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Well if he really existed as an historical figure (we highly suspect he did) then for sure he would not be displeased if he knew that the world came to a halt o
by GDC7 5y ago
Well if he really existed as an historical figure (we highly suspect he did) then for sure he would not be displeased if he knew that the world came to a halt on his birthday and that he has 3B followers and not like Instagram followers who have an attention span of 1 minute, just the number 3 billion doesn’t really paint the whole picture . It’s the amount of waking hours that the totality of humanity spend thinking about him. Nobody even comes close . No king , no absolute dictator , no celebrity (modern or past). It’s power law on steroids
Many of the 3B dedicate at least an hour a day thinking about him and the values he tried to communicate , and in a very deep way
He was somewhat of a crossover between a magician , a cult leader an artist and a businessman self promoter so nobody can convince me that he would not the type to gloat about his success.
And honestly I can accept that . I’d rather have promotion about love and compassion than the technoutipian futurism such as crypto Jesus or rocket Jesus .
But as I said I have to point out that luck plays a huge role . So many people tried to sing the virtue of compassion and love via story telling but only Jesus broke out and became a figure with 3 billion religious followers
- tomcam 5y agoThat was a very long non-answer
- GDC7 5y agoShort answer : He didn’t dictate it, but he’d be pleased about it. He was a human being after all, if you want to cut him some slack you can compare him with a contemporary Buddhist monk. They too have an ego
- burntoutfire 5y agoToo bad it's not his actual birthday, but rather an arbitrarily chosen day in year by the Roman Church to coincide with an already-existing holiday (winter solstice). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas
- tomcam 5y ago> but he’d be pleased about it. How do you know? Citation needed