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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Jesus could have been an antique meme à la Chuck Norris that got waaaay out of hand (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts

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All we have are scriptures and texts that could have been a series of meme that built/improved from eachother but lost the common knowledge between the generations that it was fictional.

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[–] AngryCommieKender 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

A fair bit of the old testament was written the same way. In fact one of the most prolific "oracles" of the old testament got everything right, right up until he was actually making predictions, because he was writing in 400 BCE about a time that covered 800-600 BCE, as though he were writing it in 800 BCE.

ETA: dates made up as I don't remember exactly when he was writing