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Feb 12 2026 04:21am
I thought you read the bible and knew it better than most other people? some of those are not in the bible


Which some of those not in the bible?
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Feb 12 2026 04:23am
Which some of those not in the bible?


Lilith is some rabbinic jewish shit
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Feb 12 2026 04:40am
Lilith is some rabbinic jewish shit


What kind of cope is this?

Bible was written in Hebrew and it clearly states lilith or night creature or screech owl if you going by westernized translation. Whatever definition is it is some kind of a demon/magical bullshit creature.

Along with satyrs, giants, unicorns, Phoenix bird, dragons, pit locusts, talking snake and many more.
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Feb 12 2026 04:50am
What kind of cope is this?

Bible was written in Hebrew and it clearly states lilith or night creature or screech owl if you going by westernized translation. Whatever definition is it is some kind of a demon/magical bullshit creature.

Along with satyrs, giants, unicorns, Phoenix bird, dragons, pit locusts, talking snake and many more.


the demon "Lilith" is a later jewish invention, like what diablo 4 copied in style or "adam's first wife"

while there is a brief mention of a type of spirit in Isaiah "ὀνοκένταυροι" specifically, you said " Lilith" which is a proper noun which would refer to a specific person and the logical inference would be the Lilith of jewish folklore

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Feb 12 2026 05:15am
What kind of cope is this?

Bible was written in Hebrew and it clearly states lilith or night creature or screech owl if you going by westernized translation. Whatever definition is it is some kind of a demon/magical bullshit creature.

Along with satyrs, giants, unicorns, Phoenix bird, dragons, pit locusts, talking snake and many more.


Put down the Talmud man it'll take your soul if it hasn't already
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Feb 12 2026 05:18am


Thats how you know all gods are made in man's image.


I think you are on the right track with this response however I'd suggest that 'god' or 'gods' are made in peoples image rather than just man.
As you see by Shadowoffurys response there are religions like Greek where both the male and female were referenced as gods.
In my original comment it's directed more towards the certain religions that refer to god as 'he' or 'father' but not 'she' or 'mother'. As in the male being the preferred reference. I want to know what causes certain people to do this and others not.

It seems correct when D_urRRR is suggesting that it is used in individual relational context.
I mean according to Christian theology Jesus does not have a biological human father but rather a foster father. This surely has to have something to do with it.

In my case though my parents are married and so am I. I have taken an oath to the Monarch too which is King and Queen. I work with both females and males. I'm in a democracy so we have both female and male leaders. Maybe that's why I tend to gravitate towards both the feminine and masculine viewpoints in religion. Maybe someone who's brought up in a male dominated surrounding will gravitate towards those religions that are male dominant in language? That seems to be the case.



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Feb 12 2026 12:00pm
That's called compelling storytelling. You got got. God's are ranked above man. Zeus is supposed to make men to be beneath him to serve him as underlings. He is representing a king/ruler. Hera is his queen/wife/sister as they were children of Chronus and Rhea.
Sometimes you can't control your wife as she can go crazy. But at the end of the day he was still the main leader. Don't forget Athena was also a goddess of handicrafts and later she was syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva. Which was a combination of law, wisdom and arts etc.
By a great majority most important roles were held by male counterparts.

My opinions> Male gods>female gods>mortal heros imbued with magical powers>kings>nobles>peasant males >women and children> slaves>animals>your opinion


Gods are not necessarily "ranked above man" in the Greek tradition, although that is a pretty dumb way of putting it.

The gods were "ranked" below the titans but eventually overthrew them and took their place. Zeus feared man capable of overthrowing the gods in much the same way, which is why he attempted to keep them ignorant, harmless and subservient. Thanks to Prometheus, man did NOT remain ignorant, harmless and subservient. This means that Zeus' fears may become realized, that man may overthrow the gods.

Greek mythology is not a video game, your tier list makes you sound stupid. First of all, it's missing most of the divine beings and proves you just googled all the things you just said about the Greek gods. It's also obviously inapplicable, the entire point of Greek mythology is that the balance of power changes, repeatedly. From Chaos to the other primordials to titans, to gods, to man.

Uranus feared his children, the cyclopes and hecatoncheires, which led to his overthrow by the titans. Chronus feared the gods, which led to a union with the Cyclopes and the overthrow of the titans. Zeus fears his creation, man, which leads to the rebellion of Prometheus and the rise of man.
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Feb 12 2026 12:01pm
its adam and even, not madam and steve.
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Feb 12 2026 12:54pm
so what? quote the whole thing, that part of paul's epistles is beautiful

21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, 27 and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. 28 In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. 29 After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— 30 for we are members of his body. 31 “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”[c] 32 This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. 33 However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.


They don't read before and after on particular verses.

No way for them to twist the meaning if they quote everything in its entirely. It's deliberate misuse of the text.
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Feb 12 2026 01:17pm
I think you are on the right track with this response however I'd suggest that 'god' or 'gods' are made in peoples image rather than just man.
As you see by Shadowoffurys response there are religions like Greek where both the male and female were referenced as gods.
In my original comment it's directed more towards the certain religions that refer to god as 'he' or 'father' but not 'she' or 'mother'. As in the male being the preferred reference. I want to know what causes certain people to do this and others not.

It seems correct when D_urRRR is suggesting that it is used in individual relational context.
I mean according to Christian theology Jesus does not have a biological human father but rather a foster father. This surely has to have something to do with it.

In my case though my parents are married and so am I. I have taken an oath to the Monarch too which is King and Queen. I work with both females and males. I'm in a democracy so we have both female and male leaders. Maybe that's why I tend to gravitate towards both the feminine and masculine viewpoints in religion. Maybe someone who's brought up in a male dominated surrounding will gravitate towards those religions that are male dominant in language? That seems to be the case.


Well because certain religions describe those gods having masculine features and personality. You have to remember they are all fake so it doesn't matter at the end of the day.

Religion is curated for its target audience which is predominantly men who held most of the power. How do you think the charlatans would be able to sell their god as some kind of Trans/non biniary blob of energy to a group of guys?
People however understand father and mother concept. They can more easily accept God as a parent/ruler figuire. Most of those religions were made at a time when women were considered as property that you could buy and sell.
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