The gang finished the chute late last night. We're going to leave it for about 36 hours so that it really hardens off. We'd prefer it if the end didn't collapse. Look a bit silly doing a 60kph belly flop!
The whirlybird thing arrived today with supplies. Oh boy, you should have seen the Brits jumping up and down when they unloaded a crate marked 'Cadbury's Cream Eggs'. I thought they were going to wet themselves! About the only one who didn't seem excited was Frau Doktor Gerhardt. Mind you, the last thing she should eat is chocolate. The only difference between her and an orca is that her teeth are slightly smaller and she doesn't have a fin on her back. She might not be the same colour either but since I've never seen her naked...........
I wonder if you think it as funny as I do that you can mix up two quite distinct things. On the one hand, you're all solemn about the death of your saviour and on the other, you stuff your maws with chocolate to celebrate the rebirth of nature. Don't you think that's a little weird?
We don't have religion. Well, there's the 'thundering penguin' but no-one goes around worshipping him. We just think he's a really cool dude. He'd be a myth if some researcher hadn't snapped him one year. I'll tell you about him sometime. As I say, we don't have religion, we're too busy trying to stay alive, what with orcas, seals, the weather etc, to worry over much what might lie beyond the veil. But you lot? You've got more religions than I've had fishes. And they're all as barking (that's mad to you) as each other.
At this time, there's a whole gang of you celebrating the fact that some human got nailed to a tree for saying how good it would be if everyone was nice to each other. Oh come on, get real! Why on earth would anyone do that? Why would anyone get nailed to a tree for saying that? Even Stalin would find that a little over the top! And why blame someone else for doing it? I mean, the Romans did it but you blame the Jews (another crackpot religion), how sensible is that? Oh, I hear you say, the Jews couldn't do it themselves because they didn't have a death penalty, so they had to get the Romans to do it! What?
"Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone!" Isn't that a quote? From whom? And what were they doing? Got it in one! Trying to stone someone TO DEATH! So if the Romans did it, they sure as hell weren't acting as proxies! I have little idea why anyone would want to nail someone to a tree but sedition seems as good a reason as any, given your culture.
Oh, and someone did cast the first stone. Mary!
Weird. You know the KJV but you don't know that the Jews certainly DID have a death penalty.
ReplyDeleteAdultery was punishable by death as were several other "Sins" such as adultery. The change comes from the guilt of the leaders for partaking in these "crimes" (according to the "law" contained in Deuteronomy). They didn't commit adultery, they started polygamy (or polygyny). They weren't worshipping idols, they were expressing their visions of God.
So eventually, the original faith was diluted to be a faithless religion which was also quite subjective and it's true that they really did nail Jesus (whether he was a prophet or God's son makes no actual difference, in the reality of what was done) to a cross.
I find it interesting the idea of a martyr-Christ-prophet, which in ancient history repeats itself continually. Have you read "A History of God?" I plan to.
Okay, that is all my stalking for today. And, I can learn French, but I'm going to learn Calculus and Physics first.
Hoping you are well,
The American