futatorius

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the term "bloodline" often used instead of "family tree"?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And royals, like race horses, are not bred for intelligence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the term "bloodline" often used instead of "family tree"?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, it only matters for old-school animal breeders and royal genealogists. It’s a pre-scientific notion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Religious people: The world is ending⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not all early Christians followed Paul. The church in Jerusalem under James was at odds with Paul on a number of subjects. There were also more radical groups outside Jerusalem that combined Christianity with Greek philosophy, having women preaching and leading congregations, and incorporating various mystical beliefs that didn’t originate in Judaism or the teachings of Jesus.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Religious people: The world is ending⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The Muslims have never had a big, convoluted End Times mythos like the Christians, at least not in the Qur’an. At some point in the indefinite future, there will be Judgement Day, and everybody living or dead will get hauled in front of Allah and the recording angel will play back your scorecard. Then it’s Jinnah (heaven) or Jehenna (hell).

  There are quite a number of hadiths (extra-scriptural reports of things Muhammad said or did) that talk about the end times. Hadiths are assessed by Islamic scholars based on their provenance and general credibility. Those originating from people close to the Prophet are ranked higher; those that contradict the Qur’an are downgraded. Most of the non-Qur’anic end times narratives sound very similar to Christian eschatology, except that the Mahdi, the successor prophet to Muhammad, appears. Jesus (Issa) returns, there’s the Antichrist (the Dajjal) stirring up mischief, signs and portents, the giants Gog and Magog running amok, the stars fall from the sky as meteors, etc, etc.

  It’s not as entertaining as Ragnarök, but it’s more coherent than the Christian fundies’ fanfic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Religious people: The world is ending⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  According to mainstream Christianity, that’s trying to force God to do something. And the Bible is clear that nobody, not even the faithful, will know when the end times will come.

  Not that I care, being an atheist. But these people make shit up without even bothering to see if it’s consistent with the shit that’s already been made up.