Ahhhh, Clif. You stepped on a lot of toes today. I don’t subscribe to any religion, but that doesn’t mean I don’t believe we are all connected and are part of this universe. Interesting to see the reactions, though.
I was surprised when you pointed out that the Jews never mentioned the pyramids in Egypt. Since I am not a Bible scholar, I decided to ask several Christians (and a Jew) about what was said about pyramids in the Bible.
Those who responded said they were not mentioned. Not mentioned!! The elephant in the living room is not mentioned, but the religious don’t seem to think anything is odd about this. What??
This reminds me of people who believe that viruses are real and they don’t require any proof of that. Just be-LIE-ve. Their beloved authority figures told them they exist, so that settles that. No need for evidence. A story will suffice. The best storytellers have the biggest following, don’t they?
As for the Jain religion, I find it interesting to hear about what they believe, but as I said, I do not do religion, the Great Divider. Seems most religions are correct part of the time. It’s the other part that I have an issue with.
Life on Mars? I am going to need evidence for that, as I do with everything else. Not completely discarding the idea yet, but it will need a lot of evidence to back it up.
It seems that nearly every day now, something about our past human history is uncovered. It’s important to not make immediate assumptions about what we see. There needs to be discernment and a willingness to analyze a multitude of possibilities before guessing what we are looking at. It’s like trying to complete a million-piece puzzle and most of the pieces are still missing, but no one knows what the picture on the box looks like.
So, we need to keep looking at our history and when our brilliant assumptions turn into implausible or impossible explanations, we best discard those ideas and keep looking. We might just need more of those missing pieces.
History & stuff
The Naked Bible was a great starting point for going down this rabbit hole. Finding more and more as I go.
Ahhhh, Clif. You stepped on a lot of toes today. I don’t subscribe to any religion, but that doesn’t mean I don’t believe we are all connected and are part of this universe. Interesting to see the reactions, though.
I was surprised when you pointed out that the Jews never mentioned the pyramids in Egypt. Since I am not a Bible scholar, I decided to ask several Christians (and a Jew) about what was said about pyramids in the Bible.
Those who responded said they were not mentioned. Not mentioned!! The elephant in the living room is not mentioned, but the religious don’t seem to think anything is odd about this. What??
This reminds me of people who believe that viruses are real and they don’t require any proof of that. Just be-LIE-ve. Their beloved authority figures told them they exist, so that settles that. No need for evidence. A story will suffice. The best storytellers have the biggest following, don’t they?
As for the Jain religion, I find it interesting to hear about what they believe, but as I said, I do not do religion, the Great Divider. Seems most religions are correct part of the time. It’s the other part that I have an issue with.
Life on Mars? I am going to need evidence for that, as I do with everything else. Not completely discarding the idea yet, but it will need a lot of evidence to back it up.
It seems that nearly every day now, something about our past human history is uncovered. It’s important to not make immediate assumptions about what we see. There needs to be discernment and a willingness to analyze a multitude of possibilities before guessing what we are looking at. It’s like trying to complete a million-piece puzzle and most of the pieces are still missing, but no one knows what the picture on the box looks like.
So, we need to keep looking at our history and when our brilliant assumptions turn into implausible or impossible explanations, we best discard those ideas and keep looking. We might just need more of those missing pieces.