Gary Childress wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 1:22 pm
Had I been alive at the time of Noah and were the story of the Flood and the Ark true, I imagine I would have been one of the people God drowned. Probably all of us here on Philosophy Now would.
How many human beings were on the ark, in the story?
If, like all of the other animals, there were only two human beings, that is; a male and a female one, and "noah" was one of those human being animals', then what you imagine here sounds about perfectly Right.
But, also let us not forget that what was meant by the 'drowned' word, which was being used in, let us not forget, was just 'a story', could be just 'wash', 'clean down', or a 'reset' of things. What could have been talked about or referred to was just a 'flooding of a cleanse' of things, which may have been needed.
Remember, 'parables' can obtain many different meanings, and/or can be pertaining to many different things, which might not come across on first hearing nor on first glance.
Gary Childress wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 1:22 pm
Had I lived in Nazi Germany in the 1930s and 40s, I would probably have been among the Gypsies, Jews and the mentally and physically disabled that the Nazis interned in the concentration camps.
But, then again, you might have been one of the mentally disabled ones that thought killing human beings was 'normal' and/or 'good', also.
Or, you 'could have' been many other different 'things', if you were born in other different 'times'.
Also, you appear to be always completely forgetting that all human beings so-call 'die' anyway.
Gary Childress wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 1:22 pm
I suppose just about all of us would be murdered by some group out there. There are many who have tried to make the world a 'better' place (in their opinion) by getting rid of somebody else.
There are governments in so-called the "united states of america" are still, even in the days when this is being written, 'getting rid of' of some human beings, ironically, in the name of 'making the world a better place'.
Gary Childress wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 1:22 pm
I would like to say, "let's all just get along" but that's been made into a cliche/joke.
But, because of governments, especially like the ones in the so-called "united states of america" have infiltrated and indoctrinated "its citizens" to 'grow up' hating and judging "others", there is 'now' a whole generation of older human beings who 'believe' that it is 'better' and/or 'safer' to just 'not get along with others'. And, the saddest part of this is those exact same 'adults' are teaching future generations of 'children' the exact same Wrong way to misbehave, in Life.
Gary Childress wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 1:22 pm
Oh well, let life continue. Carry on. I now return you to our regular broadcast programming.
As long as you have 'interrupted' 'the programming' and have 'shown' others how much of 'a victim' you really are, in Life, then 'we' can resume back to our 'regular programming' right "gary childress"?