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Is God really a volcano
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Is God really a volcano
March 26, 2012 at 10:40 pm
I what a thunderf00t video that from the bible make got sound a little to much like a volcano.



what do you think?
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RE: Is God really a volcano
March 26, 2012 at 11:05 pm
Does anyone remember that megathread with the volcano psycho in it?

I'm not sure what caused the god myth. I do think natural disasters helped.
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RE: Is God really a volcano
March 26, 2012 at 11:45 pm
Interesting interpretation, sounds plausible, and weird.
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RE: Is God really a volcano
March 26, 2012 at 11:46 pm
There are no active volcanoes in Egypt/Sinai. Thus when he asks the question of "what is more likely" the answer is that someone made all this happy horseshit up.
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RE: Is God really a volcano
March 26, 2012 at 11:51 pm
The alternative is believing in a bloodthirsty dictator who micro-manages to a point of genocidal directives. So yeah, it's very probable.
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RE: Is God really a volcano
March 27, 2012 at 12:56 am
(March 26, 2012 at 11:05 pm)Shell B Wrote: Does anyone remember that megathread with the volcano psycho in it?

Yes. My first thought upon seeing.this thread was "here we go again".

Fortunately I suspect the OP of this thread is sane.
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RE: Is God really a volcano
March 27, 2012 at 1:12 am
Well sane or not; thunderfoot's hypothesis seems to carry more validity than the written fantasy story
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RE: Is God really a volcano
March 27, 2012 at 2:40 am
(March 27, 2012 at 1:12 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: Well sane or not; thunderfoot's hypothesis seems to carry more validity than the written fantasy story

As Min pointed out, there are no active volcanoes in the Egypt/Sinai region. At first glance that would seem to cast doubt on the hypothesis.

However, there are a few volcanoes in the Mediterranean, and as it appears that the biblical accounts were likely born out of oral tradition, its possible that its borrowed folklore from elsewhere.
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RE: Is God really a volcano
March 27, 2012 at 3:11 am
(March 26, 2012 at 11:05 pm)Shell B Wrote: Does anyone remember that megathread with the volcano psycho in it?

I'm not sure what caused the god myth. I do think natural disasters helped.

one of my favourite quotes;

Quote:Religion: Man's attempt to communicate with the weather (graffito,London, 1985)
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RE: Is God really a volcano
March 27, 2012 at 3:15 am
Love that quote Pad Big Grin
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