• MightBeAlpharius@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Yeahhhh… I took a class on the history of the Bible, but that was about a decade ago, so I’m spotty on some of the details. Thanks for fleshing it out, though - I knew my take was probably missing something!

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      5 days ago

      I’ve been getting back into Christianity lately for a variety of reasons but I’ve also been doing a lot of research into the history and philosophy and whatnot and reconciling:

      that outer sphere of what all these different people over the centuries have written and decided to include or exclude from their various compilations and what motivated them morally or especially politically to do so

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      the inner sphere of my own lived experience with what does and does not make the world a better place and what motivations exist in the modern day to practice or interpret those centuries of texts in one way or another

      and honestly it’s actually been really interesting from an academic perspective as well. It’s a fascinating combination of history, language, culture, and even what influences it’s had on the sciences over time like I recently wound up learning some stuff about early geometry and the ways metaphysical interpretation of mathmetical concepts have affected the architecture of churches.

      and that actually led me to creating this gif of how Metatron’s Cube is constructed using basic geometric concepts with a compass and straightedge. The animated circles were specifically programmed in FMS logo it was a really fun way to spend my weekend.