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1. ben_w+(OP)[view] [source] 2024-01-28 15:33:15
> They are not literal

For most, indeed. And that's good! But I have met people who claim to think they must be absolute truth, then put a huge asterisk around all the bits I point out and say those don't count for whatever reason.

There was a meme back in the UK, that amongst Anglicans, only extremists actually believe in God. No idea how true that is.

> Do you look for the worst paintings?

Only when they're put on a pedestal and held to be amazing. For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kiss_(Klimt)

Widely regarded as beautiful and romantic. To me, it looks like the guy has a broken neck, and the woman has been decapitated at the base of her neck, her head rotated 90° and re-attached to her torso by the ear.

Likewise, movies. The plot holes in Independence Day annoyed me so much that when the sequel came out, I started (and still have not finished) writing a book that takes the opposite road with all the mistakes the film made.

So, while I've played the Eye Of Argon game, I never even tried to finish reading it once my friends and I stopped playing, and I've never bothered watching whatever the film is that has the line "you're tearing me apart Lisa".

> FWIW, that passage is part of all Abrahamic religions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shashthi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hera

I don't limit myself to just Abrahamic myth and legend :)

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