(March 30, 2016 at 10:27 pm)Won2blv Wrote:(March 30, 2016 at 10:12 am)drfuzzy Wrote: Why are you looking for a rational way to view a 2600 year old fantasy? You say you want to deconstruct these things that still linger, but apparently when a member here tries to help with that deconstruction, your responses seem angry. You clearly want to hang on to the Bible as "holy", whatever the hell that means. Well, here's my rational viewpoint about that description of a statue - it's meaningless.
What I meant was that I am looking for a rational way to view what looks like the fulfillment of that prophecy. I should have clarified that... I am sorry I sound angry, is it the all caps and exclamation points? I just want good answers, not general ones. For example, just saying its meaningless is not a good one. It just a rash statement based on an opinion.
The most rational explanation I can come up with is that your brain is evolved to find patterns and assign meaning to things, and your religious upbringing has you convinced that if you can force-fit a Bible passage to maybe vaguely describe something that happened later, that means the passage was a prediction about the future.
In short, your mind is conditioned to make meaning of things where there is none. Mine used to do it, too. I used to think the Bible contained predictions about discoveries in quantum mechanics and shit. It's really just an attempt by your brain to bring what you want to believe in line with what you actually believe about reality.
Verbatim from the mouth of Jesus (retranslated from a retranslation of a copy of a copy):
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
