Author: Chastity White Rose

  • Why I Changed My Mind On Homosexuality

    I know I share a lot of videos, but this one is very special. My mom came across this sermon by this pastor who changed his view on homosexuality. It’s definitely something I think everyone should listen to.

    I have a lot of thoughts on it, but I am more interested in hearing what other people think after listening to this sermon. After listening to Danny Cortez and getting some context, I would like you to read some very good books that I recommend on this subject.

    Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate

    God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships

    You may wonder why this topic is so important to me and criticize me for even sharing this post. That’s okay, I am used to it. However, this topic is important to me for two main reasons: First, because it saves lives of gay people, especially those who grew up in church hearing a message that God hates them. Second, I personally feel that this is a missed element especially when Christians and Atheists debate the existence of God.

    One of the many criticisms of Christianity by the secular world comes because of the anti-gay preaching done by Christian groups, including many Pro-Life groups. I understand that the Bible appears to condemn Homosexuality. That is why I wrote this post including these videos and book links so that gay Christians can also resolve this issue with their own faith. This is a struggle that is unique to people raised Christian who then discover they are gay.

    It is for these reasons that I also joined the Rainbow Pro-Life Alliance. I specifically wanted to know that if I do choose to give my time or money to a Pro-Life organization, they won’t be trying to save the lives of babies with one hand only to be stoning them to death with the other hand once they are adults and are discovered to be gay.

    https://www.rainbowprolife.org

    In conclusion, I would like to share the lyrics of one of my favorite songs: “I Was Born This Way” by Carl Bean.

    I’m walking through life in nature’s disguise
    You laugh at me and you criticize’cause I’m happy, carefree and gay – Yes, I’m gay
    It ain’t a fault it’s a fact
    I was born this way Now I won’t judge you
    Don’t you judge me
    We’re all the way nature meant us to be Chorus
    I’m happy – I’m carefree – I’m gay
    I was born this way
    I’m happy – I’m carefree and I’m gay
    I was born this way
    I’m happy – I’m carefree – I’m gay
    I was born this way
    I’m happy – I’m carefree and I’m gay You’re Calling Me Strange’cause You Don’t Understand
    God’s Role For Me In Life’s Overall Plan
    I’ve Learned To Hold My Head Up High
    Not In Scorn Nor Disgrace
    Doin’ My Thing So Individually
    Entwined With This Human Race Now I Won’t Judge You
    Don’t You Judge Me
    We’re All The Way Nature Meant Us To Be Chorus
    I’m happy – I’m carefree – I’m gay
    I was born this way
    I’m happy – I’m carefree and I’m gay
    I was born this way
    I’m happy – I’m carefree – I’m gay
    I was born this way
    I’m happy – I’m carefree and I’m gay You Laugh at me
    And you got the nerve to criticize
    If I were you – I’d sit down
    And consider what you’re doing
    Love me like I love you
    I was born this way

  • Chaste Chess Demo: Fool’s Mate

    In case you haven’t heard, I am making a chess game. It’s not complete but most of the pieces move correctly. I still need to work on the pawn rules. However, I have an example of the two move checkmate called the Fool’s Mate.

    In this chess game, all pieces are represented by letters. It’s not too hard to figure out which is which if you are familiar with chess notation.

    This program is not meant to compete with existing ways to play chess. Most notably chess.com and lichess.org are the best websites to play chess against other people. This program is more for me to make videos explaining chess openings and also show off my programming skills.

  • quizjockey

    I made up a two-part word that has a meaning that makes sense.

    quiz jockey

    A jockey is someone competitive in sports. Usually, it refers to a horse jockey(though the horse does all the work). People have also used the word disc jockey. Often this is shortened to jock, which is a term for an athlete.

    However, if competitive sports were solving quizzes, then a quiz jockey would be a real thing. This word is not allowed in words with friends as far as I am aware, but if it were, it would be the highest-scoring 10-letter word. If made plural, then quiz jockeys would be the highest-scoring 11-letter word!

    Words with Friends accepts quizmaster as a compound word of quiz and master. If the same reasoning were applied, this word I invented, “quizjockey”, would definitely be the best word to ever exist for points.

  • Progress_Flag_Checkbait

    What I am about to show you is nothing short of amazing. The method used to combine the XOR checkerboard is theoretically simple, but implementing it in code is not!

    First, you should see the original Progress Flag image I designed in Inkscape:

    Then you can look at how it is when the XOR checkerboard is drawn on top of it. This inverts the colors where the pattern covers it.

    This was achieved by use of direct pixel access on an SDL surface using my own custom checkerboard drawing function. A lot of error checking went into it! But all the work was worth it because now I have something beautiful beyond comprehension!