Genesis 4 NIV: Bones and Bones

 

Bones and Bones

4 Bones[a] made love to his wife Bones and she became pregnant and gave birth to Bones.[b] She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth[c] a man.” 2 Later she gave birth to his brother Bones.

Now Bones kept flocks, and Bones worked the soil. 3 In the course of time Bones brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. 4 And Bones also brought an offering—fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Bones and his offering, 5 but on Bones and his offering he did not look with favor. So Bones was very angry, and his face was downcast.

6 Then the Lord said to Bones, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? 7 If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.”

8 Now Bones said to his brother Bones, “Let’s go out to the field.”[d] While they were in the field, Bones attacked his brother Bones and killed him.

9 Then the Lord said to Bones, “Where is your brother Bones?”

“I don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”

10 The Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground. 11 Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. 12 When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”

13  Bones said to the Lord, “My punishment is more than I can bear. 14 Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”

15 But the Lord said to him, “Not so[e]; anyone who kills Bones will suffer vengeance seven times over.” Then the Lord put a mark on Bones so that no one who found him would kill him. 16 So Bones went out from the Lord’s presence and lived in the land of Nod,[f] east of Eden.

17  Bones made love to his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Bones. Bones was then building a city, and he named it after his son Bones. 18 To Bones was born Bones, and Bones was the father of Bones, and Bones was the father of Bones, and Bones was the father of Bones.

19 Bones married two women, one named Bones and the other Bones. 20 Bones gave birth to Bones; he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock. 21 His brother’s name was Bones; he was the father of all who play stringed instruments and pipes. 22  Bones also had a son,  Bones, who forged all kinds of tools out of[g] bronze and iron. Bones' sister was Bones.

23  Bones said to his wives,

“Bones and Bones, listen to me;
    wives of Bones, hear my words.
I have killed a man for wounding me,
    a young man for injuring me.
24 If Bones is avenged seven times,
    then Bones seventy-seven times.”

25  Bones made love to his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Bones[h] saying, “God has granted me another child in place of Bones since Bones killed him.” 26 Bones also had a son, and he named him Bones.

At that time people began to call on[i] the name of the Lord.

The Gospel According to Bones

 

1 Many as well as Bones have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among Bones and others, 

2 just as they were handed down to Bones and others by Bones who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. 

3 With this in mind, since Bones have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, Bones have decided to write an orderly account for Bones, most excellent Bones,

4 so that Bones may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.

The Birth of Bones Foretold

5 In the time of Bones king of Judea there was a priest named Bones, who belonged to the priestly division of Bones; Bones' wife Bones was also a descendant of Bones. 

6 Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly. 

7 But they were childless because Bones was not able to conceive, and Bones were both very old. 

8 Once when Bones' division was on duty and Bones was serving as priest before God, 

9 Bones was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 

10 And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside. 

11 Then an angel of the Lord appeared to Bones, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. 

12 When Bones saw him, Bones was startled and was gripped with fear. 

13 But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Bones; Bones' prayer has been heard. Bones' wife Bones will bear Bones a son, and Bones are to call him Bones. 

14 Bones will be a joy and delight to Bones, and many will rejoice because of Bones' birth, 

15 for Bones will be great in the sight of the Lord. Bones is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and Bones will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before Bones is born. 

16 Bones will bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God. 

17 And Bones will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Bones, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” 

18 Bones asked the angel, “How can Bones be sure of this? Bones is an old man and Bones' wife is well along in years.” 

19 The angel said to him, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to Bones and to tell Bones this good news. 

20 And now Bones will be silent and not able to speak until the day this happens, because Bones did not believe my words, which will come true at their appointed time.” 

21 Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Bones and wondering why Bones stayed so long in the temple. 

22 When Bones came out, Bones could not speak to Bones. They realized Bones had seen a vision in the temple, for Bones kept making signs to Bones but remained unable to speak. 

23 When Bones' time of service was completed, Bones returned home. 

24 After this Bones' wife Bones became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. 

25 “The Lord has done this for me,” Bones said. “In these days he has shown his favor and taken away Bones' disgrace among the people.”

Compassion Might Not Matter Nor Exist - The Case of Trump

President Trump is talked about pretty frequently. I think he's kind of a jerk from what I've seen. However, people claim that he's hurt the world immeasurably. In the long term, do we know this? Do we know what any human life will amount to? Lets look at the logic here.

What if Trump caused the coronavirus quarantine to be much longer and hurt humanity greatly? Perhaps he then helped the natural world because humans suck. So he might have intended to cause harm, and he might have harmed some beings, but not all. He wasn't trying to help the Earth, but he might have.

He has destroyed the Republican party and turned them all into bitches. Maybe that means the end of the Republican Party in the future? That would be a good thing too. So again he's helped.

What is compassion anyway? If someone intends to help and actually helps, that's compassionate. But what if someone intends to help, does all the right things, and their impact was still negative? The guy who ate the bat certainly didn't intend to shut down the entire world. But he did. He had an impact certainly. We never know what our impact on the world is. Even if we have bad intentions, it doesn't seem to matter. It could be completely random. 

I don't know that anyone ever really helps or hurts. However, just in case I'm wrong, I'll still try to help. I'll be voting Democrat in November. 

Dyson Universe

If you built a Dyson Sphere around every star in the universe, that would be a Dyson Universe. That would be a terrifying thing. 

 

With alcoholism every fight is a major fight

 It feels like 20 years of pent up frustration coming out every single day. That's living with an alcoholic. If they stop drinking, after the dangerous withdrawal is over, probably there will still be fights. However, the fights will become reasonable.

