I CURSE YOU WITH LOVE FOR CREATIONISM

I CURSE YOU WITH LOVE FOR CREATIONISM

what an odd thing to say to a Jewish paleontologist

did you know

young earth creationism was never the jewish interpretation of that text; those jews today who believe it have been influenced by xtians. classic commentary showcases vagueness as to the timing of the creation event, with one talmudic commenter suggesting the time may have been millions of years

YEC'ism, as a result, is filled with antisemitism, as many philosophies that require jewish people to be wrong about their own books are

not a single aspect of the Torah is meant to be taken literally. it is a multifaceted work where higher level interpretations are the bulk of the meaning of the text (Pardes method)

many jewish scholars over the years have pointed out how living things change over time

the amount of evidence we have that the earth is 4.6 billion years old and the universe 13 billion years old is overwhelming

the amount of evidence we have that living things have changed over long periods of time is overwhelming

the amount of evidence we have that populations change over short periods of time (which would then add up to those long changes) is overwhelming

the amount of extremely accessible evidence we have that evolution via natural selection happens is greater than the evidence we have for the force of gravity

many things we deal with today, in our anatomies, geographies, and ecologies, are only explicable with a knowledge of deep time

understanding evolution has been linked with more tolerant attitudes and a better ability to critically evaluate new information (ie, if you're a young earth creationist, you are more likely to be racist and stay that way)

understanding evolution is key to actually fixing many social and ecological problems and ignoring it is, in fact, a self defeating action

the history of the earth is not actually a debatable subject. people who believe in young earth creationism are one thing: delusional.

anyways, I know you didn't read any of that, so have fun sticking your head in a pile of sand. Ostriches don't do that, but you do.

ok someone has taken it upon themselves to translate the rest of leviathan so i'll make a more comprehensive post now 🫡

helloooooo limbus fans n non limbus fans, limbus company is the third game in a series, projmoon has been building this world for years so i am once again asking everyone to check out the whole series!! it discusses the horrors of capitalism and each game has multiple, very emotional stories that can resonate in all sorts of ways

warnings for the series as a whole

psychological horror, body horror, gore, cannibalism, drugs, cults, suicide (+ more under cut)

lobotomy corporation:

available on: windows (steam)

the beginning of the series; monster management simulator. there are multiple no-commentary playlists of it on youtube if you end up not enjoying the gameplay since it can get pretty hard, but if you do play it yourself you get to make your own lil employees ^_^. you reveal who the person you're playing as is and how the facility came to be in it's current (at the time) state, as well as the origins of the other people (and abnormalities) there

wonderlab:

official postype (note, postype might make you create an account but that shouldn't be a problem?)

a comic following the employees in a different lobotomy corporation branch; expands on the concepts you see in lobocorp

library of ruina:

available on: windows (steam), xbox one

deck building rpg + visual novel. takes place right after lobotomy corporation. here you learn more about the world outside that facility. it summarizes what happened in lobocorp as you go along and carries over tons of lore from it. it has both returning characters from lobocorp and a bunch of new ones. a major part of it is inspired by a poem(s) but i won't tell you which ones hehe. also there's a lot of modding you can do

extra (외전):

official postype

has a cute side story for lor that released after the game came out of early access. there's also a video version. not sure if they'll add more extra stories to this spot later.

the distortion detective:

official postype

web-novel; at the time of this post the novel has stopped because they're planning on making a game for it. takes place during ruina and focuses on the phenomenon of the distortion specifically, following the titular detective (who is an old lady btw)

leviathan:

official postype (book 1-15)

twitter thread with SnakeskinFS's translation (book 16 - end)

started as a comic but became a web-novel. the official english translation had stopped towards the end but now we have a fan translation! it follows vergilius before he joined limbus company, and it appears to take place after library of ruina (based on the beginning, since i haven't finished). has characters that appear in lor and limbus

limbus company:

available on: windows (steam), google play, app store (honestly i recommend pc)

dungeon rpg + visual novel (+ gacha. sorry). the latest in the series right now and the latest chronologically. you play as a nonbinary clockhead with no memories, exploring abandoned lobotomy corporation facilities. the story is built really heavily on what was introduced in previous entries. it also takes very direct inspiration from classic books such as the metamorphosis. a recent update added notes where you can read lore in-game -- fans have also created resources where you can more easily read these along with what doesn't have in-game logs

limbusresources

This is an image of the official limbus company trigger list. These triggers apply to the rest of the series. It lists: animal cruelty, drug use, references to alcohol and tobacco, injury and dismemberment, homicide and suicide, violence and torture, cannibalism, kidnapping, abduction and captivity. As well as: psychosis, diseases, seizure, and dyspnoea, familial homicide and domestic violence, clowns, themes of occultism and spiritualism.

On the opposite side reads: audiovisual depictions of gore, uses of sharp and pointed objects. Hospital and medical references. References to gaslighting and bullying. Body modification and/or deformation. Flashing lights and a shaking camera. Swears/strong language and demeaning words. Reference to traffic accidents. Guns, weapons, discriminatory violence, religious torture/violence. Enforced ideology, war and mass conflict.

yeah they covered as much as possible in this one list whew

I like the subtle world building implications in the differences between the usher foundation and the magnus institute. if the usher foundation and the magnus institute were meant to be direct parallels to each other, then the usher foundation would have been established in like the 1870s in boston or nyc, but no, it's in dc and was founded no earlier that 1955, and that gives me less "old respectable academia" vibes and more "insane reagan era project comissioned to weaponize the supernatural in the cold war that didn't work but was never officially shut down."

faust don and ishmael in some cute outfits :D