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RE: "putting time in perspective," and some fun facts!
July 15, 2015 at 7:48 pm
Our native Australian aborigines who have lived in Australia for many tens of thousands of years, long before even the ancient egyptians were around have had there own religious philosophy.
Completely incompatible with the modern easily digestible " fast food" religions.
Was god not interested in revealing himself to them so long ago.
They have no sacred texts.
Funny how it took the British 50,000 years later to show them the one "true" religion!
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RE: "putting time in perspective," and some fun facts!
July 15, 2015 at 7:53 pm
(July 15, 2015 at 7:48 pm)ignoramus Wrote: Our native Australian aborigines who have lived in Australia for many tens of thousands of years, long before even the ancient egyptians were around have had there own religious philosophy.
Completely incompatible with the modern easily digestible " fast food" religions.
Was god not interested in revealing himself to them so long ago.
They have no sacred texts.
Funny how it took the British 50,000 years later to show them the one "true" religion!
50,000 years? Christianity has only been around for 2000 years.
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RE: "putting time in perspective," and some fun facts!
July 15, 2015 at 7:57 pm
That was his point, I believe.
I can't remember where this verse is from, I think it got removed from canon:
"I don't hang around with mostly men because I'm gay. It's because men are better than women. Better trained, better equipped...better. Just better! I'm not gay."
For context, this is the previous verse:
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RE: "putting time in perspective," and some fun facts!
July 15, 2015 at 8:00 pm
(July 15, 2015 at 7:57 pm)Exian Wrote: That was his point, I believe.
Hm... I guess I don't really understand what he's saying.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
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RE: "putting time in perspective," and some fun facts!
July 15, 2015 at 8:08 pm
What I'm saying is was god not around 50,000 years ago?
I thought he created man!
If anyone ate an apple, it was these guys.
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July 15, 2015 at 8:10 pm
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(July 15, 2015 at 2:28 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: The reason I say "common ground" is because this particular blogger is an atheist and a liberal, and so I'm hoping you guys might like his stuff. And if yall like his stuff and I like his stuff, we'll have something in common for a change lol. I want to be able to connect with/relate to you guys, at least on some levels. 
You know, since there are so many of us and just one of you, wouldn't this be just a whole lot easier if you simply adopted our views altogether?
Oh alright I'll read it. (Looking forward to it really, just need to finish the bathroom remodel and stop taking these non-wife sanctioned breaks.
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RE: "putting time in perspective," and some fun facts!
July 15, 2015 at 8:14 pm
(July 15, 2015 at 8:08 pm)ignoramus Wrote: What I'm saying is was god not around 50,000 years ago?
I thought he created man!
If anyone ate an apple, it was these guys.
I am not a creationist so I don't believe in the apple eating bit lol... but I wouldn't say He "wasn't around" 50,000 years ago. Perhaps He was. Or perhaps He waited until civilization/humanity was a little more "advanced" before beginning to make His existence known.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
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RE: "putting time in perspective," and some fun facts!
July 15, 2015 at 8:15 pm
(July 15, 2015 at 8:10 pm)whateverist Wrote: (July 15, 2015 at 2:28 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: The reason I say "common ground" is because this particular blogger is an atheist and a liberal, and so I'm hoping you guys might like his stuff. And if yall like his stuff and I like his stuff, we'll have something in common for a change lol. I want to be able to connect with/relate to you guys, at least on some levels.
You know, since there are so many of us and just one of you, wouldn't this be just a whole lot easier if you simply adopted our views altogether?
Oh alright I'll read it. (Looking forward to it really, just need to finish the bathroom remodel and stop taking these non-wife sanctioned breaks.
It's more a chart than reading material, so you'll get through it a lot quicker this time. 
Thanks for reading, let me know if you found it interesting!
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RE: "putting time in perspective," and some fun facts!
July 15, 2015 at 9:23 pm
(July 15, 2015 at 7:28 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: (July 15, 2015 at 7:27 pm)Exian Wrote: Trying to understand what was going on at different places on earth at the same time lead me to become an atheist (what was going on in China when Hepshetsut ruled? Or what were people making in the Americas when Abraham was making sand angels). Although, I can't for the life of me remember exactly how.
It would be interesting to know.
Man, I'll have to get back to you on that. It's been a while. Also I should have said "one of the factors", but if I remember correctly, this set everything in motion.
I wanted to know more about my religion (being an American Christian, naturally I knew close to nothing about it, besides the neat and tidy bits).
I've always had a healthy curiosity for history and prehistory, so I took the basic facts you can glean from the bible: It's a book, it contains writing, it contains an origin story, it contains a god. I matched those facts against the timeline in which those things were invented and found these things have been around for a looong time prior. Which means there are thousands of years worth of anatomically modern humans burning in hell, if you're one to believe that sort of thing. At the time, this was a revelation of sorts, partly due to my own compartmentalizing, and partly due to me being told the bible was a true account of our origin.
I can't remember where this verse is from, I think it got removed from canon:
"I don't hang around with mostly men because I'm gay. It's because men are better than women. Better trained, better equipped...better. Just better! I'm not gay."
For context, this is the previous verse:
"Hi Jesus" -robvalue
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RE: "putting time in perspective," and some fun facts!
July 15, 2015 at 9:55 pm
(July 15, 2015 at 9:23 pm)Exian Wrote: (July 15, 2015 at 7:28 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: It would be interesting to know.
Man, I'll have to get back to you on that. It's been a while. Also I should have said "one of the factors", but if I remember correctly, this set everything in motion.
I wanted to know more about my religion (being an American Christian, naturally I knew close to nothing about it, besides the neat and tidy bits).
I've always had a healthy curiosity for history and prehistory, so I took the basic facts you can glean from the bible: It's a book, it contains writing, it contains an origin story, it contains a god. I matched those facts against the timeline in which those things were invented and found these things have been around for a looong time prior. Which means there are thousands of years worth of anatomically modern humans burning in hell, if you're one to believe that sort of thing. At the time, this was a revelation of sorts, partly due to my own compartmentalizing, and partly due to me being told the bible was a true account of our origin.
Thanks for sharing!
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
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