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pls share with us lowly commoners what the mainstream thinks he looks like?

he is a he, right? he doesn't have to be in my book. maybe in yours?


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Originally Posted by mtnsnake
Yes they did, made in god's image.


not necessarily, since 'likeness' does not have to mean precisely modelled from,
but can mean; similitude or something resembling.

Genesis 1;26
"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness..."

https://biblehub.com/interlinear/genesis/1-26.htm

then followed 'mankind 2.0' belly button version, with the natural birth of Cain.






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Originally Posted by mtnsnake
Yes they did, made in god's image.


not necessarily, since 'likeness' does not have to mean precisely modelled from.

Genesis 1;26
"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness..."


https://biblehub.com/interlinear/genesis/1-26.htm







this is an exceedingly difficult subject for folks who have done their best to follow the tradition nearly forever.

some people, right or wrong, who walk amongst us say it's heresy to worship any image of god whatsoever.

what does he/she/they look like? god is undefinable, no image whatsoever.

that idea or concept of the Great Divine, just seems to set some folks on fire.


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Originally Posted by Starman
Originally Posted by mtnsnake
Yes they did, made in god's image.


not necessarily, since 'likeness' does not have to mean precisely modelled from.

Genesis 1;26
"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness..."

https://biblehub.com/interlinear/genesis/1-26.htm

then followed 'mankind 2.0' belly button version, with the natural birth of Cain.





"our likeness"??

How many gods were there, and was one named Asherah?

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Originally Posted by antelope_sniper
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Originally Posted by mtnsnake
Yes they did, made in god's image.


not necessarily, since 'likeness' does not have to mean precisely modelled from.

Genesis 1;26
"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness..."

https://biblehub.com/interlinear/genesis/1-26.htm

then followed 'mankind 2.0' belly button version, with the natural birth of Cain.





"our likeness"??

How many gods were there, and was one named Asherah?



how many gods or their descendents lived up on top of mt olympus?

we humans have struggled for some 2000 years to reduce the number of gods to a more manageable number.

astarte was a good one too. the patriarchs of the hebrew tradition ran an organized system to kill off the goddess religion.

i just hate it when the ancient gods were involved in competition because of their various followers. and noone had a good camera.


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Originally Posted by Gus


we humans have struggled for some 2000 years to reduce the number of gods to a more manageable number.

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Middle East folk were largely poor and living beyond their means trying to support numerous Gods , whereas the Romans
with their advanced expansive realm, wealth and status could afford the luxury of many more illustrious Gods.

nothing beats the bling-bling of having more gods than anyone else... grin


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A SOURDOUGH STORY
by Robert Service
(24 Hour Campfire comment: a poem about a sourdough, St. Peter and Adam)

Hark to the Sourdough story, told at sixty below,
When the pipes are lit and we smoke and spit
Into the campfire glow.
Rugged are we and hoary, and statin' a general rule,
A genooine Sourdough story
Ain't no yarn for the Sunday School.

A Sourdough came to stake his claim in Heav'n one morning early.
Saint Peter cried: "Who waits outside them gates so bright and pearly?"
"I'm recent dead," the Sourdough said, "and crave to visit Hades,
Where haply pine some pals o' mine, includin' certain ladies."
Said Peter: "Go, you old Sourdough, from life so crooly riven;
And if ye fail to find their trail, we'll have a snoop round Heaven."

He waved, and lo! that old Sourdough dropped down to Hell's red spaces;
But though 'twas hot he couldn't spot them old familiar faces.
The bedrock burned, and so he turned, and climbed with footsteps fleeter,
The stairway straight to Heaven's gate, and there, of course, was Peter.
"I cannot see my mates," sez he, "among those damned forever.
I have a hunch some of the bunch in Heaven I'll discover."
Said Peter: "True; and this I'll do (since Sourdoughs are my failing)
You see them guys in Paradise, lined up against the railing -
As bald as coots, in birthday suits, with beards below the middle . . .
Well, I'll allow you in right now, if you can solve a riddle:
Among that gang of stiffs who hang and dodder round the portals,
Is one whose name is know to Fame - it's Adam, first of mortals.
For quiet's sake he makes a break from Eve, which is his Madame. . . .
Well, there's the gate - To crash it straight, just spy the guy that's Adam."

