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RE: I am availible to answer some questions
March 8, 2014 at 9:12 pm
(March 8, 2014 at 7:26 am)Miss Meng Wrote: (March 8, 2014 at 2:54 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: In Genesis chapter 3 the talking serpent appears. Who did the serpent represent? Who did Adam represent?
Adam represents the first form of man. The serpent represents evil, deception, lies and trickery. 
~ Miss M
I think you blew your leg off of that one.
The serpent represented the Egyptian Pharaoh, who wore a headdress with a Uraeus rising serpent (cobra, asp) that symbolized the Pharaoh's absolute power and authority. http://www.landofpyramids.org/uraeus.htm
Egypt was at war with Assyria and Babylonia and various times fell under their control. Most people regard serpents as sneaky and treacherous so it was a clever way to take a dig at the Egyptian ruler for lying by calling him a serpent (which was on his headdress).
The Babylonian Empire was known as the “Garden of Eden” and the Egyptians were a disruptive force. Adam was a metaphor for the king of Tyre, who got kicked out by the Emperor. The tree of knowledge of good and evil might symbolize the adoption of foreign culture and religious practices.
Believe it or not, all of that is in the Bible.
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March 8, 2014 at 9:28 pm
(March 8, 2014 at 7:41 pm)Minimalist Wrote: I think Frods has a girl friend. They can both get naked and bore the ever-loving shit out of each other.
Impossible!!!
Fr0d0's girlfriend is Niqabi Ninja! 
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RE: I am availible to answer some questions
March 8, 2014 at 9:55 pm
Hi Drich.
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble. - Joseph Campbell 
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March 8, 2014 at 10:33 pm
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March 8, 2014 at 11:15 pm
(March 8, 2014 at 10:33 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Talk to Rayaan. When I came in, everything was gone and the dude was hanging from the staff lounge chandelier. The guy's a party animal, I gotta tell you.
Lies!
I shouldn't have agreed to be the official scapegoat. 
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March 8, 2014 at 11:27 pm
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(March 8, 2014 at 11:15 pm)Rayaan Wrote: I shouldn't have agreed to be the official scapegoat.
Oooh.. *Insert inappropriate joke about Muslims being the the progeny of goat herders* 
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura
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RE: I am availible to answer some questions
March 8, 2014 at 11:29 pm
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(March 8, 2014 at 9:12 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: (March 8, 2014 at 7:26 am)Miss Meng Wrote: Adam represents the first form of man. The serpent represents evil, deception, lies and trickery.
~ Miss M
I think you blew your leg off of that one.
The serpent represented the Egyptian Pharaoh, who wore a headdress with a Uraeus rising serpent (cobra, asp) that symbolized the Pharaoh's absolute power and authority. http://www.landofpyramids.org/uraeus.htm
Egypt was at war with Assyria and Babylonia and various times fell under their control. Most people regard serpents as sneaky and treacherous so it was a clever way to take a dig at the Egyptian ruler for lying by calling him a serpent (which was on his headdress).
The Babylonian Empire was known as the “Garden of Eden” and the Egyptians were a disruptive force. Adam was a metaphor for the king of Tyre, who got kicked out by the Emperor. The tree of knowledge of good and evil might symbolize the adoption of foreign culture and religious practices.
Believe it or not, all of that is in the Bible.
I would have to respectfully disagree with that as the origins of the serpent in Genesis. Most of the imported things came from the Babylonian myth system. There is a myth of Gilgamesh and the Serpent, which fits perfectly with the rest on the imported material.
(Sorry this is so long).
There was a precedent for a snake (and plant) that conferred immortality.
http://www.thethinkingatheist.com/forum/...ins?page=2
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble. - Joseph Campbell
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RE: I am availible to answer some questions
March 9, 2014 at 4:42 am
(March 8, 2014 at 9:28 pm)Rayaan Wrote: (March 8, 2014 at 7:41 pm)Minimalist Wrote: I think Frods has a girl friend. They can both get naked and bore the ever-loving shit out of each other.
Impossible!!!
Fr0d0's girlfriend is Niqabi Ninja!
Ray... You are NOT my girl friend.
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March 9, 2014 at 4:58 am
(March 8, 2014 at 7:13 pm)Miss Meng Wrote: (March 8, 2014 at 6:46 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: Oh I didn't even realise that I'd said that
Hey I'm learning a new language at night class. It's my worst subject and I suck at it (languages). It's fun though, even if I'm sure I have to work harder.
What a wonderful thing you're doing fr0d0. I took English classes growing up living in China.
~ Miss Meng
Miss Meng,
The Christian Bible completely ignores China. Why is that?
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RE: I am availible to answer some questions
March 9, 2014 at 5:02 am
(March 9, 2014 at 4:58 am)catman Wrote: (March 8, 2014 at 7:13 pm)Miss Meng Wrote: What a wonderful thing you're doing fr0d0. I took English classes growing up living in China.
~ Miss Meng
Miss Meng,
The Christian Bible completely ignores China. Why is that?
Probably the most culturally, technologically and socially advanced section of the world in that period.
But God just fails to notice that?
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