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Colorful and hopefully optimistic but maybe hateful occasionally

I'm going to spout the godly fun facts I promised. Mostly because the more fun facts I share, the better I feel. lol

I'm a bit anxious. Don't feel like talking about why though. Weekly visits to synagogue are helping :)

Which is why I hope this post won't sound blasphemous! But just a heads up, if you are very religious and maybe sensitive/easier to threaten due to being new or feeling shaken by events or anything else, I'd recommend not reading this! (That was not me being insulting by the way, I'm serious. I'm not intending to be hurtful here, I'm just spouting facts I know, but am also aware that it is a sensitive subject for some. I like debates but probably I won't like them here.)

Anyway. Cheering myself up now! Hope it's fun for you too, lol

I've mentioned recently that the original Jews were henotheistic -- they believed in other gods, but felt their G-d was the best god. Because of that, he turns out to have a really cool history!!

First of all, Jews had a pantheon of multiple gods. YHWH (I hear Christians call him Jehovah thanks to some monks, can't actually remember when that happened exactly -- was it in Rome?) wasn't a lessor god, but he was a god under El, the king of the gods, for which "Israel" is named. יִשְׂרֶה אֵל‎ (yisré 'él). If you are familiar with An, the head of the Sumerian pantheon, then El won't seem that distant to you!

YHWH began as a nature spirit, very importantly a god of the desert (notice how in the Torah/Old Testament, G-d is able to help multiple people locate water?), and also controlled the natural elements of desert lands, such as water, locusts, food supply, and more. He was also the god of metallurgy, and his specialty was copper. (Copper jewelry is cool! Except my perspiration turns it green and then it stains my skin...)

He was able to do amazing things, like curse a king. (Why curse a king by killing/starving/sickening his innocent people? Because nothing else is supposed to matter to a king. It's exposing the Pharaoh's inability to rule well, as all kings are supposed to be able to provide and protect, above all. There would be no pressure from the outside if the people felt no pressure. There's more to it, I just doubt anyone here is particularly interested?) Also, do transformative magic that made copper especially great.

(And also made it to where when the Bronze Age happened, human Western civilizations mysterious collapsed for a long time.) (I have info on that if anyone is interested. There are a lot of historically scientific hypotheses about what happened.)

YHWH was also a "cloud rider," if you noticed that in any reading you might have done long ago :D That name is seen all around the Middle East if you know where to look, describing many storm and nature gods :) Including some Sumerian ones! (Ur and Uruk -- or Ur and Erech in the holy books).

Over time, El and YHWH began to merge more in the pantheon. YHWH was an extremely beloved god because he was also, importantly, a warrior god, and therefore a great protector too. You can see imagery of that warrior-ness in the holy books as well.

Inanna, the queen of heaven in Uruk for a long time, has a shockingly similar history (and some of the same names as YHWH!). She is a warrior goddess, she was a protector, she was depicted with lions and mythical creatures (of which analogues show up in the Torah/Old Testament), etc.

That's probably enough.

In University I studied under Christian scholars who I did research for occasionally. I won't name him here because I don't want to be identified too easily, but he is famous for the discovery that the Bible has been mistranslated in a few very important moments. The man can speak Greek and noticed some odd details about Jesus that are way more important that one would think. Cool stuff!! I won't get into that much right now, but if you're curious you could ask I suppose

Or maybe I can link an article some time

Knowing the history of religion is fun, useful, and enlightening. It's an important activity for me. I like to dig and dig until I know the origin of everything

My dog is asking for a walk so I think that's a good stopping point :)

Cheer up accomplished!
 
Sietz said:
:cautious: I'm not smarter than you... That offends my love for you :p
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Well, you ARE pretty smart! :D :P

I’ve been trying to think up a witty response for ages lol. That’ll have to do!

bellbird said:
"If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe." - Carl Sagan
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Yes! I totally forgot this quote existed. If I knew it to start with.

And thank you! Noofle had a fun walk. She kissed a kitty



Thank you for the hug, @Freida :) :hug:
 
Something is bothering me. Not sure what it is... all I know is that it’s blue, brown, and an impossible color. Redbluegreen.

And has something to do with... something? I know it’s there, but I can’t touch it. Frustrating.

And I’ve been sitting on a toilet trying to pee for like an hour. So... possibly I’m just confused today. Not totally sure. Can’t figure out the starting point. I think it might be a bunch of things?

But I had a great day!
 
littleoc said:
And I’ve been sitting on a toilet trying to pee for like an hour.
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I have the hardest time trying to pee whenever I'm stressed. Maybe you're the same.
Have you taken all your regular meds today? And have you had enough water to drink?

I'm all ears for when you figure out what's bothering you :hug:

Glad you had a good day though.
 
Thanks :hug:

I checked and I’m a bit dehydrated. That’s probably creating some stress and confusion!

Also I sampled some bad strawberry preserves and maybe the fungus I couldn’t smell in there is messing with me. ?‍♀️That’s mostly a joke, by the way. I’m not sick currently (yay!).

I took birth control late so that could maybe have done something as well.

Also two of my trees passed away but that happened a coupe of weeks ago

Nothing is really wrong, though. So maybe it’s just some general anxiety?

Or maybe the lesson at the service today made me a little anxious for OCD reasons? Couldn’t have been much though. It was a lovely and interesting talk and we sang and I refused the wine for fear of anxiety and headaches. No one there pressures me!

Or maybe I’m anxious because I said bluntly for the first time that I want my sister to divorce her husband? He’s being a brat. And yeah, when he treated me like shit that was fine, but now that he’s treating everyone like shit suddenly it’s because he developed an alcohol problem, lol

I didn’t say this, but I should have: I have three friends and one cousin who are alcoholics and even the ones who have not yet asked for help are nice people.

K has a serious emotional problem, yes, but he’s also a dick
 
By “my trees passed away” I mean that most of them are dead and what’s left is slowly dying and I can’t figure out a humane way to finish them off

Not that there is one anyway. As my mom always says, “What’s the most humane way to boil a pea?”

FUN FACTS!

Peas are the daughters of the pea plant. The pea hold the grandchild of the pea plant.

Because plant “skin” is light sensitive, like the retinas in our eyes, plants can “see” light! Not anywhere the same as us though... and they grow in the direction of light thanks to some special proteins that sense the direction of photons... they can’t really see you walking by or anything ?
 

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