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Cake day: January 8th, 2024

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  • Yes, some of it. Have you read it? Or read the scholars direct translations? I have read parts to contrast how the modern translations differ from the original intent. And they are often quite significant. For instance, the idea of Hell does not exist in the original texts. When you die, and you don’t go to paradise, you just end. You go to oblivion, not endless torment. The idea of torturous hell was Dante’s doing, and religions ran with it. Satan isn’t even really a thing in the original Bible, but interpretations could be made.

    I added those in to the conversation because apparently the only thing that makes the Bible legitimate is it’s oldness. Both those mythologies predate Christianity and the Bible.

    In fact it’s not too difficult to see where the Bible mythos stole many ideas from existing religions.

    Side notes:

    Due to how much of an asshole the Bible God is, I like the interpretation that the Bible God is actually Loki, and had the book made so people thought he was the good guy.

    The god of the Bible is a tantrum throwing, overreacting, jealous, hypocritical, and genocidal prick, who doesn’t deserve any adulation or worship.











  • I honestly wonder if it was always the plan to waste the GOPs money on a campaign against Biden up until the nomination was locked in. Biden did say he’d be a 1 term president after all. The move makes Biden come off as the better person, makes room for a (slightly) younger, far more capable and progressive candidate, and wasted a ton of the GOPs effort and money. I’m truly hopeful that not only will Harris win, but due to all the shit slinging going on in the house and Senate, the left wins back a ton of seats making it so Harris’s term is as effective as possible. I’m 90% sure most seats in the house are up for grabs this coming vote.