Every Virus Is Sacred!
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Over at C&L, the idea of "made in God's image" came up, and I wrote this comment:
What amuses me is the assumption made that when (according to the bible) the Elohim said "Let us make humans in our own image", it never seemed to occur to any humans that they might have said that about EVERY OTHER SPECIES ON EARTH.
"Let's make bacteria in our own image." "Cool!" "They'll populate the whole planet!"
"Let's make some...I don't know. What should we make?" "Hey, Rkljfkeu, how about we make something that looks like you?" "Okay! What'll we call it?" "How 'bout...'lion'?" "Interesting name. Okay! Make sure it eats meat, though. Those plant things taste awful."
"I know, let's make some CROCODILES!!!" "What the fuck are crocodiles?" "I don't know, but I like the name!" "They can look like Fiiiddlrewq!"
And every time they made something new, they petted it and chucked it under the chin, and told it that they had made it in their own image. And those things - bacteria, lions, crocodiles, pigeons, pterodactyls, amoebas, harp seals, vampire frogs, etc. - ALL think THEY are the image of the gods, and everything else is just an afterthought, or created to make THEIR world look all nice and alive.
That never seems to occur to anybody. I wonder why?
Thought that might amuse all of you. :)
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Over at C&L, the idea of "made in God's image" came up, and I wrote this comment:
What amuses me is the assumption made that when (according to the bible) the Elohim said "Let us make humans in our own image", it never seemed to occur to any humans that they might have said that about EVERY OTHER SPECIES ON EARTH.
"Let's make bacteria in our own image." "Cool!" "They'll populate the whole planet!"
"Let's make some...I don't know. What should we make?" "Hey, Rkljfkeu, how about we make something that looks like you?" "Okay! What'll we call it?" "How 'bout...'lion'?" "Interesting name. Okay! Make sure it eats meat, though. Those plant things taste awful."
"I know, let's make some CROCODILES!!!" "What the fuck are crocodiles?" "I don't know, but I like the name!" "They can look like Fiiiddlrewq!"
And every time they made something new, they petted it and chucked it under the chin, and told it that they had made it in their own image. And those things - bacteria, lions, crocodiles, pigeons, pterodactyls, amoebas, harp seals, vampire frogs, etc. - ALL think THEY are the image of the gods, and everything else is just an afterthought, or created to make THEIR world look all nice and alive.
That never seems to occur to anybody. I wonder why?
Thought that might amuse all of you. :)
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