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> Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers, and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same with their secret arts. For each one threw do
by Y_Y 1y ago
> Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers, and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same with their secret arts. For each one threw down his staff and they turned into serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.
- Exodus 7:1-12 (NIV)
Many moons ago I had a girlfriend who worked on an nationally broadcast afternoon show where they often had guest chefs demonstrating dishes, so I would come home from my thankless PhD work to eat Michelin-starred food from a lunchbox. Overall not so bad.
- triceratops 1y agoCool story, I upvoted because the downvotes felt a bit harsh. But what does the first part have to do with the second part?
- 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 1y ago"staff" meaning either the crew filming a TV show, or meaning a magical staff
- triceratops 1y agoI get it now. More staff engineers than I expected in the Bible.
- fsckboy 1y agopretty much everything is in the Bible if you look, even automobiles: "and G-d drove Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden in His Fury" https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=plymouth%20fury&ia=images&iax=images https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=plymouth%20fury&ia=images&i...
- titanomachy 1y ago“Jesus and his disciples were all in one Accord”
- LorenDB 1y agoAnd don't forget that Moses received the Ten Commandments on tablets, although it doesn't say whether he used iPads or something running Android.
- schoen 1y agoIt's rumored that God was wary of humans having apple products.
- user_7832 1y agoPerhaps because of the temptations of walled gardens?
- mrbombastic 1y agoTheir icon is also an apple with bite out of it, if they wanted to be the prefered OS of the divine they should have chosen better.
- sho_hn 1y agoAnd that Revelation 5/6 contain the original doomscroll.
- BobbyTables2 1y agoI thought it was warning of poorly chosen file permissions (0666) and the evils of “simulation” —- the evils of userns namespaces and VMware!!!
- tom_ 1y agoI gave up tablets and pills of all kinds a long time ago now, but, at the time, if god himself had popped up to tell me something, it wouldn't have been a huge surprise.
- inopinatus 1y agoCome for tea, my people.
- mikepurvis 1y agoJoshua 6:27 KJV: "The Lord was with Joshua and his Triumph was heard throughout the land." https://www.google.com/search?q=trumph+motorcycle https://www.google.com/search?q=trumph+motorcycle
- throw0101d 1y agoI own a Street Triple, so do not object to his search, but it should also be remembered: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_Motor_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_Motor_Company
- cardiffspaceman 1y agoThe old Chrysler manufacturer had a Plymouth division with a set of Fury models so I was ready chuckling before I clicked through. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Fury https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Fury
- astrange 1y ago> The one driving the chariot drives like Jehu, the son of Nimshi. He’s driving like a crazy person. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Kings%209&version=NIRV https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Kings%209&v...
- ies7 1y agonot related with Bible: a staff engineer's journey with Claude Code
- pfdietz 1y agoMaybe the food was left out too long and he got a staff infection?
- jibal 1y agoThe staff ate the rest of the staffs.
- BLKNSLVR 1y agoI thought the story was going to end with the swallowing of a staff. But this was almost as good.
- weregiraffe 1y ago[flagged]
- bambax 1y agoNot sure what the quote has to do with anything here, but it's a as good an opportunity as ever to say that large parts of the "Old Testament" draw most of its inspiration from the code of Hammurabi ("an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"), the Epic of Gilgamesh (which gave us, notably, the story of the deluge, and the dark role of the serpent) and Ancient Egypt, to which it owes, among many others, the concept of eternal life and the idea that man was made in God's image. To be "in God's image" was one of the titles of Pharaoh. And about the staff: early depictions of Jesus often have him holding a magic wand [0], as he was considered by followers and ennemies alike to be a magician. The "Three Wise Men" or "Three Kings" (?!) that show up at his birth are just "magi" (magicians) in the original text [1]. [0] https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/jesus-historical-jesus/jesus-holding-a-magic-wand/ https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_Magi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_Magi
- williamtrask 1y agoIf truth is defined as beliefs which lead one to make decisions that cause you/your society to thrive, this is a good thing (that the Old Testament has similarities to other major works). Implies a kind of evolutionary algorithm for truth. Likely implies these stories are more true because they’re more tried and tested. Societies who believed them became strong. If truth is about repeated experimentation or journalistic records (a very new concept in history of writing - less than 500 years), then perhaps this is of concern. I accept both definitions, but when they’re in conflict, the former tends to be more end-to-end, while the latter tends to overfit to the moment. Mostly because data is scarce and life is a very complex distributed system. On the other hand, the former changes slowly while the latter perhaps keeps up with the pace of change. Except the point of life is probably to thrive more than to collect a list of facts. So when in conflict, I lean towards the former. Personal choice tho. I expect most of HN leans the other way.
- chris-orgmenta 1y agoTo expand not refute, > If truth is defined as beliefs which lead one to make decisions that cause you/your society to thrive This is 'metaphorical truth' to be precise. But it's only a part of the virality of memes, not the whole. Propagation can occur not just due to usefulness, but to other factors such as simplicity/replicability, human susceptibility / 'key in a lock' etc. If survival was purely metaphorical truth, then all surviving lifeforms would be 'the most true' (including viruses being 'true' to us). Which can be argued, at a philosophical level - But then we've expanded the definition so much as to lose relevant meaning at the pragmatic level. Porcupine throwing quills, and all that.
- nick49488171 1y agoAmazing they made the real food on a now not just "show food" which is only a looks-like model.
- VoodooJuJu 1y ago[dead]