Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Everyone makes incest jokes about Adam and Eve and their children but they never mention that there was another woman named Lilith (Adam's first wife) who would have added variance to the gene pool. (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

1000 years after what? Adam?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Good point, I meant 1000 years after the ecumenical councils established what books would be included in the Bible.

But you're right, Genesis and Isaiah are old testament, much older than the Bible.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

We need the Book of Rejects. All the books and stories that were considered but not included