Banks typically allow you overdraft protection, where instead of denying your sale at point of sale, they’ll pay it, charge you a fee, and let the transaction go through.
If you opt out of overdraft protection, it should instead deny the sale, and you don’t get to buy whatever. At my bank, they do this and then charge an insufficient funds fee, which is the same as the overdraft fee. It’s bullshit.
Put the peeps in the chili make it taste… Bad.
Standing room only plane trip. General admission tickets. Have a sky moshpit.
Slow down in general. You ain’t the good guy here, crying over someone driving slowly IN THE SNOW.
Maybe you can open 'er if you’re a gentleman.
Like pulling a tooth.
No problem, friend. Certainly not the first thing my mind goes to when I consider eating my date :p