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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #39450 on: October 29, 2013, 04:13:10 pm »

It's almost like YHWH's a level 20 Wizard trying to prevent anyone else from becoming wizards to challenge him.
This make far more sense than it should. Oh, and he's probably Lawful Neutral. Lawful's obvious, given how taken the guy is with his rules. That aside, remember that he kicked Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden for eating apples of Knowledge (Good/Evil).  :P

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He ordered one of his followers to do something, clearly expecting it to be carried out. His follower promptly did so. He then revealed it to be a test of loyalty and told his follower to do something different as a reward (which he did). Lawful.

He did something cruel (ordered a follower to kill their child in his name) with good intentions--from his perspective, anyways--and, when his intention was fulfilled, did something good (allowed the follower to kill an animal in his name, which was common practice for worship at the time, and thus about as Good as you'll get in the historical context). He favored neither good nor evil, using them as tools for his own ends. Neutral.

Still kind of a dick move to trick your loyal follower into thinking he needs to murder his son. You can't get around that. (To be technical, the intention ("sacrifice your son to prove your loyalty") wasn't fulfilled; God just said "HEY HEY WOAH, you didn't think I actually meant for you to kill your son, did you? Oh man, the look on your face!" at the last moment.*)

I agree with Mephisto's general point, and it's one I've come to as well:

(Abrahamic) God is a jerk.

And on Adam and Eve: pretty hilarious to tell them not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Hope they understand it's evil to disobey you.

I'd actually love to write a book that just rips apart the Bible stories to shreds. It would be fun :) .

I've actually started it, only got through Genesis 1 so far. I'll pick it up again when I'm in the mood once more.

*Preferably in an operatic baritone voice :)
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #39451 on: October 29, 2013, 04:15:50 pm »

it's getting pretty euphoric in here, but I suppose, having started it, I've nothing to complain about
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #39452 on: October 29, 2013, 05:05:41 pm »

Helping a friend with physics homework.

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« Reply #39453 on: October 29, 2013, 05:09:16 pm »

Helping a friend with physics homework.

WTF is right. What does classical children's literature have to do with physics?

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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #39454 on: October 29, 2013, 05:10:45 pm »

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do not destroy its trees by putting an ax to them, because you can eat their fruit. Do not cut them down. Are the trees people, that you should besiege them?

Say what you say about God, but he's not a treekiller xD
It's almost like he values trees above humans...
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It's not that the trees are more valuable per-say. He's just pointing out that it would be pretty stupid for the Israelites to destroy the orchards of the lands they are capturing.

If I recall there are prohibitions elsewhere against salting farmland, which some other cultures did, which would destoy the lands ability to to produce crops for many years. He seems to want to keep destruction localized to the actual combatants without harming the land or the welfare of future generations. I always got the feeling that if they had existed at the time he also would have prohibited the nation of Israel from using landmines.

It's almost like YHWH's a level 20 Wizard trying to prevent anyone else from becoming wizards to challenge him.
This make far more sense than it should. Oh, and he's probably Lawful Neutral. Lawful's obvious, given how taken the guy is with his rules. That aside, remember that he kicked Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden for eating apples of Knowledge (Good/Evil).  :P

Dare I?

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He ordered one of his followers to do something, clearly expecting it to be carried out. His follower promptly did so. He then revealed it to be a test of loyalty and told his follower to do something different as a reward (which he did). Lawful.

He did something cruel (ordered a follower to kill their child in his name) with good intentions--from his perspective, anyways--and, when his intention was fulfilled, did something good (allowed the follower to kill an animal in his name, which was common practice for worship at the time, and thus about as Good as you'll get in the historical context). He favored neither good nor evil, using them as tools for his own ends. Neutral.

Yes that's a rough account to understand for most modern people. Many people understand it as foreshadowing of what Jehovah himself would later do, allowing HIS own son to be sacrificed for the good of humanity. In that context it's a bit less WTF. Because he was (a) making a point and (b) not asking Abram to do anything He wouldn't do.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #39455 on: October 29, 2013, 05:15:16 pm »

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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #39456 on: October 29, 2013, 05:17:29 pm »

Even more WTF is that as soon as I read the problem, this song popped into my head.

AND NOW IT WON'T LEAVE
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« Reply #39457 on: October 29, 2013, 05:23:28 pm »

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« Reply #39458 on: October 29, 2013, 05:25:53 pm »

Helping a friend with physics homework.



This scares me, because I look at this 'problem' and see only a list of information.  I don't see a problem.  No question's being asked, there's no variable left unsolved that I spot...  I guess I fail?
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #39459 on: October 29, 2013, 05:28:27 pm »

I assume the question is beneath the drawing.
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« Reply #39460 on: October 29, 2013, 05:34:09 pm »

I assume the question is beneath the drawing.

Yes.


And the WTF is with the properties of B12. The story couldn't have happened on a tiny asteroid. :(.
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Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« Reply #39461 on: October 29, 2013, 05:34:18 pm »

Helping a friend with physics homework.



Did anybody else notice that the asteroid is called B12?

Do you guys know what this means?
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« Reply #39462 on: October 29, 2013, 05:36:05 pm »

It means that it's called B12.
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« Reply #39463 on: October 29, 2013, 05:36:09 pm »

It means I'm a little princess ༼இɷஇ༽
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« Reply #39464 on: October 29, 2013, 05:46:00 pm »

It means I'm a little princess ༼இɷஇ༽
What is that thing?

It scares me.
It's a princess. A horribly deformed princess in screaming agony, if my eyes don't deceive me.
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