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Not a new observation: "The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing unde
by smitty1e 3y ago
Not a new observation:
"The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun."
Ecclesiastes 1:9
- mikeyjk 3y agoIs this also an argument for determinism in the Bible? I'm guessing not because that would somewhat goes against some of the bigger messaging.
- williamcotton 3y agoThere have been plenty of deterministic interpretations of the Bible, the Calvinists being the first that pops to mind! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predestination_in_Calvinism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predestination_in_Calvinism
- smitty1e 3y agoRight, but if one rides Calvin all the way out, then most of the Gospel gets kinda bizarre.
- fallous 3y agoNo, it's a reminder that when people think their ideas or circumstances are truly novel they are mistaken. It's the same as the "wheel of tech" analogy.
- rootw0rm 3y agoThose Babylonian phones were wild. Too bad they'd only run 2 hours on a blood sacrifice though.
- pmarreck 3y agoI mean... Just imagine living 2000 years ago and not ever imagining just the massive slice of inventions from 1900 to 2023 lol
- smitty1e 3y agoTechnology is the variable. The human genome is (relatively) constant.