Peter had a post to finish. He'd started it the other day but had now run out of ideas. He'd started by taking pot shots at the Old Testament.
* If God had really loved his creations, why did he decide to drown almost all of them?
* Adam and Eve had two sons, Cain and Abel. Who did they breed with to get the human race going? A snake?
* Why couldn't God, he of superpowers, fix the world without having to stick his son on a cross?
Then he thought of Richard's blog. Maybe he should get involved with and talk about a musical instrument? Hey, it worked for Richard! First he thought of a bugle. Then an oboe. No, those two just didn't feel right. Then he decided to go with the piano accordion. Well, why not? After all, he knew a guy who played in Cuba Mall who had already presented the harmonica but he hadn't spotted anyone playing an accordion.
Peter knew that he could use AI to find heaps of information on this instrument. He set to work.
"The accordion has a small keyboard and a pile of buttons. You have to move the instrument in and out to make a sound. That's good exercise, especially if you're a bit older, as I am. I'm keen to spend some time doing some accordion practice and then I'll hit the Cuba Mall. I'm sure that I can drown out an harmonica. I'll have to find some popular songs. Riot In Cellblock No 9? Probably not. The Girl From Ipanema? No, too old. That's the sort of tune old jazz musicians play at weddings. I Got Plenty Of Nothin? No. I want songs that will attract tips. I guess I'd better practise some scales. The guy in the Thorndon fish shop has some scales. Maybe I should ask him for some advice on that one? I know that there is one scale named after a guy who works in mines. There is also one named after a high ranking soldier. Colonel? General? No, it's something else. Maybe the fish guy will know? I guess I could ask Robert. No, he'll just keep quoting the bible.
Well, that's about enough for today's post.
Expect another post soon."
Thanks Peter.
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I'd be learning New Heart by Crash Adams and playing that.
A happy little song.
My heads spinning. Did I just visit RBB ..... no it must be TC....
I watched a video about the Cain / Abel problem. I think it was protestant but they have some good biblical scholars too. It said that just because Genesis only mentions two sons it doesn't mean that Adam and Eve didn't have other children. Given that they both were blessed with very long lives , they could have sired about 50 generations of both sexes. Now you are going to say "hang on Rob, they can't marry their sisters".. But yes they can. That law was introduced by Moses much later because of genetic atrophy that occurs with damaged genomes. He didn't know that but God did. But Adam and Eve's off spring had pure genetic information that didn't lead to birth defects from inter breeding. I have studied this stuff at university level and later and it's true. So there.
Delete "generations". "Offspring" sounds better.
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