26FEB2024MON

[Mastodon] locked me out, so I am gonna continue here... 

https://mastodon.social/@iansaph

So we need to brainstorm to drill a tunnel to be able to visit other religions without offending them or looking down on them or glaring at them, but be open minded about them, be willing to talk about different concepts about God...

What do you feel when you hear some people believe that humans have both angel and devil inside them? Is that an appalling idea? No, we've grown up, we've read some literature that talks about stuff like that here and there... It is not completely alien to us, is it? We've also heard about three-headed-god -- the Creator, the Preserver and the Destroyer -- wow, quite a sophisticated thinking, yeah? We've also heard about God is inside us -- another far out abstract thought...  

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Now, back to Judaism... 

Is Judaism dead because I said Judaism died today? 

I was just thinking that some early Hebrew might have visited Egypt; he could have been a merchant and mingled with Egyptians, made some friends, and heard about circumcision (let's just stick with male circumcision, or Hebrew might have consciously selected male circumcision only) and even got to witness the operation himself and brought the experience back to Israel and told others about it and they decided to copycat the practice -- entirely possible isn't it?

(On top of that, the artifacts depicting circumcision in Egypt might not have been excavated till recently...)

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Another strand of thought is tracing Noah's Ark...

According to the above source, the First Bible (Pentateuch/Torah) was 'collated' during the 5th century BC (not 2700BC which I quoted at the [Mastodon] site) 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah

Noah was born on 3078BC... 

https://www.biblechronology.com/events/15

The Noah's Flood happened in 2350BC...

https://web.stanford.edu/~meehan/donnelly/bibchron.html

Noah was 600 years old when the Flood happened...

https://web.mit.edu/jywang/www/cef/Bible/NIV/NIV_Bible/GEN+7.html

Noah was 950 years old when he died... 

https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103RYJ

Noah's Ark found(maybe) Mount Ararat, Turkey

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a45700571/was-noahs-ark-found/

Noah lived in Iraq near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

https://www.gotquestions.org/where-did-Noah-live.html

Egypt & Mesopotamia relationship began 4000BC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt%E2%80%93Mesopotamia_relations

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[26FEB2024MON1506PST]

I got a recorded message saying there might have been a fraudulent purchase made and phone number to call; when I called nobody answered & answering machine said to leave message; I bet it's a gimmick, if I leave a message, they are gonna call and ask what is my name & what is my bank name and what is my bank account number & from there they will rob my bank account...

[888-404-5470]

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