The Beginning of Life and The Bible

Well, that may work wonders, but Yahweh clearly defines himself as someone to be obeyed and not swayed by reason or prayers, e.g.: "⁶³ Just as it pleased the Lord to make you prosper and increase in number, so it will please him to ruin and destroy you. You will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess." (Deuteronomy 28:63) 

(Actually, in my opinion, this old religious figure in some aspects resemble Donald Trump in his insistence on POWER. As it is the depiction of this former toyboy for the goddess Astarte/Asherah doesn't strike one as a "good", benevolent or even considerate god even though that's an important part of modern, public beliefs about him: Sometimes he is even seen as a kind of Santa, bestowing gifts upon people which is not in accordance with descriptions one finds in The Bible).

To me beliefs, religious or not, are human made and thus may shift with social and historical conditions. As they are human made it's interesting to see that Yahweh often is described as the propagandist of ideas that in reality are against what The Bible professes. One of the subjects that undergoes such a modern transformation is life itself. When and how does life start is an important question when it comes to women and their abortion rights. I've often seen claims about the "sin" of abortions, even when founded on medical reasons, and this "sin" may be translated into "go against the will of God". However, those who say something like that obviously haven't read what The Bible says on the subject of life and babies. They simply propose something which they take for granted must be the message of The Bible.

 

According to The Bible life begins at birth, and not before birth. "Life" as such is defined as "breath", like e.g. in the legend of Adam in (Genesis 2:7): God ".... "breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul." As to the biblical respect for life of children as such then it seems non-existent: "Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones." (Psalm 137:9) The massacre of the innocents (Matthew: 2:16-18) tells the horrifying story of Herod having all male children of a certain age executed and there are no signs of a godly regret or even compassion. The Bible is NOT PRO-Child as such. Children are not protected by Yahweh whether in or out of the uterus.

 

https://auctoresonline.org/article/the-psychopathological-profile-of-the-biblical-god-called-yhwh-yahweh-a-psychological-investigation-into-the-behaviour-of-the-judaic-christian-god-described-in-the-biblical-old-testament 

 

https://www.ancient-hebrew.org/character-yhwh/index.htm 

 

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ZERO

 

Well, balloons are full of air - i.e. "nothing" - so in many ways this is the perfect symbol of what we know as the ZERO ....

Zeroes are not worth much when you need something and have to find money for it on your empty bank account, but GOSH, how interesting as an idea.

"Zero's origins most likely date back to the “fertile crescent” of ancient Mesopotamia. Sumerian scribes used spaces to denote absences in number columns as early as 4,000 years ago, but the first recorded use of a zero-like symbol dates to sometime around the third century B.C. in ancient Babylon." (History)

According to tradition it appeared in Europe as late as approximately 1200, also introducing the "comma" of numbers which has its own mystique.  

When somebody asks you "is this (empty!!!) number even or odd one finds out just how strange it is. How is it even possible that it entered the series of numbers: 1 - 2 - 3 - and so on or 0 - 1 - 2 - 3, etc. when it in itself is empty? It may be tempting to denounce it as some kind of "non-number", but that would ruin the picture of how to do mathematics as well as a lot of other things in the modern world .... 

 

https://www.history.com/news/who-invented-the-zero 

https://greenwoodhigh.edu.in/discovery-of-zero/

 

https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/zero 

 

 

https://www.britannica.com/science/zero-mathematics

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/zero-number-series-ideas-cbc-1.6977700 

 

https://www.popsci.com/science/crows-can-count/?utm_term=pscene052324

 

Britannica

 

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Trump And The STRATEGY of Bankruptcies

One of the most note-worthy events of the 2016-election was sort of forgotten or brushed aside because it wasn't understood by people who are not experts in fraudulent economics. It's likely that that goes for most of the Trump voters both then and now, but not for Hillary Clinton who actually asked her opponent about his many bankruptcies:

 

“You’ve taken business bankruptcies six times.”
–Hillary Clinton

“On occasion – four times – we used certain laws that are there.”

–Donald Trump

 

Well, following the law usually is a good thing, but exploiting it is not, and that's what Donald Trump did several times .... He is what we in Danish call a "konkursrytter", but his repeated practice doesn't - as far as I can see - have a just as expressive term in English. Well, never mind, let's call him a "Phoenix with a very ruffled plumage" as that is what he is, and has been for years. 

It's well known that his father gave him $400 million and he spent a lot of money on business adventures that led to bankruptcies: The Taj Mahal declared bankruptcy in 1991, the Trump Plaza and the Trump Castle in 1992. However, instead of liquidate the debt his lenders restructured it which made it possible for Trump to put his casino holdings into a new company which (lo and behold!!!!!), went bankrupt in 2004. And, as was to be expected, the company that emerged from that bankruptcy-restructuring declared bankruptcy in 2009. The 6th bankruptcy was the Plaza Hotel, which went bankrupt by 1992 after being bought in 1988. 

