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hey guys. do you think that the PTA will get mad at me because I said that the guy who threw a cabbage at William Howard Taft and the guy who threw a shoe at George W. Bush should shake hands and that I want to have tea with them in heaven
#high school teacher#noise!!#friendly local historian#as a historian it would be valuable historical information#and not at all because i wanna have a giggle about it
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pond scum? not to me
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Was Moses a wizard?
That's a good question!
I'll point to prof. Gideon Bohak and his book Ancient Jewish Magic, because his discussion about these ancient Jewish holy men (Christ included) was one of the most comprehensive I've seen.
So, Bohak argues no, Moses is not a wizard or a magician. He points to the duel with the Pharaoh's magicians as evidence. The scene acknowledges that the Pharaoh's magicians have some kind of power, but it is wholly lesser than or subservient to God. Moses is a Prophet.
"Well, then whats the difference?" The difference Bohak draws is between how you got your power. Nobody taught Moses how to turn his staff into a snake. His power was in his piety as a conduit for God. Moses can't teach you how to turn staffs into snakes on command, but he can teach you how to be pious.
King Solomon, though, can teach you how to make an incense that wards away sheydim. Solomon is a wizard, because his power lies in wisdom that anyone can theoretically learn.
The reason the bible intentionally draws this distinction between Miracles and Magic is that the ancient Mediterranean was full of magicians and wonder-workers and foreign priests who all had claims of supernatural power. These guys were rivals to Judaism and Christianity.
Its a dynamic you see mirrored in Roman society. Where a "Magician" is really just Their Foreign Barbarous Rituals as compared to our Righteous and Just Roman Religion.
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#as an ancient historian#yeah#friendly local historian#and even if your skeleton says one thing there are plenty of queer historians and archaeologists who will interpret more
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I love that we’re inventing historical guys now
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Frankly some of you should be hornier over weirder shit. The fear of being too genuine is the enemy of art. Be a bit of a pervert. It's good for the health. Doesn't have to be a sexual thing just own up to being a bit obsessed in some cringe shit it's fine.
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trans guy who doesn’t realize he’s turning into a werewolf because he assumes it’s all just normal side effects of starting testosterone
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if someone told me their pronouns were attack/helicopter I would just use them
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i <3 menial tasks. for srs.
#YES#i was at a teacher workday this week and the teacher i was with asked me if i would pull all the staples out of the bulletin board#and she told me she felt bad about asking me to do it#but i was like#YES LET ME DO SOMETHING REPETITIVE#REPETITIVE TASKS MY BELOVED
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jeopardy question: it's the "dribbling sound" beloved by NBA fans everywhere. me: what is donk donk donk. sport noises for $800
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English added by me :)
#this is really what the world needs more of#this is really important to beginning true healing in this world i think#fave
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every time I fumble w my phone’s charger cable I think about emailing steven moffat a pipe bomb
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My boyfriend was showing me his cat and I leaned over to kiss the cat on his soft little baby head and he went "meow" and scrambled away because I'd been wearing my headphones and I accidentally jabbed him with the microphone.
And I said "Damn, this is exactly like in the Iliad"
#this is exactly catered to my personality#i think we could be friends if this is how your mind works#friendly local historian
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ok fine maybe i DID come back wrong. what are you going to do about it. kill me? put me back in the ground? after all this effort? all this pain and suffering only to find out bringing me back wasn't worth it after all? you worked so hard. are you going to waste all of that just because im not what you wanted? just because i belong only to myself? are you going to let me pick out my own coffin
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