Is it heaven or hell

 I died and wasn't told if I was going to eternal heaven or eternal hell. I was only told it was one of the two. I told another traveller, "I'm afraid." He was a jolly man who said, "but there is no eternal hell. Don't be afraid." I walked into the mansion where I would reside. The jolly man walked to the opposite hallway. I saw a fridge filled only with ice, and thought, "I wonder if I went to hell and that man went to heaven. I'll go down the hallway to check out his palace." His was equally nice and had better luxuries. I sat there as more people walked in the room. First 5 men, then two women. The men were jolly, so I thought, "this is the good life". The women were suspicious of all the men, so I thought, "for these women, this is not heaven. But I wouldn't mind them being here." I woke up. It was a dream, but perhaps a prophetic one.

Autobiographical vignettes - Breakfast At Tiffany's

 I was at a party with Bob and John Ahn, and I said to John Ahn, “We got nothing in common, no common ground to start from, and we’re falling apart.” And he said, “What about Breakfast at Tiffany’s?” I said, “I think I remember the film, and as I recall, I think, we both kinda liked it,” and he said, “Well that’s one thing we got.”

People want to feel sorry for you

If you are truly honest with people, they will pity you as a way to dominate you. If you are better than them in every way they'll invent some way to pity you or ignore the good news you give them.

I think this is why people bullshit to make themselves look great. It's not just that they want people to be jealous. They also don't want people pitying them. I am courageous enough to be fully transparent even though almost everyone pities me for it. It's their problem, not mine.

I used to think I felt sorry for myself because other people felt sorry for me. In other words, I thought, "It sucks when people pity me. My life sucks because of their pity." Then, once I got everything I wanted in the world and people still pitied me, I no longer pitied myself for it. Then I realized that my self pity wasn't because of their pity. It was independent. I knew this because people still pity me, but I no longer care. Self pity is our own creation. I have had it and it was nobody's fault but mine. Now, other people pitying me is totally their fault. In fact, their pity for me would have been there all along either way. I didn't cause it.

Proper breathing helps flat affect

 Flat affect is where the emotions, facial expressions, and energy are blunted. It happens with various psychiatric disorders. If you breathe from the diaphragm, ribs, belly, pelvic floor, back, and chest, you have more energy and less flat affect. You may be thinking, "Don't breathe into your chest!" But you are incorrect.  Here's a video on proper breathing:

It changed my life. I'm more confident, relaxed, energized, emotionally expressive, calm, content, and even down-to-Earth. It takes a long time to fix all the various breathing issues, and Dr. Duvall has many videos correcting these things. I highly recommend them. I noticed after watching myself on video before and after fixing my breathing that I have less flat affect now. Also less monotone and better speaking voice. 

Competitive happiness is OK.

What if happiness is a goal to be attained? What if it's OK to want the most happiness? Spirituality of all traditions teaches us to balk at competition. What if the happiest people are those who strive the most? Maybe all of this "everyone's a winner" stuff is just nonsense. I want happiness. I'm sure you do too. I want you to be happy, but the thing I care most about is my own happiness. That is universal, unless MAYBE if you have kids and you want them to be happiest. Still, you can be goal-oriented and happy even if you still wish for others to be happy. There's nothing wrong with being a performance oriented person.

I'm not saying I'm correct. I'm just considering this position for today. Maybe you would agree with it. It's food for thought. 

Genesis rewritten with the word "Reason" instead of "God"

 1 In the beginning The Big Bang created space and matter.

2 And matter was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the the blackness of space moved upon the face of the matter.

3 And nature took its course so that it let there be light: and there was light.

4 And nature was part of the light, and it was good: and the natural order of things divided the light from the darkness.

5 And nature created the light of day, and the dark of night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Death, Death, Wherefore art thou Death?

JULIET

O Death, Death wherefore art thou Death?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name;
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I'll no longer be a Capulet.

DEATH

[Aside] Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?

JULIET

'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not Death
What's Death? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Death would, were he not Death call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. Death, doff thy name,
And for that name which is no part of thee
Take all myself.

DEATH

I take thee at thy word:
Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized;
Henceforth I never will be Death.

JULIET

What man art thou that thus bescreen'd in night
So stumblest on my counsel?

Is there anything I don't doubt? I doubt it.

This is "Cogito Ergo Sum" with a slight twist.

I once thought, “Am I going crazy?” Then I realized, “That’s crazy.”

The Holy Bobble

I rewrote the Bible. Here's an excerpt from Exodus.



Meanwhile Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. Leading the flock beyond the wilderness, he came to the mountain of Bob, Horeb.^*2There the angel of the LORD BOB^* appeared to him as fire flaming out of a bush.^a When he looked, although the bush was on fire, it was not being consumed.3So Moses decided, “I must turn aside to look at this remarkable sight. Why does the bush not burn up?”4When the LORD BOB saw that he had turned aside to look, Bob called out to him from the bush: Moses! Moses! He answered, “Here I am.”5Bob said: Do not come near! Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.^b6I am the Bob of your father,^* he continued, the Bob of Abraham, the Bob of Isaac, and the Bob of Jacob.^c Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at Bob.

Weighing the Universe

I weighed the universe the other day. My scale only went up to 400 pounds so that was my first estimate. Then I realized my scale probably was not powerful enough.

The next step was to take the mass of the sun and multiply by the number of stars in the galaxy, so I got 2 sexdecillion. I was about 75 times lower than the currently estimated mass.



Finally, I decided to take the mass of the galaxy and multiply it by the number of galaxies. Then I was only 4 times greater than the current estimate, mine being 600 sexdecilion kilograms and the previous estimate being 150 sexdecillion kilograms. I can only assume I've falsified everyone else's theories and that I am definitely right.