Re: Are the "WOKE" gaslighting our newest generations into self-mutilation?

On Sun, 02 Oct 2022 13:35:31 -0700, TRAITOR JOE'S BIDEN BALONEY wrote:

> Caution!  Always wear ANSI approved goggles when reading posts by
> Checkmate!
> 
> On Sun, 02 Oct 2022 19:00:28 +0000, pandora  put forth the notion that:
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>> >> I believe the bible is a book written by men who were trying to
>> >> understand the universe from their limited knowledge.
>> > 
>> > It was written by men over 200 years after Jesus died, so none of
>> > them ever knew him, or knew anybody who had known him.  The men who
>> > wrote it wrote under the names of the apostles to gain credibility. 
>> > I suspect the body of Jesus was "disappeared" and claimed to be a
>> > "resurrection". A pretty convenient way of covering up any evidence,
>> > while also claiming a miracle.
>> 
>> Sounds plausible.
>> 
>> > When you see all the political tricks and head trips politicians use
>> > today and throughout history, you should realize that power hungry
>> > people have always been clever enough to fool a sufficient number of
>> > people to gain control.  Con man Joseph Smith picked up on how the
>> > game is played in 1820, when he claimed to have been given some
>> > magical golden plates by an angel, which he kept hidden in a hat.  He
>> > would "translate" them to an assistant to create the "Book of
>> > Mormon". Unfortunately, he later "gave them back to the angel" so
>> > they can't be examined.  A skeptic such as myself has a hard time
>> > buying any of it.
>> 
>> Me too.
>>  
>> > On the other hand, the more I learn about the complexities of living
>> > organisms, the harder it is to imagine the number of fortuitous
>> > random events it would take for there not to be something that had a
>> > hand in our creation. I've always said if there's a god, he must be a
>> > scientist,
>> > and we're merely lab rats in an experiment that's nearing its end...
>> > at least as far as humans are concerned.
>> 
>> That is also a possibility.  Of course, that raises the question of who
>> created him/her/it.  Too much for my brain.
>> 
>> 
> Exactly.  The biggest question of all in my mind is where did all the
> STUFF come from?  It's frustrating to be smart enough to ask the
> question, but nowhere near smart enough to answer it.  This bugs me
> every single day.


I mostly try to ignore (it makes my brain hurt).  I go out in my garden 
and weed and plant flowers.  That's all I can personally control to a 
certain extent.