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09 Apr 2020, 8:56 pm

Where did Cain's wife come from?



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09 Apr 2020, 9:02 pm

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Where did Cain's wife come from?


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09 Apr 2020, 9:36 pm

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God, assuming such a thing exists as described, is more in the business of sending plagues.
Pretty much, or telling his followers to massacre entire cities and tribes.



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09 Apr 2020, 9:43 pm

Dammit, who took a census!


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09 Apr 2020, 9:52 pm

techstepgenr8tion wrote:
Dammit, who took a census!


Did you post this in the wrong thread?



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09 Apr 2020, 9:53 pm

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techstepgenr8tion wrote:
Dammit, who took a census!


Did you post this in the wrong thread?

No, it's a David / OT joke.


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11 Apr 2020, 4:24 am

Grischa wrote:
God is on twitter:
https://twitter.com/thetweetofgod/statu ... 3681981442

On 15 aug 2019 he wrote:

"Next time no people."

This guy (or whoever) has 6,1 mln followers and he follows 1 person: Justin Bieber


I see even God wears a face mask. A lesson to us all.



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11 Apr 2020, 8:26 pm

I am 65 years old. I came to my theory on this at 6 years old, and though open to other theories my entire life, what my 6 year old self believed still makes sense to me.

My 6 year old self believed [believes] that there truly is Good and there truly is Evil. And that when people do things kind, loving, and giving, it makes the Good [god?] more powerful. I also believed [believe] that when people do cruel things it makes the Evil stronger.

I believed [believe, at least somewhat] that many times the Good would like to do more to ease the suffering in the world but that the greed and selfishness and cruelty of so many people has made the Evil much stronger than the Good.

And since I am already coming off as "weird as hell," I would like to use a fairy tale that my 6 year old self believed [believes?] is how it works.

In Sleeping Beauty, Evil got pissed off and put a terrible curse that when the princess turned a certain age that she would be pricked with a spindle and die. But then the Good, who was not strong enough to destroy the curse from the Evil, was able to modify the curse, that the princess would not actually die but fall asleep for a hundred years until she was kissed by her "true love."

This concept of Good versus Evil made sense to me then, and still does today. Of course as I grew I became much more familiar with the incredible spectrum of grey, but I still believe that there are both enormous ammounts of good and evil that effect how the universe works.[how well "god" can answers our prayers]



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12 Apr 2020, 11:06 am

Wolfram87 wrote:
God, assuming such a thing exists as described, is more in the business of sending plagues.

Sorry but I couldn't resist another video :wink:



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12 Apr 2020, 11:55 am

Posted that exact video on page one.


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12 Apr 2020, 12:07 pm

Wolfram87 wrote:
Posted that exact video on page one.



Sorry, I didn't notice it because it won't let me view videos here. I'm using my PS4 to access the internet since I no longer have a cellphone or laptop. :|



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12 Apr 2020, 12:46 pm

No worries. :)


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12 Apr 2020, 12:58 pm

vckygleitz wrote:
I am 65 years old. I came to my theory on this at 6 years old, and though open to other theories my entire life, what my 6 year old self believed still makes sense to me.

My 6 year old self believed [believes] that there truly is Good and there truly is Evil. And that when people do things kind, loving, and giving, it makes the Good [god?] more powerful. I also believed [believe] that when people do cruel things it makes the Evil stronger.

I believed [believe, at least somewhat] that many times the Good would like to do more to ease the suffering in the world but that the greed and selfishness and cruelty of so many people has made the Evil much stronger than the Good.

And since I am already coming off as "weird as hell," I would like to use a fairy tale that my 6 year old self believed [believes?] is how it works.

In Sleeping Beauty, Evil got pissed off and put a terrible curse that when the princess turned a certain age that she would be pricked with a spindle and die. But then the Good, who was not strong enough to destroy the curse from the Evil, was able to modify the curse, that the princess would not actually die but fall asleep for a hundred years until she was kissed by her "true love."

This concept of Good versus Evil made sense to me then, and still does today. Of course as I grew I became much more familiar with the incredible spectrum of grey, but I still believe that there are both enormous ammounts of good and evil that effect how the universe works.[how well "god" can answers our prayers]

Sounds like societal equilibrium where structures, institutions, and rules are built on the intentions and competencies (or lack thereof) of the actors/agents involved.


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14 Apr 2020, 12:55 pm

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He sent it as punishment for some sin were committing.

Which sin, I haven't figured out yet.


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14 Apr 2020, 12:59 pm

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He sent it as punishment for some sin were committing.

Which sin, I haven't figured out yet.

Perhaps greed? All this hardcore capitalism sucking the earth dry of its natural resources?



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14 Apr 2020, 1:12 pm

naturalplastic wrote:
He sent it as punishment for some sin were committing.

Which sin, I haven't figured out yet.


That's what Christians thought during the Black Death. They thought it must have been from doing something TERRIBLE, like speaking ill of the church. They were clueless that the plague was caused by a flea, an insect that could barely be seen with the naked eye. And then they did what is natural for humans for human beings to do, and that is blame someone else because they are different. They noticed that Jewish people rarely got the plague. The real reason was likely because Jewish people actually BATHED on a regular basis. Medieval Christians thought bathing was evil and wrong, and believed Jewish people were full of black magic and responsible for all the evil in the world. So naturally they blamed Jewish people and started infecting them by catapulting infected corpses into their communities.

Humans just naturally and automatically hate anyone whose "normal" is different from their own "normal".