• swim@slrpnk.net
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        4 months ago

        “Frequency illusion” or “Baader–Meinhof phenomenon,” which you’ll now see mentioned with more frequency.

    • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
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      4 months ago

      I don’t need Dali, but I would like to see a Bible illustrated by someone who illustrates the ugly parts rather than the poetic ones. Like, Job suffering while God and Satan are obviously gambling overhead; the (now common) biblically accurate angels; revelations with biblically accurate Jesus; Satan as he’s described (the most beautiful Angel), Lot & his daughters having a good time; Sodom & Gomorrah, but showing not only ugly sinners being burned alive, but also children, pregnant women, babies, and holy men. It’d be interesting to see a version illustrating all the ugly shit.

    • Naz@sh.itjust.works
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      4 months ago

      It was frankincense and closed windows. Maybe some of the incense had hallucinogenic mushrooms or fungi sprouted on it, who’s to say?

      Magic mushrooms and scripture? Definitely not. ;)

  • FlashZordon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    “Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth”.

      • TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        4 months ago

        Pretty much. It’s mostly used by cultists as just another title for Jesus. It was used to refer to him in a couple bible passages. For that passage, homie was either tripping balls, having a schizophrenic episode, or both.

        It’s also a pretty good metal band.

      • bitwaba@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        The ‘lamb’ in ‘Lamb of God’ refers to the 10th plague of Egypt, where God told Moses to that an Angel of Death would go through the Egypt killing all the firstborn sons, and instructed the Israelites to put lambs blood above their door so that the Angel of Death would pass over their home (this is also what the Jewish holiday Passover is celebrating).

        Jesus is symbolically the Lamb of God in scripture because he is the lamb that was slaughtered so that all of man’s sin would be forgiven.

        The above passage is just referencing that symbolism that was already established. It’s not the reason why he’s called the Lamb of God in the first place.

  • TronnaRaps@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    I don’t understand tho, don’t they use the same animal to depict Satan, or something?

    • mac@infosec.pub
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      4 months ago

      A goat for Satan, probably helps to show they are both similar and capable of the same things but Jesus chose the good path.

      • Zozano@lemy.lol
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        4 months ago

        The metaphors are also hilarious. Jesus is “the lamb”, but he also guides his own flock as a shepherd.

        Sheep have a habit of mindlessly following the group (lol).

        But… You know what the shepherd does, with the sheep, right? He’s not taking care of his flock because they’re pets.

        If you have spent any time with goats you’ll know they’re much cooler than sheep. Goats are so much fun.

      • uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        4 months ago

        Satan was goated as a callback to Pan, one of the chthonic Hellenic gods (not to be confused with the Cthonian Hellenic gods. Ia! 🐙🌊🌠).

        Late stage Jesus was Apollonian rather than Dionysian so Satan, now a proper antagonist, inherited all the chthonic stuff.

        It’s also why (Pauline Paulonian as in the Apostle Paul – I was thinking of Apollonian as above. Words.) Jesus is about asceticism where Satan is about indulgence.