All of this smacks of "Illegal phoenix activity which occurs when a new company, for little or no value, continues the business of an existing company that has been liquidated or otherwise abandoned to avoid paying outstanding debts, which can include taxes, creditors and employee entitlements."

I think Hillary recognized this pattern, but unfortunately she didn't pursue it more than she did even though it looks like blatant economic fraud: "This illegal practice usually happens when company directors abandon the company or transfer the business of an existing company to a new company without paying true or market value, leaving debts with the old company. Once the assets have been transferred, the old company is placed in liquidation or abandoned. If the liquidator is appointed, there are no assets to recover, which means creditors cannot be paid."

Abusing this system that robs other people of their money must have been a lark for someone like Don the Con: "Once the assets are transferred to a new company, the directors continue to operate the business. This gives the new business an unfair advantage when competing for work, because they have less debt and lower operating costs. Illegal phoenix activity directly impacts sub-contractors, creditors and employees as they are left unpaid and out of pocket. It also indirectly impacts the broader community because the company avoids having to pay tax, while at the same time Government often has to subsidise outstanding employee entitlements of liquidated companies."

Sadly enough illegal phoenix activity costs employees a lot in unpaid entitlements. Also it costs the Government around $1,660 million in unpaid taxes ....

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2016/live-updates/general-election/real-time-fact-checking-and-analysis-of-the-first-presidential-debate/fact-check-has-trump-declared-bankruptcy-four-or-six-times/ 

 

https://www.abi.org/feed-item/examining-donald-trump%E2%80%99s-chapter-11-bankruptcies 

 

https://asic.gov.au/for-business/small-business/closing-a-small-business/illegal-phoenix-activity/ 

 

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Related links

• Where to report illegal phoenix activity
• ASIC action on illegal phoenix activity
• Resigning or removing a company director
  

 

 

Identifying With One's Genitals

 

 

The myths of Women and cats, BIG cats, go far back, here it is the ancient goddess, Cybele who sits enthroned with her lions

The cult of the penis/phallos in some old religions is something very strange and contradictory as it (often) includes an eradication of the functioning of the organ. For instance one of the most interesting and intriguing Magna Maters (and there are several!) of ancient times, Cybele, had a eunich lover, Attis, whom she - testicles or not - loved dearly. Not only did she have this eunich lover, but her priests also were eunichs which indicates that to worship this high ranking goddess one had to give up one's maleness .... 

When one thinks of the orgies that are part of the worship of her it gets quite weird: WHAT were all these eunichs doing to please the goddess??? Male gods, like e.g. Allah, promises their followers endless sexual exploits with virgins, but Cybele prefers eunichs for her orgies. That gives rise to thoughts about some of the symbolic implications of the genitals. 

John Wayne Gacy (1942-1994), the "Killer clown", seems to have been obsessed with the male member. Not only did he rape, torture and murder at least 33 young men, but in prison he drew several drawings, some of the male member. OK, there is a nude woman, but still, it's the penis and its presumed drive that seems to have first priority. It sort of encompasses everything that goes on in the head of the man who is depicted in the drawing. 

Men worshipping male genitals obviously identify with their penis in a manner women don't with their vagina, but some may be as obsessed with their breasts as e.g. John Wayne Gacy were with the male genitals. That, for instance, goes with our old friend, Cybele, who were depicted as "many-breasted". And, as we know, female genitals are not excluded to what is kept secret under a woman's skirt, jeans or whatever: Woman not only has sex and gives birth, but she is also nurturing. Her role is so much bigger than the male's, but I suspect that men identify more with their sexual appendage than women do with their genitals.

In a badge an enormous phallus is the "stepping ground" of what, presumably, is a woman who is pushing a wheelbarrow, loaded with penises. It's from 1375-1450 CE, but how is it to be interpreted? Is it an (aggressive, man-hating???) woman who has cut of a bunch of phalli and now is fleeing with her loot or someone who in one way or another is a worshipper of men and/or male sexuality???? As I think the figure resembles a man more than a woman I suspect that this is in reality a male who, like e.g. John Wayne Gacy, is out to worship what he sees as the symbol of himself.

Who were the worshippers of the vagina figures, known as "Sheela Na Gig", from the Middle Ages that are to be found throughout most of Europe? And what was the purpose of them? It's weird that there hasn't been much about them in the old annals. Theories are that they were meant to ward of evil spirits as they are often positioned over doors or windows that might give them access. However, that doesn't really explain HOW that would work: Were those evil spirits in awe of the female and her magic genitals or were they disgusted by the way they were displayed? As the figures are not "Vagina Dentata" and the face of them don't look scary I doubt they were meant to frighten off demons or the like.

