I grew loofah by seed earlier this year. I never did it before and I am getting a ton and they are really big. I always thought they were something like a sea sponge a few years ago, but they're actually a gourd. They're not ready for harvesting yet, but when they are I'll probably take pictures of the process.
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I had no idea. I also assumed it was some type of sponge, so today I learned that it's not.
Nerding out here, dont mind me. I don't have anyone to talk to about it, so posting it here.
May not be for everyone....
So I find this fascinating...
So while learning about a translation of the Bible I'm not familiar with (CEV) I learned about a scripture that has 3 different interpretations that I find fascinating because I see what they are all talking about. Yet this topic can and has caused divisions among Christians in the past.
(I am more familiar with kjv, nkj, eob, and esv. Kinda nlt.)
The scripture is 1 Timothy 3:2 but the context is 1 Timothy 3:1-7. This text was written by Paul in Greek to a young man named Timothy who was going to be a pastor in the town of Ephesus.
Now text translated into English generally goes either by thought-for-thought or word-for-word. Thought for thought is helpful for things like "don't put all of your eggs in one basket". The meaning of the phrase is in the thought rather than words. If taken by words only, it would end up looking like a superstition command unless the reader takes up the initiative to study the phrase to understand it's meaning in x time period in x location and in x culture.
Anywho back to what I am trying to get to...
There are 3 interpretations dealing with marriage in leadership that came out of this scripture.
1. The man can only have one wife.
2. The person must be faithful in marriage.
3. The person/man can only have been married once.
The literal Greek text translation says "one-woman man"
Fascinating because...
My thoughts:
1. Polygamy seemed to have been allowed (not forbidden) in the Biblical (Torah) Law though not seen as a wise decision via reading about the marriages of Jacob, Abraham, various kings, ect. It even goes as far as allowing someone to marry their dead brother's wife and produce children.
And Polygamy wasn't common in Paul's time period, I read, but idk if that is accurate or not.
2. No thoughts. Faithfulness in marriage is a common thing throughout the whole Bible. This stance seems straightforward unless you are gonna nitpick at gender. But even if you are one to nitpick at gender, let's say you lack men (men that qualify at that!) to take on a pastor or elder role in a church... who is to step up then? Answers is found in the book of Judges of the Old testament when women stepped up. Gender can't omit ability or what is right so I'm thinking he and man/men is more about masculine language rather than the gender of a human. Granted, regardless of who leads, the congregation would have to be willing to listen..
3. Divorce. I feel like this is so ignored in the West. Though divorce isn't forbidden in certain cases in the old and new testament, many times it isn't allowed. Certain conditions must be met in the religions (Old testament is Judaism and considered Christianity's inherited history, new testament is Christianity). The new testament even allows more room than the old.
The other part to this that is mentioned by people who stick to this interpretation only will also mention remarried widows/widowers.
Remarrying after your spouse passed is allowed Biblically. However sometimes offspring have issues with this, especially if they are still in the household.
The new unrelated parent could cause issues with children due to bad treatment or unfair treatment. Even favoritism.
There could also be squabbles over inheritance. Especially if the second spouse produced children with this new spouse or they had kids already that wasn't the new spouse's, but the second spouse's name being on stuff because of marriage. These things can cause disorder in a household and/or family.
I know of quite a few scriptures that have various interpretations between people but somehow I missed this one for a long time. I guess I just didn't give it much thought on marriage and gender details but found it interesting none the less because I find it fun to see how people think differently about the same piece of text. I don't find it fun seeing how far people take things sometimes though... that can get very unhealthy.
So while learning about a translation of the Bible I'm not familiar with (CEV) I learned about a scripture that has 3 different interpretations that I find fascinating because I see what they are all talking about. Yet this topic can and has caused divisions among Christians in the past.
(I am more familiar with kjv, nkj, eob, and esv. Kinda nlt.)
The scripture is 1 Timothy 3:2 but the context is 1 Timothy 3:1-7. This text was written by Paul in Greek to a young man named Timothy who was going to be a pastor in the town of Ephesus.
Now text translated into English generally goes either by thought-for-thought or word-for-word. Thought for thought is helpful for things like "don't put all of your eggs in one basket". The meaning of the phrase is in the thought rather than words. If taken by words only, it would end up looking like a superstition command unless the reader takes up the initiative to study the phrase to understand it's meaning in x time period in x location and in x culture.
Anywho back to what I am trying to get to...
There are 3 interpretations dealing with marriage in leadership that came out of this scripture.
1. The man can only have one wife.
2. The person must be faithful in marriage.
3. The person/man can only have been married once.
The literal Greek text translation says "one-woman man"
Fascinating because...
My thoughts:
1. Polygamy seemed to have been allowed (not forbidden) in the Biblical (Torah) Law though not seen as a wise decision via reading about the marriages of Jacob, Abraham, various kings, ect. It even goes as far as allowing someone to marry their dead brother's wife and produce children.
And Polygamy wasn't common in Paul's time period, I read, but idk if that is accurate or not.
