Man gave names to all the animals

The way that I think religion really works is:

We have texts and traditions, myths and songs, folk stories and superstitions. Fragments of truth are there but in the sense of a palimpsest the glyphs of dead languages faintly visible in the space between words.

A signal to noise ratio beyond hopeless. We won't ever know exactly what was correct. It could be anything

There is only one true fragment in all those pages and it is:

"The human would name all the animals, those of the sky and of the earth and until so-named the human would stand alone."

Is that disappointing? Were you hoping for something more central to the greater themes of the text?

I cannot emphasis enough how over-run with propaganda, mistakes religious texts must be to stand of chance of preserving even a fragment like this one.

I can't promise you I'm right either. But, there is power in names. And you are already engaged in this sacred project of naming all of the living creatures. That's why I've sought you out, a biologist, a taxonomist. I want to know if there is any way to rush the work along. Please don't laugh at me. --- In recent years we have perfected methods to detect the DNA present in soil samples. These fragments of DNA come from many animals, fungi, plants. It's a way to assess the biodiversity of an ecosystem. But DNA sampling has resulted in some unsettling observations. The kingdom of the fungi are woefully understudied and under-classified. We have named thousands, but their species number in the millions. And from the soil comes even more unsettling news. A great portion of fungi are parasitic. They can only live on a particular host, sometimes a particular plant, sometimes a particular fungi. There are millions of telescoping families of parasites and hyper parasites hinted at by the DNA of the soil of a mature forest. There are whole clades of fungi we have never seen, that only live deep in soil and only in association with other fungi that we have never seen. Adversarial and sympathetic ecological networks wherein none of the participants have been named or described. This is as close to a proof that the prophesy will never come to pass. We will never name the last living thing. We will always stand alone. As you can plainly see it's impossible! --- I refuse to accept that. I refuse to accept it is impossible. Why would the fragment talk about naming all living things if that task were impossible? Why would it describe what happens after all living things are named if that will never happen? I need you to use your imagination. Use technology. If we can find their DNA we can name them. ---

But, that's not how it works! You can't just name ... DNA. You need a type specimen. You need an exemplar of the organism. How are we supposed to find that? --- Can't you use the DNA to grow it or something? I can't believe that we could be so close to achieving the ultimate fate of all humankind and a bunch of mushrooms get in the way. -- You should have more respect for fungi. And don't call them "mushrooms" they don't all have those fruiting bodies. Especially these dark types found in soil. But... I suppose you are correct. We could contrive a type specimen directly from the DNA. Sort of revive each organism we detect and see what grows. I know how much this means to you so I will begin immediately.

Brutal Truth - End Time

Prophetic Revelations

RUSSIA HAS NOT BEEN CONSECRATED

All shall fade

The night is long The night is young The day is old Stone death cold The night is fair Sun’s deadly glare Hides in its shade Until night fades Days darkening gloom Speaks of pending doom And while we wait All life shall fade

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If my mom sees a significant amount of blood she gets lightheaded, and has fainted on some occasions. Once it happened when we were kids, I wasn't there to witness it but I heard the story from my dad. Basically my brothers, around 7 or 8 at the time, were playing outside while my mom was making their lunch, and she accidentally cut her finger. It wasn't anything serious, but it drew a fair bit of blood and she passed out. My dad saw this and rushed over, but he didn't really know what to do so he just sort of started slapping her to wake her up (not recommended, but he had no idea and panicked)

At that exact moment my brothers both came in from playing, and all they saw was our mom unconscious on the floor and our dad slapping her. So, like, without even saying a word to each other they both just INSTANTLY start whaling on him, like, full blown attack mode to defend our mom. Which obviously didn't help the situation, but she did wake up and everything was fine.

Now our dad says that he's actually really glad they attacked him over what they thought was going on, because it means he raised good boys. And I still think that's true, they're very good boys.

we have to stop letting the usa have such control/influence over international politics

The Spiritual Battle For Our Humanity: Transhumanism, DNA, AI & Our Forgotten Past

New York Times best-selling author and scientist Gregg Braden explains the bridge between science and spirituality and what it reveals about our true nature as humans. Gregg sets the stage by describing the most pressing issue we face as a species right n

New York Times best-selling author and scientist Gregg Braden explains the bridge between science and spirituality and what it reveals about our true nature as humans. Gregg sets the stage by describing the most pressing issue we face as a species right now: the battle for our own humanity. He shares how the innovations in technology and movement towards transhumanism threatens to extinguish the…

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dragon meat, you, and me

A Word From God

There is something I’ve noticed recently. I haven’t just seen it among believers. I’ve also seen symptoms of it among non-believers as well. There is a tension in the air, and only some of us know what that tension is. For years my spiritual parents have told me we were in the “last days”, the end of time as described by the Bible in several of its books. However, not until recently did I feel…

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When my nephew was four, a friend of the family passed away. The man was in his 90s and died of natural causes, and we were going to the funeral. We sat my nephew down and explained who this was, and that he had passed away, and now we were going to a sort of quiet party to celebrate him, and that there he might see the gentleman in the casket, and he might be very still, because he had died, but that everything was alright.

