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So, an argument I have seen argue against credobaptism in the Bible is that infant baptism proponents will say "Of course there's no evidence of infants being baptized in the Bible. That's because the first Christians were converts, and you can't build the Church without converts first, so there were no infants to baptize at the time. It was only after those concerts started having kids and raising them in the Church that infant baptism emerged."

Idk if I'm doing the argument justice, but I think that's the gist of it. What would you say in response?

So, I have been researching planet types to spice up my setting. One idea is the super-habitable planet. It's basically a world even more suited to life than Earth.

What I am wondering is if you took a regular Earth human and plopped them down on such a planet, could they survive?

The thing to know about these planets is that they are hypothetized to be larger than Earth (at least 1.5 times its size) and presumably a thicker oxygen atmosphere. Could we live on that, or would we have to genetically modify ourselves, first?

I don't mean writing in the sense of simply putting words on the page, but moreso about the structure of stories.

I feel like, no matter how hard I try, I keep getting stuck and have no idea what to do next. Does the character do X or choose Y, instead? What would be more narratively compelling? Is it a good idea to throw in a conflict, or too soon since the last obstacle the character had to overcome? Things like that.

For a more specific example, there's one story I have been working with on and off for years, but feel I'm not getting anywhere. It's a mystery that is set off when a particular character dies, but I could never decide whether the character was murdered like in most mysteries, or if was accidental, but the killer ends up pointing the protagonist to the true mystery. Either way, after invesrigating the death, the protagonist ends up discovering a conspiracy and spends the rest of the story trying to uncover it.

I understand story structure in theory: a story ought to have a rising action, falling action, climax, etc. There's also plenty of other methods out their like snowflake method, the hero's journey, etc. Yet, when I try to plan out my story with these methods, I get stuck. I know there needs to be a rising action, but I have a hard time figuring out the specific scenes and events that lead up to the climax, for instance.

I also have a short story I'm almost 2k words into, but been putting off continuing because I have no idea how to end it.

I no longer want to ask Internet strangers "do you think my characier should do this or that?" I want to be able to make the decision on my own. I just don't know how.

Does anyone have tips on how to overcome this?

Hello! I'm playing A Wonderful Life: Special Edition.

I plan to start over sometime in chapter 5. There are things I want to do differently in the next playthrough, since I think my current playthrough led to missed opportunities and not as much profit as I could be making. I learned tbe Pond and Chicken yard are a waste of money, and I wish I had invested in trees sooner so I could have made use of the fertilizer maker more often.

Like I said, I don't plan to playthrough all six chapters. I decided to start over in chapter 5 jusr because I want to see what my kid looks like in the adult stage. I also think I neglected tjem too much in the toddler stage because I was afraid of spoiling her. Then again, I did marry Nami, so she'll probably be hard to spoil anyway.

Speaking of Nami and my daughter, I think I might marry someone else. I thought Nami was my favorite mostly because of her personality and outlook on life, but she's become pretty boring after you are married. I know the spouses don't really do much, but I recall in another playthrough Celia having much more to say despite never leaving the farm.

Likewise, I think Nami's kid is kinda boring. In the toddler stage, she never left the house unless I carried her outside. Even when she stayed inside, she usually just stood in the corner of the kitchen and rarely played with toys. Like, I know they inherit their personality from their parents, but still...

So, I'm considering marrying somebody else next playthrough. I like most of the bachelorettes, but Muffy is the only one I never cared for. So, I might either marry Celia (again) or Lumina.

Does anyone know what Lumina's child is like personality-wise? Nami's kid is shy, Muffy's is energetic and athletic, and I recall Celia's kid being outgoing and liking farm and animals. But what is Lumina's kid like?

So, this looks like an inactive sub, as the most recent thread I could find is from 3 months ago, but I will give it a shot anyway.

I only recently discovered Michael Heiser and find his teachings helpful. I've never read his books, but I do watch YouTube vids of him teaching the Bible, read his blog and podcast transcripts.

I find his teaching to be very enligtheming and helpful for better understanding the weirder parte of the Bible.

My concern is that one criticism I frequently hear about him is how is teaching has no historical precedence. He goes against what's "always been taught," by Catholics, Orthodox and historical Protestants. People will sarcastically quip that he "debunked 2000 years of theology in a single video or blogpost."

I'm curious what you think about that, and how you would respond?