Tigers are fairly common household pets in places like India, since they very much are like cats and are glad to be a cuddle-bug for free food. However this is at the risk that the tiger will forget herself and maul you in a moment of playfulness or annoyed aggression. And once you’re dead, well, there’s one last meal you can offer before it’s back to life in the jungle.
This is not to say all tigers are amenable. Some are just assholes.
Same with bears, and people have lived alongside bears for eons, knowing full well that alliance only lasts until famine comes a’knocking once again. (Grim fact, – relevant considering famine in Palestine – enough famine will drive us social apes to turn on each other and go full cannibal, which is why it’s regarded as a major humanitarian crisis, and cruel to induce. It’s also why Bron killed all the known thieves in anticipation of the imminent siege.)
In the meantime, Grizzly Man lived with bears for ten years before getting killed by an unfamiliar one that was just a jerk.
Tigers are fuzzy and cuddly, and they look like they can kill, with self-sharpening claws and big canine teeth.
We look like funny apes, and what makes us dangerous are all strange magics like sticks that spit rocks, mists of death and our capacity to summon and play with fire. Then we build giant nests of concrete and lights and clockwork machines.
Jesus doesn’t have all the answers. The Riemann hypothesis waits in the wings. So does a solution for peace in the Middle East and the end of the humanitarian crises in Palestine.
Then there’s a path out of late stage capitalism, and a solution to the climate crisis and plastic crisis. Both Jesus and Google are pretty silent on both.
As for the rise of Christian Nationalism in the US, Jesus appears to be conflicted and having a personality breakdown. Same with Google, actually.
Satan comes highly recommended. Satan gave us Rock and Roll, TTRPGs, bicycles and the notion of egalitarian government. Oh and the notion of civil rights.
DISCIPLES IN THE MOONLIGHT takes place in the not-too-distant future after the government has banned the Bible for its “offensiveness” and replaced it with a government-approved version. A small group of Christians are recruited to smuggle God’s Word to underground churches throughout the Midwest. With a ruthless federal...
Actually there are routinely efforts to revise the bible, typically coming from the right. I don’t know if the Conservative Bible is still online, but it was a noted example in the 2010s.
Also check out the Lolcat Bible, which crowdsourced a translation of the whole thing into Lolcat speak. Not government approved, though.
It's just not fair! (lemmy.world)
I wouldn't use either at this point... (lemmy.world)
me btw rule (lemmy.cafe)
This Christian movie was made near me and comes out soon. I almost want to see it because it sounds so funny. (www.fathomevents.com)
DISCIPLES IN THE MOONLIGHT takes place in the not-too-distant future after the government has banned the Bible for its “offensiveness” and replaced it with a government-approved version. A small group of Christians are recruited to smuggle God’s Word to underground churches throughout the Midwest. With a ruthless federal...