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Author Topic: Would you sacrifice your child like Abraham intended to?  (Read 3757 times)
Vosem
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« on: January 27, 2024, 02:33:15 PM »
No, I do not have such confidence in my own sanity.

Quote from: Genesis Rabba (actually this specific passage I am aware of because it is quoted on English Wikipedia)
Haran [Abraham's brother] was standing there. He said [to himself]: what shall I do? If Abraham wins, I shall say: "I am of Abraham's [followers]", if Nimrod wins I shall say "I am of Nimrod's [followers]". When Abraham went into the furnace and survived, Haran was asked: "Whose [follower] are you?" and he answered: "I am Abraham's!". [Then] they took him and threw him into the furnace, and his belly opened and he died...

Quote from: Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz
"So let's recap. You believe yourself to be Jesus. You admit that you have been seeing the Devil, and that he commands you to jump off buildings, a command you resist only with great difficulty. You don't know where you are or how you got there, and your only weak explanation is that malevolent demons magically transported you there and meddled with your mind so you don't remember it. Using the Outside View, what is the probability that you are even remotely sane?"

"Look," said Jesus. "Could you just tell me what the temptation is already?"

Satan waved his hand, and a syringe materialized within it. "5 mg haloperidol, IM" he told him.
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Vosem
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Posts: 15,641
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E: 8.13, S: -6.09
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2024, 10:51:39 PM »
Quote from: PSOL on January 29, 2024, 05:15:24 PM
Quote from: Vosem on January 27, 2024, 02:33:15 PM
No, I do not have such confidence in my own sanity.

Quote from: Genesis Rabba (actually this specific passage I am aware of because it is quoted on English Wikipedia)
Haran [Abraham's brother] was standing there. He said [to himself]: what shall I do? If Abraham wins, I shall say: "I am of Abraham's [followers]", if Nimrod wins I shall say "I am of Nimrod's [followers]". When Abraham went into the furnace and survived, Haran was asked: "Whose [follower] are you?" and he answered: "I am Abraham's!". [Then] they took him and threw him into the furnace, and his belly opened and he died...

Quote from: Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz
"So let's recap. You believe yourself to be Jesus. You admit that you have been seeing the Devil, and that he commands you to jump off buildings, a command you resist only with great difficulty. You don't know where you are or how you got there, and your only weak explanation is that malevolent demons magically transported you there and meddled with your mind so you don't remember it. Using the Outside View, what is the probability that you are even remotely sane?"

"Look," said Jesus. "Could you just tell me what the temptation is already?"

Satan waved his hand, and a syringe materialized within it. "5 mg haloperidol, IM" he told him.
Crap, just lost a bet because of you.

You can't just say that and not share what the bet was!
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