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“God was with them,” said Jara
Well God could've fucking helped a little bit then, eh?
He was a little busy forgiving a child rapist praying over one of their dozen victims.
God: seen ✓
Left them on read
"The correct answer was Chalcedonian."
I always felt Wilson in the movie "Castaway" was the most realistic portrayal of God for survival situations.
Wilson was real though.
Pretty much. They keep digging and talking to the few primitive groups left.
Some animals that are smart and social have funeral rites. Crows and elephants. Been known to visit locations where the dead were, leave items for their poor dead friend. A dead human and a living human are basically the same except something seems missing. We know now it is the arrangement but to our ancestors it was some component. Well if something is missing it must be out there somewhere.
Funeral sites are built. People go there and look at the little stone. Maybe the thing that is missing is in the stone. Leave items and gradually question why they are doing it. It must be transactional. Offerings develop. I give this cup of wine and you help me with my crops this year. Ancestor worship is still common around the world and why should it not be? Your parents always looked after you and you are still helping them.
The ancestor worship grew. Some ancestors were more important than others. Great warlords are still revered for centuries. Eventually morphing into a small god who protects the tribe. The small god is better than the small god of the other tribe. There must be a god greater than them all.
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He doesn’t lift a finger when a child is sexually abused by his representatives, he ain’t gonna give a shit here either.
Any god is evil.
Nah, all part of the plan.
/s
I don't think god even exists. At least not the kind these poor creatures dreamed of
Oh certainly not. If he existed as advertised, the whole Vatican would be brimstone and pillars of salt.
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Yeah, well fuck them. Except the kid. Fuck them for bringing the kid. You want to escape society, fine. But bring the kid after you've figured out how to survive in the wilderness.
can you even imagine? in these situations the kid would be lucky if it died first. if not, the kid was kept alive by the adults long enough for it to watch the adults die, then the kid had to die alone in the tent while it waited in the cold just for nobody to come and help. poor thing. I'm terrified just writing this out.
People can't survive in the wilderness. At least without a decent size community to support them. There are folks who make it years alone with training and knowledge, but you are always just one mistake or circumstance away from death. Humans are not built to survive alone.
The only way a small number of people survive alone is by having money and a large group of people to buy things from and have those things brought to them by the large group... Oh wait... That's not alone... Right right. My bad.
"Mountain campsite says the women fled into the wilderness after struggling to cope with societal changes in recent years"
I can relate to this.
...found with Jara’s favorite, blessed rosary that she gave the group before they left.
“God was with them,” said Jara
Oh, no I can't. Huh.
Just imagine how bad it would've been if God hadn't been with them! 😯
“God was with them,” said Jara
NARRATOR: "He wasn't."
I don't have all the details but this sounds like some very stupid campers.
I have done a lot of camping and I would be very cautious about camping "remote" in the Rockies. And no way in hell would I even dream About not taking food.
Sounds like they fucked around with nature and found out.
It also sounds like that boy was a victim of parental stupidity. I pity him.
yeah unless youre prepared to deal with the amount of snow that falls in the rockies and hunt/gather for food during that time its beyond reckless to try camping in those conditions. i knew someone that moved to alaska to do that with a buddy. they were way more prepared than these people and they came back within a year with their tails between their legs from mother nature kicking their ass.
The difference between them and your buddy is that your buddy knew when to quit.
Jara said she tried everything short of kidnapping to keep them from leaving, but nothing worked. Now, Jara wants to warn others about the risks of surviving in the wilderness.
“I do not wish this on anybody at all,” Jara said. “I can’t wait to get to the point where I’m happy and all I can think of is the memories.”
I feel so bad for the stepsister
Sometimes family members make stupid decisions. It's a fucking shame that the family went all in by going to the mountains instead of... I dunno, doing a test run in a tent in the backyard for a week?
It says it was updated today, but pretty sure this is old news. My concept of time is iffy though, could be weeks old story updated, could be months old story.
I remember another story a few months ago but thought it was just a mother and son? Maybe that’s why it’s so familiar.
I searched to confirm and it's weird that so many sites posted the story again super recently with what looks like no new info (except maybe the rosary in the son's hand), but this one explicitly says they were found in July. The one you posted I didn't see any date, which was why I was not 100%.
Seems the sister didn't really care to go, but went to try to give them a better chance at surviving.
well they definitely escaped society
sharp as a whip
Oof
I am tempted to do this as I have the training.
I also have type 1, which cuts my chances of doing it significantly.
I can make my own insulin, but that means boiling a lot of pancreas that are not mine. Turning me into a vampire like creature for others pancreatic juices...
Technically didn't that already make you a vampire... Just one that lives in a society where you pay money to a good of people to find and boil those pancreas for you?
Nah, insulin is produced by bacteria that have been edited to contain the genes to create insulin. No pancreas is harmed to make it.
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Someone told them they were too stupid to live, and they said “hold my cheese whiz”
The hiker must have had the surprise of his life. Really sad that the campers didn't have adequate supplies, wouldn't wish that situation on my worst enemy.
I try to have more competent enemies
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