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Re: Funny Stuff
I think Judas drew the short straw. He's been vilified and painted as the bad guy, but he rejected the 30 pieces of silver in disgust, then went and hanged himself. And let's not forget that Christ's wing-man ('You are the rock on which I will build my church') Peter, denied 3 times that he even knew Jesus.
Judas tried to be honest and felt Jesus was over-stepping the mark, and confided in those running the show.... Jesus wasn't the only thorn in the side of the Roman - or Jewish - authorities, which is why he had to identify Jesus to those who came to arrest him. According to historical evidence, there were probably more than 3 crucifixions planned for that weekend - which was Passover - and several Jews met the same fate as Jesus, being dispatched more quickly than usual so that the Passover feast on Shabbat would not be sullied by the suffering of Jews. Poor Judas. Maligned and misunderstood.
And if he had carved the turkey, he would have been carving the breast - front - of the roast, not the back. So even that accusation is unfair.
You're all very welcome!
Signed, this weekend's resident wet blanket! 😆😆😆
federica
Re: Important Stuff
Welcome to the Darkside
Just for Easter Sunday. Christ, Buddha and assorted godlies and goodlies will be back shortly. No doubt...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32929855
lobster
Re: Just for fun: the random, useless announcements thread!
Jeesh, @Shoshin1 , I clearly don't get out enough...! The most exciting thing I did today, was water plants - we need rain!
federica
Re: Truth: the language of the heart
Seeing Jesus in a piece of toast can motivate someone to great deeds, if they believe it in their heart. It could change their lives, if their faith was true.
Jeroen
Re: Buddhist quotes
- You may abandon your own body but you must preserve your honour.
Nah!
When you abandon your body, your honour is gone too...
- Do not collect weapons or practice with weapons beyond what is useful.
Different times, bro! No need for weapons except a sharp mind these days... Not that I have either... 
lobster
Re: Which book are you reading?
I had been contemplating beginning just such a thread as this for some while, but my basement's been flooding, the house been trying to return to the soil, and time has been sadly lacking.
I submit Metazoa: Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind by Peter Godfrey Smith.
. . . focuses on the evolutionary developments that shaped our brains, and no matter how much you think you know about these developments, his book will deepen your understanding . . . ―Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, The American Scholar>
Also, Sediments of Time by Meave Leakey, and Lab Girl by Hope Jahren.
ps - @lobster might like the first book - it's got crustaceans in it.
Fosdick
Re: Funny Stuff
Mulla Nasrudin listened very attentively while a stranger told a long story in the coffee-house. But the man spoke so indistinctly and muffed his punchline so badly that the story was not funny at all, and except for the Mulla no one laughed. But the Mulla laughed heartily.
"Why did you laugh, Nasrudin?" I asked him afterwards when the stranger had left.
"I always do," replied Nasrudin. "If you don't laugh, there is always the danger of their telling it over again."
Jeroen