#enlightened

ignoring centuries of historical and archaeological records. 🤦 Post

+ Tophet shrines unearthed at Carthage and other Canaanite settlements where urns filled with the charred remains of infants were discovered.

+ Ancient Phoenician inscriptions literally dedicating children to Baal and Molech.

+ Secular historians like Plutarch, Diodorus Siculus, and Kleitarchos recorded Canaanites burning babies alive to gain favor from their gods.

+ and, of course, the Bible itself corroborates it in multiple places - like in Leviticus 18:21, Jeremiah 7:31, 2 Kings 23:10 - and these align with independent pagan records.

"ThErE'S nO eViDeNcE tHeY dId," says local anti-religious atheist.

But I guess I need to be enlightened in order to understand 🤷‍♀️

José Alberto "Pepe" Mujica Cordano (20 May 1935 – 13 May 2025)

Mr Mujica Cordano was an Uruguayan politician, revolutionary and farmer who served as the 40th president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015.

He was a former guerrilla with the Tupamaros and was tortured and imprisoned for 14 years during the military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s.

"Pepe" was a member of the Broad Front coalition of left-wing parties, Mujica was Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries from 2005 to 2008 and a Senator afterwards.

As the candidate of the Broad Front, he won the 2009 presidential election and took office as president on 1 March 2010.

Mr Mujica had been described as "the world's poorest president" due to his austere lifestyle and his donation of around 90 percent of his US$12,000 monthly salary to charities that benefit poor people and small entrepreneurs.

An outspoken critic of capitalism's focus on stockpiling material possessions which do not contribute to human happiness.

In June 2012, Mr Mujica's government legalize state-controlled sales of marijuana in Uruguay in order to fight drug-related crimes and health issues, and stated that global leaders would be asked to do the same.

Mr Mujica said that by regulating Uruguay's estimated US$40 million-a-year marijuana business, the state would take it away from drug traffickers and weaken the drug cartels. The state would also be able to keep track of all marijuana consumers in the country and provide treatment to the most serious abusers, much like the treatment afforded to alcoholics.

Mr Mujica also passed a same-sex marriage law and legalized abortion.

In September 2013, Mujica addressed the United Nations General Assembly's 68th session, with a long speech devoted to humanity and globalization.The speech called on the international community to strengthen efforts to preserve the planet for future generations and highlighted the power of the financial systems and the impact of economic fallout on ordinary people.

He urged a return to simplicity, with lives founded on human relationships, love, friendship, adventure, solidarity and family, instead of lives shackled to the economy and the markets.

The share of social expenditure in total public expenditure thus rose from 60.9% to 75.5% between 2004 and 2013. During this period, the unemployment rate remained at about 7%, the national poverty rate was reduced from 18% to 9.7% and the minimum wage was raised from 4,800 pesos to 10,000 pesos (average annual inflation rate of 7%).

It also supported the strengthening of trade unions. According to the International Trade Union Confederation, Uruguay became the most advanced country in the Americas in terms of respect for "fundamental labor rights, in particular freedom of association, the right to collective bargaining and the right to strike".

"You have inspired millions of people, encouraging them to do their bit for a better world."

The Dean looked at some sketches he'd made on a rock.

"How hard can it be to build a boat?" he said. "People with bones in their noses build boats. And we are the end product of thousands of years of enlightenment. Building a boat is not beyond men like us, Senior Wrangler."

"Quite, Dean."

"All we have to do is search this island until we find a book with a title like Practical Boat-Building for Beginners."

"Exactly. It'll be plain sailing after that, Dean. Ahaha."