The old Sourdough went down the row of greybeards ruminatin'
With optics dim they peered at him, and pressed agin the gratin'.
In every face he sought some trace of our ancestral father;
But though he stared, he soon despaired the faintest clue to gather.
Then suddenly he whooped with glee: "Ha! Ha! an inspiration."
And to and fro along the row he ran with animation.
To Peter, bold he cried: "Behold, all told there are eleven.
Suppose I fix on Number Six - say Boy! How's that for Heaven?"

"By gosh! you win," said Pete. "Step in. But tell me how you chose him.
They're like as pins; all might be twins. There's nothing to disclose him."
The Sourdough said: "'Twas hard; my head was seething with commotion.
I felt a dunce; then all at once I had a gorgeous notion.
I stooped and peered beneath each beard that drooped like fleece of mutton.
My search was crowned. . . . That bird I found - ain't got no belly button."


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Originally Posted by antelope_sniper

"our likeness"??
How many gods were there, and was one named Asherah?


Originally Posted by Gus
. the patriarchs of the hebrew tradition ran an organized system to kill off the goddess religion.


Well yes we cannot ignore the anti-Canaanite agenda of the Torah and the brutal way in which they axed Asherah
out of the picture.


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Originally Posted by Starman

Originally Posted by antelope_sniper

"our likeness"??
How many gods were there, and was one named Asherah?


Originally Posted by Gus
. the patriarchs of the hebrew tradition ran an organized system to kill off the goddess religion.


Well yes we cannot ignore the anti-Canaanite agenda of the Torah and the brutal way in which they axed Asherah
out of the picture.


when there's earth changes due to climate change, and things become a bit more harsh, then even religion can change?

nothing wrong with worshipping an urth god, but at some point worshipping a sky-god seemed to be a bit more profitable?

the patriarchy was doing it's best to protect, and allow the survival of the human race under dramatic climatic changes?

(i don't know, as i wasn't there). but when the human struggle for survival kicks into high gear, then drastic changes can occur?


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Depends on which bible you read. Was Eve Adam's sister? Was god there father?

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Eve made from Adams rib , so they have the same DNA, but they are not clones. ..

Adam = made for the glory of God ..Eve = made for the glory of man.

Adam made a trip to the zoo and named all the creatures before Eve hit the scene
then Eve arrived as a 'gift' companion /helper. (with Adam naming her Eve.)

Why not make Eve from the ground at the same time as Adam?


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Interesting story as far as creation myths go.

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The Greek myth of Pandora as the first earthly woman together with the element of trickery and A certain curious-defiant action,
(opening Pandoras box).. thus bringing-unleashing all the evils upon mankind...is no less pitch worthy.


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Greek mythology is great. Morality tales at their best.

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Man was going to last forever but got Eve as a companion. Eve coaxed Adam to eat the apple and now we all must die, but at least we have a really good way to reproduce in the meantime. What was Adam going to use his penis for otherwise? Maybe he never had one to start with? Maybe Eve also had a penis, until that fateful event with that apple?

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Whatever you said...everyone knows you are a lying jerk.

That's a bold assertion. Point out where you think I lied.

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don't blame Eve, the couple would have still eaten of The Tree of Life in the garden,
but God then denied them access.

God gave Adam the best he could expect for a rib, a much better woman would have cost him an arm and a leg
and maybe a kidney.


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Animated dust of the Earth, a Rib and a Talking Serpent....what could go wrong?

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Yes, interesting transaction - I don't think we're getting the full story


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Whatever you said...everyone knows you are a lying jerk.

That's a bold assertion. Point out where you think I lied.

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Did anyone read the Robert Service poem? The old sourdough solves the question of whether Adam had a belly button in the last line of the poem.

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The archaeologists who found the fossilized remains of Adam and Eve discovered that yes, Adam was actually missing a rib. That finding proved that Adam must have been a white man- - - - - -everybody knows you can't get a rib away from a groid!
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