Sanity Check

... Has anyone ever noticed the high degree to which our storytelling culture is inspired by christianity?

If they're not the same person. Then the narratives are not copies. The last ice age ended around 7,000 to 10,000 years ago. The end of ice ages are accompanied by major flooding. It makes sense for every culture that existed during that time to have similar flood based narratives.

Everyone knows of similarities between gilgamesh and Noah. Etc. The problem is you compare them as if their narratives were near to identical and they're not. You make generic statements suggesting gilgamesh and Noah were the same person and they most definitely are not. The same with everything else you posted.

Your approach is to cite generic arguments like "christianity was inspired by other religions". Without citing specifics. Without specifics there is nothing to respond to.

Do you realize. Record numbers of people are currently converting to christianity? https://www.ncregister.com/features/notre-dame-sees-record-number-of-converts You should share your opinions more in discussion groups outside of the daobums echo chamber. Maybe you'll realize your views are increasingly becoming unpopular.

12 The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East. 13 Then I saw three impure spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14 They are demonic spirits that perform signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty. 15 “Look, I come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully exposed.” 16 Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon. Euphrates River ^ Biblical prophecy mentions the euphrates river drying up near the end times. Share your thoughts on this.

I suspect most who read your replies will not find them very compelling. And so there usually is no reason to respond. When making claims such as "the bible is inspired by previous cultures" you need specific evidence to back your claims. As of yet I have not seen a single attempt @ this.

I remember a time 20 years ago. When many claimed Jesus was inspired by the story of Mithras. I looked into it, found no evidence of this at all. But people still continued to say it as if it were true.

Nah. Its all good.

You don't realize it but a significant portion of our storytelling is biblically inspired. As it is biblical morality which became established as our fundamental framework for modern day society.

Revelation says God will forget deeds of evil in the end times. Then a day will come when suddenly He will remember and dispense punishment. Whatever justice people deserve in the end times will be delayed.

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Scenario: The man in the iron mask is unjustly locked in prison for 40 years. Having no interaction with women, he winds up being very sexually repressed and masturbates to excess in an effort to obtain physical and spiritual satisfaction. His captors deploy a multi pronged approach in an effort to compel him to destroy himself thus freeing themselves from any karmic wrongdoing. 1. Efforts are made to mold his sexual repression into twisted forms of extremism and sexual perversion. They try to influence him into blaming women and various demographics for his troubles. They try to influence him into hating his fellow man wanting him to lash out in displays of violence and bloodshed. 2. Efforts are made to fan the flames of his sexual repression to compel him to masturbate even more to destroy his own kidneys and health. It ends with him ejaculating once a day for 20 - 30 years. 3. His food and water contain substances which produce chronic feelings of nervousness, anxiety, unease in an effort to compel him to kill himself. He feels terrible all of the time. His behavior and personality are erratic. His appearance also appears unstable and unhealthy. Somehow this multi pronged approach fails. None of the main objectives are reached. Their next move is to place women in his cell after coercing and threatening them to behave in a seductive manner towards the sexually oppressed prisoner. Needles to say he is a man who wandered for decades in a desert who suddenly discovers water. They blame him for any overindulgence or mishaps which occur saying everything is 100% his fault. ... How would karma be distributed in cases like these?

Inedia (Latin for 'fasting') or breatharianism (/brɛˈθɛəriənɪzəm/ breth-AIR-ee-ən-iz-əm) is the claimed ability for a person to live without consuming food, and in some cases water. It is a pseudoscientific practice, and several adherents of these practices have died from starvation or dehydration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inedia Are there any practicing masters of breatharianism alive today? If I wanted to learn these techniques are there good books or resources available?

Well, if the consensus is it being fake. Can we simply say its fake and leave the thread where it is for future reference.

The artwork in this is fantastic. Next level teaching aide.