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submitted 1 week ago by wuphysics87@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

When examined, or just because it's weird on its own.

Example: Beat a dead horse

  1. You whip a horse to go faster
  2. It dies from being whipped too much
  3. You still want the horse to go faster
  4. You continue to whip it
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[-] CuriousRefugee@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 week ago

No, no, it was originally "Taking God's name in vein," as saying the name of God out loud would allow Him into your blood. If you say the name of God, you allow him to inhabit your blood, gain your power, and become even more mighty. The ancient Hebrews feared God gaining too much power, as He would be able to destroy the world. Then Christians figured out that if they took Communion and instead drank the blood of Christ, they could reverse the Hebrew God's power and slowly increase their own until they could ascend to the heavens and do battle with the Almighty, empowered by His blood in their veins, rather than weakened by taking His name in vein. In this seventeen-part essay, I will describe how we can defeat God by

[-] grooving@lemmy.studio 8 points 1 week ago

This lore makes more sense than the bible.

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago

The bible is a collection of thousands of years of oral history and societal laws put to paper generations after the fact, allegory and letters to random fuckers and varying accounts of a Jewish cult leader who was executed for crimes against the state. It's gonna have a potted narrative.

[-] jason@engage.gogogoals.com 0 points 1 week ago

This is mind blowing if true. Is this real? What's going on here? Are you serious?

[-] miracleorange@beehaw.org 6 points 1 week ago

Not real, but certainly creative.

yes everything you read on the Internet is true.

[-] jason@engage.gogogoals.com 1 points 1 week ago

Thank you. I thought so.

But seriously. I thought this might be another Tower of Babylon incident. I could definitely see this playing out early on during the vestiges of the mythological era. I was also feeling asleep.

Note to self. Don't comment when falling asleep.

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