I do think we should interpret some biblical texts to figure out how they apply in other situations or eras that didn’t exist when those texts were written but this particular one isn’t obscure or outdated and it tells Christians pretty clearly that civil matters should be resolved by civil means not religious ones.

Not really though because it just meant that you would have to contest issues in the context where they were created. Jesus had no trouble disagreeing with the religious establishment on religious issues but why should a religious leader get involved in civil matters like taxes?

Congratulations on overcoming your addiction, I’m so sorry you had to go through five years of homelessness on top of that.

We’re going to have to agree to disagree, there’s no need to interpret a straightforward conversation; Jesus was asked if a Jew should have to pay taxes to Ceasar (a gentile authority) and Jesus asked to see what would be used to pay those taxes, saw it was Roman money and said this isn’t a religious issue, you’re…

Send her some beauty products or a subscription to a fashion mag. I travelled to visit a friend I hadn’t seen for a while after she had a baby. When I gave her a stash of mineral make-up I bought for her she looked at the eye pencil as if she'd forgotten what you did with one. I barely recognized her because she'd…

I hope you tell her how proud you are. You're right to think she did an amazing thing by kicking that addiction.

Actually, no. Jesus would be all for us not hating her but you’re forgetting about that “render unto Ceasar what belongs to Ceasar” statement he made which was to tell followers that you can’t use your religious faith as an excuse to disobey the law of the land and do things like not pay taxes or ...refuse to give gay…

I’m not worried about Redmayne in this role because the actor had to be male most of the time but I do wish people were simply hired to act in roles of the sex they have transitioned to without their trans status being made a big deal of/exploited. It seems to me that this attitude of bringing up what they used to be…

My thoughts exactly. A two year old in that state and being fed by a dog is physically -and psychologically- harmed.

Sorry, I thought you were saying he (Jr.) is the one who's performance was now ruined for you.

At his age his comments can stand alone. For all we know he's spewing this exactly to damage his more successful brothers'or son's careers since he's not even from Cosby's era, why give him what he wants?

Why would his father’s shitty comments affect your opinion of the son? Would you think poorly of incest survivors because their father was a predator?People used to do that you know and it was despicable.

Yup, I wouldn't have predicted he'd be...such a loser.

Never mind worrying about what others think of the way you grieve this is your father not theirs and you have to deal with it the best way you can. Besides, I wonder if you're not worrying over nothing, if you've always been calm and pragmatic your family would be more likely to expect you to stay that way and might…

Eew and Ugh!

Shade. Age doesn’t matter, intent does. Your daughter obviously knows the difference between a baby and a child her own age unless she’s never seen other kids.

Sex may not be everything but if you’re not having it as much as you want you might as well be friends. I don’t see how this can be a health issue for this long, if he’d ever been different, he’d be the one pestering his doctor about it. If it’s psychological, he had your year- long break to start resolving it to…

Near a mall sounds great to me precisely because I hate shopping. When the stores are close by you can pop over for only one thing and not feel obligated to shop till you drop to justify the long car ride. Also if you're really close it's likely the mall already checked out things like flooding and made the city…

You must either wash them or replace them constantly so I wash mine and already have a spare. What do these other people do with theirs

You already sound like a good daughter, I’m sure you’ll be there for your mom in the future but if you can get her to rediscover passions and hobbies she had in the past it will help her transition to being on her own. When my mom retired - which was pretty much like death to her. I bought her a digital camera, laptop…