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The day I stopped fearing Hell

When I was a child, I believed that God was real, but I never believed that he was the only god in the world. I grew up in a cultural Christian home (going to church maybe 3 times per year, including end-of-school-year ceremonies), in the Lutheran/Evangelical Swedish Church, and I spent years in youth groups. The Swedish school system had this clause for many years, that children should be raised in Christian traditions and values. I remember my teacher reading from the Children's Bible by candlelight. This was a few days before the Winter break and she was reading about the nativity. Nothing about Herod or babies being hurt. Just the nice thing about not finding shelter and Jesus being born in a barn. I also remember thinking it was dumb for a very pregnant woman traveling on a donkey at the risk of her and the baby, but chalked it up to different times. I was 11 at the time and thanks to the youth group leaders, I already knew that doubting the stories told in the Bible would se...
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Election hangover

This is my only planned political post this year. Hopefully, I won't feel compelled to make another one, as humans learn about resources such as Google/Bing/search engine of your choice and Snopes dot com. I HATE politics. Not because it is not important. It is extremely important and everyone who can vote, is, in my eyes, morally obligated to go and vote. I HATE politics because I cannot understand irrational thinking. I cannot understand thinking that includes xenophobia, racism, sexism, religious intolerance, trickle-down economics, and supremely selfish thinking that actively harms even the thinker. I do not feel that the thinkers are lesser humans. I just do not understand the thinking. I do not understand how someone can push an agenda that harms themselves, short or long term. I am not a liberal. I am a social democrat. Now, I hear some people start screaming "Commie asshole!! Socialist scum!!" and to you I say, did you know that social democracy, socialism, a...
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Was Jesus actually real?

While I'm over here, building this wall to dodge behind in case someone wants to throw hard and/or sharp objects at me, I would like you to think about the Biblical character of Jesus. Now, I was raised in the Swedish Protestant Church (I don't even know if this church has any American counterpart). I was baptized before I could speak and I went through confirmation before I was 15 years old. I was always skeptical, but I have always been fascinated by the myth of Jesus of Nazareth, especially how the Hell (heh) he got out of that cave. As you read the following ramblings, please remember that this is just thinking. I can't find any support for most of my rant in points 3-4, because so far. we have no historical records of a Jesus of Nazareth. 1. There is no support for most of the gospels in the Bible, according to Dr Richard Carrier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4Gs-LUqv-M 2. The Romans only crucified non-slaves who were not legionaries who committed treason, ...
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Religion is a gift

OK, now that I have your attention, let me explain the title. I have always been fascinated by mythology. My mom read Roman mythology to me when I was a small child, and as soon as I stopped having horrible nightmares about Prometheus falling to his death, get revived, and then being eaten every day by an eagle, I started finding and reading every collection of legends and myths I could find. Note that I learned how to read when I was 8 years old and I heard the story of Prometheus for the first time when I was 5 years old. I started dreaming about being a professional writer when I was 9 or 10 years old*, and at that time I didn't think about these stories as inspiration. They were just interesting stories. Now that I'm 32 years old, I find that the stories from the Bible, Roman and Greek mythology, Celtic hero stories, Norse mythology, Hinduism, Shintoism etc to be awesome fodder for creativity. Just look at TV shows like Sleepy Hollow, Charmed, or Supernatural, books lik...
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In the beginning...

This blog is my way of getting my thoughts out on certain things that pop into my head. I will cover every thought I get from the universe, gaming, and theology to daily things, my past, and interesting YouTube videos. I will also start a series on Mythological Beings Through History. This will have a long term schedule and will not be finished soon, nor will it have specific dead-lines. I will try to have one post out per week, but I make no promises, as my work schedule is very erratic.
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