lego_office_worker t1_iwrnpea wrote on November 17, 2022 at 8:58 PM

yea. some people say that cains wife and the people he was afraid were going to kill him were all the future sons and daughters that adam and eve had. people back then lived a long time. future sons and daughters would know what cain had done and why he was living out there. genesis condenses lots of history and its probably not exhaustive.

lego_office_worker t1_iw13h7r wrote on November 12, 2022 at 3:04 AM

Reply to comment by Dawnawaken92 in TIL 'The Land of Nod' is originally a biblical reference of a sort of purgatory where Cain was exiled after murdering Abel -- rather than a 'dreamland' sleepytime dealie as it is now colloquially known. by quicxly

No, it only says that he built a city there

17 Cain made love to his wife. She became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was building a city, and he named it Enoch after his son.

lego_office_worker t1_iw13arb wrote on November 12, 2022 at 3:03 AM

Reply to comment by quicxly in TIL 'The Land of Nod' is originally a biblical reference of a sort of purgatory where Cain was exiled after murdering Abel -- rather than a 'dreamland' sleepytime dealie as it is now colloquially known. by quicxly

certainly possible. Cain stated here:

13 But Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is more than I can stand! 14 You have forced me off this land today. I have to hide from you and become a fugitive, a wanderer on the earth. Now anyone who finds me will kill me!”

That there were other people around, and they might not take kindly to him (maybe because he was a murderer). So this land of wandering was populated by some fierce people. I dont think anyone knows who they really were or why they were there. But Cain was certainly scared of them.

lego_office_worker t1_iw11hho wrote on November 12, 2022 at 2:46 AM

Reply to TIL 'The Land of Nod' is originally a biblical reference of a sort of purgatory where Cain was exiled after murdering Abel -- rather than a 'dreamland' sleepytime dealie as it is now colloquially known. by quicxly

Nod was not purgatory. it was just a geographic location away from the area around the garden.

it was east of the garden and the name just means land of wandering.

lego_office_worker t1_ivhwjfj wrote on November 8, 2022 at 2:12 AM

Reply to TIL, there was a Cocaine-infused tablet called “Forced March” taken on the North Pole Expedition by Shackleton. As label explains: “Allays hunger and prolongs the power of endurance.” by endofthen1ght

shackletons men: we dont think we can march across a giant ice sheet in a freezing blizzard with barely any food and shelter

shackleton: thats what the cocaine is for

lego_office_worker t1_iuoi4kr wrote on November 1, 2022 at 9:36 PM

Reply to Twitter Users Flock to Other Platforms as the Elon Era Begins by Khalifa_Nomi

i dont understand what they think he going to do

lego_office_worker t1_iu9p7rl wrote on October 29, 2022 at 5:25 PM

Reply to Would living on mars actually be possible? by [deleted]

extreme cold temps, toxic soil, intense radiation....we'd almost be required to live underground. and that wouldnt alleviate the other things you mentioned. itd be a hurculean task.

id argue terrforming is going to be necessary before we can colonize planets.

lego_office_worker t1_isqipcn wrote on October 17, 2022 at 11:15 PM

Reply to Surprise discovery of radio signals could help track space junk and limit global security risks by marketrent

hard to understand title, but the article was interesting

lego_office_worker t1_iqx2n6j wrote on October 3, 2022 at 6:53 PM

Reply to TIL a German scientist named Alfred Wegener was ridiculed in 1912 for advancing the idea that the continents were adrift. Ridiculed as having “wandering pole plague.” or “Germanic pseudo-science” and accused Wegener of toying with the evidence to spin himself into “a state of auto-intoxication." by Hot----------Dog

all new thoughts that rub up against mainstream thinking are treated like this.

germ theory of disease, the idea that the universe had a beginning, almost any major shift in thinking is immediately met with ad hominems and ridicule within the scientific community.