My nephew contemplated this calmly for a few minutes, and then said, "I think he will be very flat."

What.

It turns out that at age four, my nephew's only real context for death was roadkill, which he frequently pointed out while we were driving. He therefore believed that the only way anyone died was getting run over by a car.

Prophecy for the End Time

DISASTER PREPAREDNESS

Luke 31:26 “Watch, therefore, praying at all times, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that are to come, and to stand before the Son of man.”

GRAND SOLAR MINIMUM

The next three or four solar cycles are projected by Solar Scientists to have less solar activity than the current Solar Cycle 24 (SC 24), that ended in December 2019. This indicates that SC 25, 26 and 27 will be cycles with very little or no sunspot activity. Extended periods of inactivity like this, is the very definition of a Grand Solar Minimum. This minimum will likely cause Global Cooling and even a mini–Ice Age.

GRAND SOLAR MINIMUM RISKS

There will be increased risks, namely:

1. Increased incidence of super storms.

2. Colder and sometimes very much colder Northern Hemisphere winters.

3. Longer winters, increased droughts, stalled monsoons causing significant crop losses and famine.

4. Continuing high incidence of volcanic eruptions, and larger magnitude earthquakes with large tsunamis.

5. Higher mortality rates resulting from extreme weather changes, raging of the elements, and pandemics.

6 The secondary effects of these also have dire consequences. These result from political instability caused by high food inflation due to failed crops and reductions in grain stores; high energy price inflation due to the lack of enough energy supplies during periods of excessively cold conditions; political unrest and mass migrations; and economic depression.

Midnight

“What are you still living for?“ She asks me accusingly. “When there's nothing but war And a ravaged ecosystem awaiting you? Why not just sleep?” There’s a fire in her eyes, Hatred burning bright. “When there’s nothing but pain in your life? When breathing itself is torment, a hell? Why do you strive? When there’s no hope for tomorrow When there’s only sorrow What is it you're still clinging…

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⚡️DEATH IS ONLY TEMPORARY I’LL LOVE YOU FOREVER!!!⚡️

i feel like not enough ppl are factoring in the cultural clash between laios and shuro and the many micro agressions shuro faced while being in their group. literally the name 'shuro' in itself is one

his name is toshiro 😭 lets also not forget that he has his own communication issues, in the opposite way that laios does- thats literally a factor in their argument, that his envy for laios's ability to express himself sincerely manifested as part of his distaste for him.

ig all this to say like, was their fight heart wrenching, especially when reading laios as autistic? absolutely. anybody whos ever been in laios's position knows how much it hurts to realize someone you thought was your friend doesnt actually like having you around, especially when they didnt tell you and you had no way of knowing due to not understanding their cues. but im begging yall to step back and see the nuance of this situation cause im gonna be real a lot of you are kinda just brushing over it acting like everything is toshiros fault and that hes a terrible person when in reality hes an average guy who really, really clashed with laios and it led to a very long misunderstanding due to their supremely opposite methods of communication. even laios and toshiro, after letting everything out in their fight, were able to come to an understanding and start a foundation for an actual friendship built on better communication

ok yknow what Edit: i shouldve made it even more explicit at the end of this post, i hadnt thought i would need to since i started the post with this, but i think a few too many people are missing my point so i just wanna clarify. i shouldnt have said 'really clashed' and left it at that because yeah they did, but it wasnt just their opposite methods of communication, it is also very much that toshiro was experiencing microaggressions via laios. it may have been unintentional on laios's part, but it still happened and wore him down, made it harder for him to communicate on top of both the more subtle social cues that he was raised with and his own communication difficulties. i also want to say that the fandom reaction to toshiro and the complete ignorance of this point is also racist tbh or at the very least ignorant. i understand that the anime did not cover this panel, and neither did the manga, as this was an omake, but im gonna be real with you guys. there are enough context clues within the story to clue you into this. if you didnt pick up on it thats ok, but i think this is a good lesson in picking up subtext in the stories that youre watching and/or reading. kui shouldnt have to explicitly say 'by the way laios was racist to toshiro' for this point to be understood, and at the very least, when the author portrays a character in a sympathetic light (as kui clearly does) it should make you question Why they are doing so and what makes them sympathetic, rather than youre immediate and only reaction to be 'well i hated what this guy did/said so i hate them and they suck'. idk exactly how to finish this, just. idk. question your biases and gut reactions to things you see in media and stories, and think about whether or not theres subtext that youre missing.