well wadr Yah does not claim to "exist" in the Bible, not anywhere, as addressed in the "I AM" passages.
"Wind" was used as a metaphor at the time, which we now know what the wind is made of, and what causes it, but you can still extrapolate if you want to get the point

and fwiw Jesus (Joshua) was the most common male name then, and Nazareth was not even inhabited 1st century AD, which might make a quite good argument for "Jesus of Nazareth" being a great rabbi-speak way of saying "John Doe, from Nowhere"

why are we so forgiving of little kids screwing up, but so mean to adult kids doing the same?

@bbyrd009 While I am all for nurturing one's inner child, at a certain point in being an adult it is expected that a person should be able to distinguish the difference between sheep shit and wild honey. I see far too many 'adults' wandering around with a glazed look in their eyes and sheep shit dribbling down their chin.
I do my best to like humans but they are a nasty brood for the most part in my experience. Check out Mark Twain if you need confirmation on this point.

@Surfpirate ah well i def don't mean to disagree there, but i suggest that being nasty back at them will just reinforce the behavior

for a gnostic anyway, sure, but note the convenient phrasing, "...doesn't believe in dragons," rather than the more truthful and succinct "believes there are no dragons" (thus removing the "believing in" concept entirely, as well) since atheists are def believers, only in diff things, at least generally speaking?

i notice atheists avoiding this like the plague, but obv in order to even say "i don't believe in ____," one must have some contrary "belief," right

@bbyrd009 and then there are Agamids:

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