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What's a weird saying? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago by wuphysics87@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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When examined, or just because it's weird on its own.

Example: Beat a dead horse

You whip a horse to go faster
It dies from being whipped too much
You still want the horse to go faster
You continue to whip it

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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (11 children)

Taking God's name in vain

You invoke God on some topic you're wrong about.
God appears and sees your worthless comment.
????
God punishes you, or he backs away, or he learns to not listen to you anymore in boy cries wolf type situation? Its really not clear what the repercussions are.

[–] CuriousRefugee@lemmy.ml 16 points 3 days ago (6 children)

No, no, it was originally "Taking God's name in vein," as saying the name of God out loud would allow Him into your blood. If you say the name of God, you allow him to inhabit your blood, gain your power, and become even more mighty. The ancient Hebrews feared God gaining too much power, as He would be able to destroy the world. Then Christians figured out that if they took Communion and instead drank the blood of Christ, they could reverse the Hebrew God's power and slowly increase their own until they could ascend to the heavens and do battle with the Almighty, empowered by His blood in their veins, rather than weakened by taking His name in vein. In this seventeen-part essay, I will describe how we can defeat God by

[–] jason@engage.gogogoals.com 0 points 3 days ago (2 children)

This is mind blowing if true. Is this real? What's going on here? Are you serious?

[–] miracleorange@beehaw.org 6 points 3 days ago

Not real, but certainly creative.

[–] InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

yes everything you read on the Internet is true.

[–] jason@engage.gogogoals.com 1 points 2 days ago

Thank you. I thought so.

But seriously. I thought this might be another Tower of Babylon incident. I could definitely see this playing out early on during the vestiges of the mythological era. I was also feeling asleep.

Note to self. Don't comment when falling asleep.

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