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   jojo to phoenix   
   Re: who do you believe   
   30 Jan 26 14:50:40   
   
   From: f00@0f0.00f   
      
   phoenix wrote:   
   > jojo wrote:   
   >> phoenix wrote:   
   >>> jojo wrote:   
   >>>> Sn!pe wrote:   
   >>>>> jojo  wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> Sn!pe wrote:   
   >>>>>>> jojo  wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> if you were so inclined, that you were in your past life?   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> i believe i was bertrand russell in my past life. i do   
   >>>>>>>> believe   
   >>>>>>>> that very strongly and that i chose to take a break in   
   >>>>>>>> this life.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> as bertrand russell, i am taking a break in this life.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> I was Nefertiti in one of my many past lives but most   
   >>>>>>> recently,   
   >>>>>>> I was a beetle.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> the insect right? they are very mechanical, insects. they came   
   >>>>>> before us, yet they feel so alien and scary.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> The scarab is sacred.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> you know the strange thing about egyptian civilization? they   
   >>>> had 3500 years of existence and they couldnt come up with   
   >>>> semiconductors in that time.   
   >>>>   
   >>> They didn't have microscopes either? You can't build   
   >>> semiconductors without microscopes.   
   >>   
   >> the whole civilization was a burst, since there was no   
   >> innovation after a point, and that point was stacking rocks.   
   >>   
   > I've heard that Jesus Christ is a story based on Egyptian   
   > mythology. They were very influential even if they eventually   
   > stagnated.   
      
   there were versions of it before, bible is a greatest hits   
   compilation... someone just curated all of them.   
      
   so its not a prophet but curator.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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