June 10th, 2020, 05:00 PM
[QUOTE=yzb25;868073]Do you ever wish you could see simulations of other human earths with the parameters changed slightly, to see what other possible cultures humanity created? The world we exist in is one where one tiny cult in Israel happened to have a dominant effect on the religious beliefs of most of the world. Maybe in another world, monotheism wouldn't enjoy such indisputed dominance. Or maybe the dominance of monotheism is inevitable. Maybe the dominant world's religions could have ended up having a totally different view of human sexuality, good and bad, the afterlife.[/QUOTE]
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thatactually sounds ocool owo. altho that'snot someting i considered b4. uvu
Originally Posted by
yzb25
Do you ever wish you could see simulations of other human earths with the parameters changed slightly, to see what other possible cultures humanity created? The world we exist in is one where one tiny cult in Israel happened to have a dominant effect on the religious beliefs of most of the world. Maybe in another world, monotheism wouldn't enjoy such indisputed dominance. Or maybe the dominance of monotheism is inevitable. Maybe the dominant world's religions could have ended up having a totally different view of human sexuality, good and bad, the afterlife.
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thatactually sounds ocool owo. altho that'snot someting i considered b4. uvu
June 10th, 2020, 04:16 PM
[QUOTE=yzb25;868071]The bible, particularly the old testament, is quite fascinating when viewed as a small, unreliable window into the ancient mind rather than an authoritative text. In fact, the mere authorship of the old testament is itself a source of great intrigue.
[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentary_hypothesis[/url]
From what I understand, there were loads of gods and religions floating around the Middle East 3000 years ago, before dominant empires formed and started to unify the world's faiths. Wouldn't it be amazing to know what they thought about the world? And to think that Judaism, one tiny religion amongst many, would go on to have such a profound effect on world history...[/QUOTE]
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Originally Posted by
yzb25
The bible, particularly the old testament, is quite fascinating when viewed as a small, unreliable window into the ancient mind rather than an authoritative text. In fact, the mere authorship of the old testament is itself a source of great intrigue.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentary_hypothesis
From what I understand, there were loads of gods and religions floating around the Middle East 3000 years ago, before dominant empires formed and started to unify the world's faiths. Wouldn't it be amazing to know what they thought about the world? And to think that Judaism, one tiny religion amongst many, would go on to have such a profound effect on world history...
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