chapter 13

As an intro he says all the things what are pointless without Love. And I agree. It is the one thing that passes through death. And it's a real nice thing to see from a 6 month old child that is becoming aware of what is.

"Do you still love me."

"Why, I certainly do. And I am very glad to see you again."

I have been fortunate to do this twice already.

But don't believe me. Just try to see where the love might be coming from. Was it the grandmother of a friend. If you guess right, without words. The child will let you know. Just try it.

vs. 4: Love is patient and kind... EQ

vs. 6: is happy with the truth. EQ

Even if the fountain of youth is salty.

vs. 7: Love never gives up... EQ

vs. 8: Love is eternal. EQ

This is a brilliant thing.

And this next bit is the story Plato gave us with the shadows in the cave:

vs. 12: What we see now is like a dim image in a mirror; then we shall see face to face.

vs. 13: ... and the greatest of these is love. EQ

chapter 14

Strange tongues. Foreign languages. If, for example, you are in Germany, languages that are not German are strange tongues. Many speak English. Some French. And some almost any language.

But to have a conversation all should use the same language.

This may seem obvious. It is not to all.

Sometimes you see American tourists yelling in English because someone wasn't certain what they mumbled in English. (American)

In Germany.

Poverty sucks.

vs. 1: ... Set your hearts on spiritual gifts, especially the gift of proclaiming God's message. EQ

I have been convinced by the Gods to change this command to 'the messages of the Gods'.

My Mom wrote a book about the women in the Bible. And I could tell her to read verse 20:

Do not be like children in your thinking, my brothers, (mother); be children so far as evil is concerned, but be grown-up in your thinking. EQ

She would be offended. Dinosaurs can't be true if they aren't in the Bible. If God wants to make a universe that looks like it is 13.7 billion years old, well, he can do anything.

And my mother has a degree in English literature, a diploma in library technician and has read many books and had next to no TV exposure.

And still she does not want to think about dinosaurs hiding in rocks many millions of years. She does not want to know how many billions of years it takes to make the elements we have here.

She wants to believe God will do what he sees fit and Adam and Eve were the first humans and all 6 billion humans came from them.

And she believes she must die to go to heaven.

I find it very frustrating to talk to Christians. And all the other derivatives of the Moses death cult.

vs. 34: the woman should keep quiet in the meetings. They are not allowed to speak... EQ

vs. 35: If they want to find out about something, they should ask their husbands at home. It is a disgraceful thing for a woman to speak in church. EQ

Why do women put up with sperm religions.

vs. 37: ... he must realize that what I am writing to you is the Lord's command. 38. But if he does not pay attention to this, pay no attention to him. EQ

Paul. Go fuck yourself.

chapter 15

Okay. I know why no one has ripped this book apart in the last 2,000 years. It is enough to drive one mad.

vs. 4: that he was buried... EQ

Christ was not buried. He was taken to a tomb. A new, never once used tomb. And he was not dead. He died later. 20 or 50 years later.

And Paul admits

vs. 9: For I am the least of all the apostles, because I persecuted God's church. EQ

My father once said it was better for the church that I rejected Christianity. He was right. I would have been another Paul. Fucking up the religion from the inside.

Paul is an asshole.

vs. 17: And if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is a delusion... EQ

True dat.

But on the other side. Somehow reincarnation is a real thing. But one must be born again. One doesn't jump up out of the grave. For fuck sake.

It is much thinner. The spirit is our instinct.

And Jesus Christ is an inevitability.

vs. 24: Then the end will come; Christ will overcome all spiritual rulers, authorities, and powers, and will hand over the Kingdom... EQ

Back to the animals. And ownership will be revoked. And we will stop being blind to our responsibility to the rest of life. We will be the angels. The Gods.

Lay down your lies. Religion is over.

The king of kings and Lord of Lords has spoken.

vs. 26: The last enemy to be defeated will be death. EQ

Death is not our enemy. It is part of evolution. Evolution is the will of the gods.

The last enemy is ignorant obedience.

vs. 36 You fool! When you sow a seed in the ground, it does not sprout life unless it dies. EQ

Two points for Paul. Who is down 6,843.

vs. 39. And the flesh of living beings is not all the same kind of flesh... EQ

Wrong. Very very wrong. There is very little difference between a human and a fish. Environmental conditions are what makes us different. Our genes are the same.


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