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Doc Hawkins posted:that we're all so familiar with the fuckups of greek gods and not anything about them that might seem to merit veneration is in part due to christian propaganda, so who's got the last laugh now Nah, that was the attitude of Greeks at the time, too. The Greek gods were forces of nature. They were something you respected and feared, but also tried to avoid. Just look at their myths: being loved by the gods never ended well. Sometimes it was even worse than being despised by the gods. Your best hope was to just never be noticed by them. The only god who was actually chill was Hermes and that’s why he still has cults that persist to this day
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Jerry Cotton posted:It's not like we can't just read what the ancients thought of their gods. Guess what - they thought they were jerks! priests of zeus insisted zeus was wise and powerful, worthy of supplication and respect, it was a whole thing, the ancients wrote about that too
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I realize that I'm doing the goon thing of latching onto some tiny nugget of trivia that contradicts common knowledge, shoehorning it into discussions, and defending it incessantly, so how about I don't do that. You all have the right idea, I'm not an expert, down with gods in general, etc.
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Doc Hawkins posted:priests of zeus insisted zeus was wise and powerful, worthy of supplication and respect, it was a whole thing, the ancients wrote about that too It's literally how they made a living. How all priests make a living: selling their god. Also a good way to not get zapped by a god you think is a real jerk.
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Kit Walker posted:Nah, that was the attitude of Greeks at the time, too. The Greek gods were forces of nature. They were something you respected and feared, but also tried to avoid. Just look at their myths: being loved by the gods never ended well. Sometimes it was even worse than being despised by the gods. Your best hope was to just never be noticed by them. The only god who was actually chill was Hermes and that’s why he still has cults that persist to this day Greek mythology has a real poo poo afterlife. Everyone but superheroes gets Hades. Easy to see why people went to the say "Jesus is Christ" get 69 virgins. Even though no sane person wants to gently caress a virgin.
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BaldDwarfOnPCP posted:Even though no sane person wants to gently caress a virgin. So you're a virgin then?
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Paladinus posted:So you're a virgin then? Wish we could say the same about your cats.
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Ferrule posted:Wish we could say the same about your cats. My only cat died a virgin. So, heh, you just implied that you hosed my dead cat.
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Paladinus posted:My only cat died a virgin. So, heh, you just implied that you hosed my dead cat. Well it had the harness so duh.
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Deteriorata posted:Eric, the half a bell lol @ this, well done
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Paladinus posted:So you're a virgin then? And drat proud.
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BaldDwarfOnPCP posted:And drat proud. Lol
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Coq au Nandos posted:Is there a level beyond galaxy brain? yeah its called libertarian brain but it stack overflows and winds up being mathematically the dumbest brain of all
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I'm three pages late to the dark lyrics to nice music discussion, but please listen to The Dreamer by Amigo The Devil to hear the most beautiful love song written from the perspective of a stalker.
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Eschenique posted:I mean what's the share of practicing Christians these days? When Australia first started taking a census long long ago the percentage of the population who identified as Christian was somewhere up above 95%. At the most recent census that had dropped to 52.5% (22.6% Catholic, 13.3% Anglican, 16.3% Other Christian) and if the recent trends are any indication it should drop below 50% sometime soon and it will no longer be accurate to call this a Christian country, or refer to Christians as a "silent majority" or any kind of majority at all. And all the evangelical Christians in this country are aware of that and they are scared and angry and playing the victim card as hard as they can and doing everything in their power to stop the laws getting any more progressive in regards to LGBTQ+ and women's rights (and failing!) and they're going batshit crazy like some kind of cornered rat and it's glorious.  (It's be a lot more glorious if our current PM wasn't a batshit insane evangelical "prosperity gospel" fucker)
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:(It's be a lot more glorious if our current PM wasn't a batshit insane evangelical "prosperity gospel" fucker) gently caress I thought this was the schadenfreude thread for a second 
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:When Australia first started taking a census long long ago the percentage of the population who identified as Christian was somewhere up above 95%. At the most recent census that had dropped to 52.5% (22.6% Catholic, 13.3% Anglican, 16.3% Other Christian) and if the recent trends are any indication it should drop below 50% sometime soon and it will no longer be accurate to call this a Christian country, or refer to Christians as a "silent majority" or any kind of majority at all. I don't know how I feel about Christians perceiving themselves as a persecuted minority. In the US, Muslims identify as Patriots who are grateful for their religious freedom. Christians just use the gradual chipping away at the numbers as an excuse to shoot up a supermarket.
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Rigged Death Trap posted:Mcdonalds a short walk from the Piazza San Pietro and St. Peters Basilica. Let me get uhhhhhhhhhhh borgo
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Rigged Death Trap posted:Mcdonalds a short walk from the Piazza San Pietro and St. Peters Basilica. Side note to this: I've been to that McDonalds, and this is what you see when you walk in for breakfast: 
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Zipperelli. posted:Side note to this: I've been to that McDonalds, and this is what you see when you walk in for breakfast: Hell yeah, McArons.
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Zipperelli. posted:Side note to this: I've been to that McDonalds, and this is what you see when you walk in for breakfast: all hail capitalism
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Jerry Cotton posted:It's not like we can't just read what the ancients thought of their gods. Guess what - they thought they were jerks! Man made God in his own image.
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PeeWee - "Cowboy Curtis, the secret word of the day is N..." Cowboy Curtis - "NO PeeWee! You still can't say it, even if you're in the club."
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Doctor Zero posted:Makes sense. His favorite song is Beat It. Dang, that's an old school line
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:PeeWee - "Cowboy Curtis, the secret word of the day is N..." LOL. Looking back on how far we've come in this hell dimension...I can't believe people got so upset about PeeWee jacking it in what's basically the most appropriate jackin' it location.
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LifeSunDeath posted:LOL. Looking back on how far we've come in this hell dimension...I can't believe people got so upset about PeeWee jacking it in what's basically the most appropriate jackin' it location. I’ve never seen one of those theaters in real life, but, what ELSE are they supposed to be for?
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freeedr posted:I’ve never seen one of those theaters in real life, but, what ELSE are they supposed to be for? I worked at one for a couple months and it's illegal to allow. We didn't care, obviously, but if the cops came in they could cause some poo poo. And we were able to exploit some legal loophole that allowed us to keep VICE out.
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