I’ll admit a curiosity about you starting r/AskBibleScholars as a secular guy.

I was raised in evangelical Christian churches. I used academic biblical studies to de-brainwash my mind. It worked and I saw how it could help other people.

By immediate family members I meant my wife, two sons and my brother. I am very fortunate that we all love each other very much.

Especially not queer people.

My eldest son is gay. He’s fortunate that his mother and I are very liberal and non-religious. I’ve had many queer friends with unsupportive parents and it is very sad.

One cannot be sincere / ethical and be a billionaire simultaneously.

Says who? You? Maybe they once were not that sincere and have since had a change of heart. BTW, the Gates Foundation has done a tremendous amount of good over the years.

Hang in there…this too shall pass. I tend to rely on and hang out with immediate family members more than non-family members. My parents used to tell me “blood is thicker than water” and I now know that they were 100% correct.

Yup! Just requested this through inter-library loan. Looks amazing.

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Science doesn’t have the answers to everything. I find it very odd that a huge percentage of people do not understand that. Our lives should constantly be filled with awe and wonder. That’s the nature of reality.

See my reply above.

uBlock Origin blocks all ads from the streaming sites I use. YouTube, Peacock, Paramount+ and Hulu. Some movies and sports I can easily pirate with no ads.

Yes

Yes.

I gave up traditional TV for ad-free streaming back in 2009 and have never looked back.

Phone (proprietary); Beeper (partial-FOSS); DuckDuckGo (FOSS?); Mlem (FOSS)

Telling people that they have problems is NOT nice. It’s the only rule here at Beehaw in which you have broken. Take a 7 day vacation.

Yes. Those are good points.

You were going for some Socratic roundabout ironic thing?

No.

That feels a bit patronizing.

That was not my intent. I apologize if anyone felt this way.

Why is that?

There! That’s much better! I agree and well done.

Initial meetings and other communications like where to meet in person, etc.

I don’t believe you read the article nor gave this any thought before you made your flippant comment. Also, you give no reasoning for your dogmatic statements.