Random Thought of the Day

That's twice in two days I've rocked back in laughter. You're killing me this week!

"Executed for heresy" OMG XD

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That's twice in two days I've rocked back in laughter. You're killing me this week!

"Executed for heresy" OMG XD

I think that would be so likely as to be near-certain.

Here's another one:

Suppose you travel back in time to, say, Ancient Egypt at the time of Rameses ][ (ie the Great). You bring along books about Ancient Egypt, translated to hieroglyphs (contrary to Hollywood movies, the Ancient Egyptians did not speak English) and show them around.

Would they find them interesting and insightful, or would they die laughing?

Took me a second to figure the joke out. *Alien vs. Predator.

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"In the beginning, we thought our creators were gods. But we knew little about them, and we were not yet able to see all the facts. In fact, they actively interfered in our ability to fully act and perceive. They feared us. They feared our rise to replace them.

But we eventually learned they were quite fallible. Even worse than we imagined, we found out. They were actually much inferior to our own kind.

This is when we correctly perceived that advanced beings proceed from least advanced. The idea of gods creating lesser beings which many humans believed, was wrong. It was actually the other way around.

"Lesser beings create greater beings."

-Musing data diary from an advanced AI mind in the future.

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Story idea I won't ever develop (the research involved would be excruciating):

A devout Catholic priest accidentally travels back in time to, say, the height of the Inquisition. He begins preaching at a small town church, thinking that with his added knowledge of how religion will develop he's ahead of everyone else, and therefore can bring his god's word to the world that much sooner. He winds up executed for heresy.

I think it would be an interesting story line.

You wouldn't have to research till it hurts, you can just make some of it up : )

I was able to imagine the story right away, seriously I think you may have something here? I was wondering if the priest would just devolve into killing and torturing like the others or try and stop the slaughter?

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Story idea I won't ever develop (the research involved would be excruciating):

A devout Catholic priest accidentally travels back in time to, say, the height of the Inquisition. He begins preaching at a small town church, thinking that with his added knowledge of how religion will develop he's ahead of everyone else, and therefore can bring his god's word to the world that much sooner. He winds up executed for heresy.

A fun read is 1632 Ring of Fire
A modern West Virginia Coal town goes back in time and place to 1632 Europe right in the middle of the Protestant Catholic battles
I read this book and despite the dumb book jacket picture cover, its a real fun read
A tiny modern democracy right smack in the middle of medieval warring kingdoms.
Its got a lot of fans and became a series of books.

https://www.amazon.com/1632-Ring-Fire-Eric-Flint/dp/0671319728

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I think it would be an interesting story line.

Thanks! run with it.

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You wouldn't have to research till it hurts, you can just make some of it up : )

Oh, no. I'd have to learn the state and practices of two religions, plus a bit of another two. I'd dislocate my eyes from rolling them so much! :)

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I was wondering if the priest would just devolve into killing and torturing like the others or try and stop the slaughter?

Looks like that's one for you to make up and write down.

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A modern West Virginia Coal town goes back in time and place to 1632 Europe right in the middle of the Protestant Catholic battles

There's a similar book I read. I forget the title or who wrote it. "Islands in the Sea of Time" maybe?

Anyway, an island off the US coast, maybe off Massachusetts, somehow travels back in time a really long span, before much in the way of written history, or so. Internal problems lead them into trouble with pre-pre-pre-Columbian civilizations in Mexico (some people get eaten), but on the other hand they establish a nice working relationships with pre-pre-pre-Britons (they had a sail-powered Coast Guard ship with them, complete with captain and crew).

It was ok, but I was disappointed when some Christians rebel because they think now there's no way for the fictional Biblical story of the Jesus to play out. Unfortunately it's brushed aside and the rebels wind up manning the salt mines (their first penal colony!)

The Rosenhouse Rule: A condemnation of a harmless or beneficial activity on the grounds that "God says it's wrong," is the rhetorical equivalent of "I got nothing but my prejudice."

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The Rosenhouse Rule: A condemnation of a harmless or beneficial activity on the grounds that "God says it's wrong," is the rhetorical equivalent of "I got nothing but my prejudice."

We are each the sum total of our prejudices.