When Anu the Sublime, King of the Anunnaki, and Bel, the lord of Heaven and earth, who decreed the fate of the land assigned to Marduk, the over-ruling son of Ea, God of righteousness, dominion over earthly man, and made him great among the Igigi, they called Babylon by his illustrious name, made it great on earth, and founded an everlasting kingdom in it, whose foundations are laid so solidly as those of heaven and earth; then Anu and Bel called by name me, Hammurabi, the exalted prince, who feared God, to bring about the rule of righteousness in the land, to destroy the wicked and the evil-doers; so that the strong should not harm the weak, so that I should rule over the black-headed people like Shamash and enlighten the land, to further the well-being of mankind.
...When Marduk sent me to rule over men, to give the protection of right to the land, I did right and righteousness in . . . , and brought about the well-being of the oppressed.
[The oldest known written code of laws from around 1772 BCE]
Tag: fear morality strong fate heaven weak law earth gods land babylon enlighten righteousness king order sublime code anunnaki anu bel marduk shamash
It was said that the gods favored fools because they were entertaining to watch.
N.K. JemisinThe wine god sighed. 'Oh Hades if I know. But remember, boy, that a kind act can sometimes be as powerful as a sword. As a mortal, I was never a great fighter or athlete or poet. I only made wine. The people in my village laughed at me. They said I would never amount to anything. Look at me now. Sometimes small things can become very large indeed.' He left me alone to think about that. And as I watched Clarisse and Chris singing a stupid campfire song together, holding hands in the darkness, where they thought nobody could see them, I had to smile.
Rick RiordanTag: inspirational kindness smile gods greek greek-mythology cute greek-gods percy-jackson wine-god
I think we have underestimated their Gods; they have made millions stupid, and we are even not able to get one out of that stupidity.
M.F. MoonzajerTag: stupidity atheism gods underestimated
Looking through the ruby glass one cannot see the true colour of the sky.
Lara BiyutsTag: life love sex faith sky gods relationship
Да. Мы испрашиваем знамения у Богов и готовы роптать, если нам кажется, будто Небо медлит с ответом. А когда Боги глаголят ясно и внятно, мы опять недовольны. Ибо толкование, которое любезно нашей душе, далеко не всегда совпадает с тем, что в действительности готовит завтрашний день
Мария СеменоваTag: philosophy humour gods choices
Human beings are pattern-seeking animals. It's part of our DNA. That's why conspiracy theories and gods are so popular: we always look for the wider, bigger explanations for things.
Adrian McKintyTag: religion conspiracy humans gods patterns
The other day, when I was deciding where to place a mountain range, how to make a river's flow detour around underground stalactite caves, and what precise color to give the sky at sunset, I realized I was God... or an artist and a writer.
Vera NazarianTag: art writing god creativity creation sky sunset artist gods color mountains writer mountain creating deity create river rivers creator
When he wasn’t busy chasing unseen mice around the academy, Ion spent hours in the Borean Study, searching through dusty books for anything that had to do with the banshee or the Shroud. But finding this anything proved to be difficult as well, especially when the books you’re reading have everything to do with something, but certainly nothing to do with your anything. And in trying to find this anything, Ion forgot about a very important, specific thing, which would quickly ruin his Wednesday.
Nikolas LeeTag: fantasy fiction gods young-adult elves series dwarves middle-grade goddesses nymphs
Jesus Hollywood believed in a lot of things.
He believed that the stars in the sky were only ghostly images of dead things. He believed in the grass on the side of the highway as he whipped by. He believed in the sound of a gun cocking. He believed that the heart gave up long before it stopped beating. He believed last words and bedside confessions were only half-assed last-ditch efforts at Redemption signalling imminent death. He believed in lust and rage and that pain is the only proof that one is alive.
Jesus Hollywood believed that there was no God, no gods, no Divine Being and he certainly believed that Heaven was only a placating fabrication. He believed Love At First Sight was a myth; that Love was masquerading as Lust. He believed Karma was for those too afraid to be selfish. He believed that Luck and Chance, along with Fate and Destiny, were words the weak used to explain away their inaction. He believed that if you wore a long-sleeved shirt, you could win every game of cards with the right poker face and a few extra cards stashed up your sleeves.
Jesus Hollywood certainly did not believe in love.
And now, Jesus Hollywood believed he was fucked.
Tag: faith atheism gods beliefs second-coming jesus-hollywood
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