As of today there still aren't any definite interpretation of these figures. Which to me looks like a proof that we don't know as much about the beliefs and religions of the past as we ought to know .... 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagina_dentata

 

https://ftltimes.com/2024/03/27/man-ejaculates-on-woman-shopping-with-daughter-at-miami-gardens-walmart/ 

 

https://www.webmd.com/women/anatomy-function-care-conditions-clitoris 

 

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3024834 

 

https://www.academia.edu/16882536/Phallic_Worship_In_Ancient_Religions 

 

https://www.gaudiumivfcentre.com/blog/sperm-cramps-its-causes-symptoms-diagnosis-and-prevention/ 

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/why-does-everyone-find-it-funny-when-men-almost-lose-their-genit/ 

 

https://www.vice.com/en/article/mbqjap/witches-allegedly-stole-penises-and-kept-them-as-pets-in-the-middle-ages 

 

https://reference.medscape.com/viewarticle/850957?ecd=mkm_ret_231109_mscpmrk-OUS_DisReferences_etid6033000&uac=437619CJ&impID=6033000 

 

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/998128?ecd=mkm_ret_231115_mscpmrk-OUS_ICYMI_etid6056215&uac=437619CJ&impID=6056215 

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13426743/Jealous-wife-jailed-five-years-slicing-husbands-penis.html?ito=social-reddit 

 

https://newatlas.com/medical/male-birth-control-stk333/ 

 

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/investigational-male-contraceptive-suppresses-sperm-rapidly-2024a1000acp?ecd=mkm_ret_240616_mscpmrk-OUS_ExcNews_etid6589618&uac=437619CJ&impID=6589618 

 

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/investigational-male-contraceptive-suppresses-sperm-rapidly-2024a1000acp?ecd=mkm_ret_240616_mscpmrk-OUS_ExcNews_etid6589618&uac=437619CJ&impID=6589618

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/male-drone-bee-dying/

https://www.wafb.com/2024/08/01/la-becomes-first-legalize-surgical-castration-child-rapists/

 

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/creep-claims-setting-firework-tied-33681441 

 

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10778012241279816 

 

https://www.genderedspecies.com/ 

 

https://www.theoi.com/Phrygios/Attis.html 

 

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And "It Came True ...."

 

I know of several people who, at some time of their life, went to see an astrologer, a fortune teller or a psychic medium. Maybe something like that is not in these years, but when it was it was quite common to ask about someone's zodiac sign, to discuss their horoscope, etc., etc.. Also some may have went by the popular horoscopes of magazines for advice about what to do, although they were not personal: A zodiac sign would be set out to cover the fortune of everyone who was born within a specific month which of course turns it into nonsense. Still, I know of some who might tell their friends that they can't lunch, meet, get out of bed, go to the dentist or whatever on a specific day, (e.g. the 11th of October 2024!), because they read a horoscope in a magazine that told them to "keep it low" on that day. 

Maybe they also had a discussion with "The Spirit of the Ouija Board" which actually may be great fun if one doesn't take it as genuine information about the future ....

Presumably, all of these divinations "come from above": Good or bad, one's fate is a birthday gift which outline rules for one which must be obeyed to please those godly powers which are assumed to control the fate of humans and animals. All the divinations are seen as means to steer out of trouble whenever that's possible by warning people of "getting out of bed or whatever" on these dangerous days.

One of the most famous fortune teller was the physician Michel de Nostradamus who was born in France in 1503. His first prophecies, which were in the form of quatrains, are from 1547 and he had them published in a book, "Centuries" (1555). As some of his prophecies seemed to come true he gained fame in his own life time. Being a renowned fortune teller he gained access to the court of the French king Henry II and his queen, Catherine de Medici. Even today many refer to him and his predictions as trustworthy: He is supposed to have predicted World War II, the 9/11-attack and much more. As his prophecies are that vague that they have to be interpreted I don't find them all that valuable, but he has many fans, even today.
 

When the friend and diviner of Alexandra, the last Zarina of Russia, Grigorij Rasputin, said that if a member of the Romanov family murdered him all of them would be dead within a couple of years it looked like a prediction that came true: He was murdered, and so was the entire Romanov family. However, first and foremost what he said must be seen as a warning and (perhaps) nothing but that. Actually, that is the problem with most of these divinations, predictions, etc. which "come true": There are no proofs that they are anything but happy coincidences. 

Many people see the Biblical prophecies, especially about Jesus, as proofs that God spoke to humankind through "holy men and women", i.e. his "prophets". I think that kind of prophecies may be seen as part of all religions and, again, what is true and what is a "happy coincidence"?

 

https://www.blueletterbible.org/study/misc/perkins_chart.cfm

 

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/comeuntochrist/believe/bible/bible-prophesies

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/four-prophecies-have-already-come-true-in-2024-says-living-nostradamus/articleshow/113356393.cms?from=mdr

https://www.jw.org/en/library/books/The-Bible-Gods-Word-or-Mans/Prophecies-That-Came-True/

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