2. No thoughts. Faithfulness in marriage is a common thing throughout the whole Bible. This stance seems straightforward unless you are gonna nitpick at gender. But even if you are one to nitpick at gender, let's say you lack men (men that qualify at that!) to take on a pastor or elder role in a church... who is to step up then? Answers is found in the book of Judges of the Old testament when women stepped up. Gender can't omit ability or what is right so I'm thinking he and man/men is more about masculine language rather than the gender of a human. Granted, regardless of who leads, the congregation would have to be willing to listen..
3. Divorce. I feel like this is so ignored in the West. Though divorce isn't forbidden in certain cases in the old and new testament, many times it isn't allowed. Certain conditions must be met in the religions (Old testament is Judaism and considered Christianity's inherited history, new testament is Christianity). The new testament even allows more room than the old.
The other part to this that is mentioned by people who stick to this interpretation only will also mention remarried widows/widowers.
Remarrying after your spouse passed is allowed Biblically. However sometimes offspring have issues with this, especially if they are still in the household.
The new unrelated parent could cause issues with children due to bad treatment or unfair treatment. Even favoritism.
There could also be squabbles over inheritance. Especially if the second spouse produced children with this new spouse or they had kids already that wasn't the new spouse's, but the second spouse's name being on stuff because of marriage. These things can cause disorder in a household and/or family.
I know of quite a few scriptures that have various interpretations between people but somehow I missed this one for a long time. I guess I just didn't give it much thought on marriage and gender details but found it interesting none the less because I find it fun to see how people think differently about the same piece of text. I don't find it fun seeing how far people take things sometimes though... that can get very unhealthy.
Yoshi155
This destruction is the only tale we tell
I was looking through the comments on Joke's End in Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga, and then someone said that the song came2kill by xxxtentacion uses the song as a sample. I searched up the song because I thought that it would probably only be a short part of the song that you can barely recognize, but no, the beginning of the song uses it very clearly. Nintendo surprisingly hasn't tried to revive his corpse and fine him for using their song.
I learned how you can make rice crispy cereal at home.
Heated salt or sand in a pan, rice grains that had a little water added to them then dried. A thing to stir, a sieve to get the grains out of the salt/sand.
Basically like popcorn but without all the butter/oil.
Salt option recommended...
Heated salt or sand in a pan, rice grains that had a little water added to them then dried. A thing to stir, a sieve to get the grains out of the salt/sand.
Basically like popcorn but without all the butter/oil.
Salt option recommended...
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TIL that there are more people living in the state of California (39.24 million) than there are people living across the entire country of Canada (38.25 million). that's wild to me 
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I just found out that Dan Povenmire, the creator of Phineas & Ferb, not only worked on Spongebob at one point, but he actually wrote "Campfire Song Song" for The Camping Episode!
He also directed the Family Guy episode Road to Rupert, and that's why they were able to play part of "Campfire Song Song" within the episode, because Dan had the rights to the song and he wanted to use it for a particular scene.
He also directed the Family Guy episode Road to Rupert, and that's why they were able to play part of "Campfire Song Song" within the episode, because Dan had the rights to the song and he wanted to use it for a particular scene.
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also just randomly learned that, while coming up with a voice for E. Gadd, Totaka took inspiration from Animal Crossing's animalese, hence why he speaks in gibberish.
as well as the fact that it is Totaka himself who voices the criminy man
as well as the fact that it is Totaka himself who voices the criminy man
Zerous
beep boop
Not today, but I recently learnt that there's a type of medulloblastoma (a brain cancer most prevalent in young children), called the sonic hedgehog medulloblastoma (SHH-MB)
After looking into it more I'm pretty sure its because of the gene (and signaling protein) named the same, which is found on chromosome 7, and plays a role in oncogenic transformation, as well as a couple other phenotypes.
After looking into it more I'm pretty sure its because of the gene (and signaling protein) named the same, which is found on chromosome 7, and plays a role in oncogenic transformation, as well as a couple other phenotypes.
wrenbow
elusive critter
I was looking into this and found out that there's also a retinal protein that helps with signal transmission called Pikachurin, apparently because of its "lightning-fast moves and shocking electrical effects". I love that the scientists making these discoveries are just nerds at the end of the day hahaha
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Oo I didn't know that one, thats great hahah!!
Bugs and microbes in particular there are so many named after fun things! I also like just funny names as well, like transferrin, which makes sense because latin, but it's also the molecule responsible for transferrin iron around the body!
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Lori and George Schnappell are the first recorded conjoined twins to be of different genders after George transitioned.
You know how the longer your posts are (depending on the board of course), the more bells you get for your post? Well, I realized that the portion inside a spoiler doesn't count towards that amount of bells you get for a post. Interesting how that works.
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I learned on TV tropes that Jesus's last name is not Christ. But he's usually just referred to with titles like Jesus of Nazareth, so I don't know what it actually is. I also learned that Jesus's name is said more in the Quran that Muhammad's name, but this is only because Muhammad is usually referred to by titles, so his actual name is written less.
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today I learned that I did a genetic test to see why I have seizures (they started back in May of either 2022/2021, and haven't happened since June of that same year), and I have yet to see the results. yay...
