Genesis

This chapter reads in much the same way as you would with your family history. It talks about parents and their children and the major events that shaped their lives. It seems life was a bit ‘rough’ in those days

These include the story of Dinah who was raped at another village, which resulted in the total slaughter of all the men, and the rest of the village been plundered and looted (Genesis 34)

It also includes the story of Joseph who was sold by his jealous brothers into slavery, and ends up in Egypt. Eventually, he ends up in charge of getting Egypt through a seven year famine that he had predicted from analysing the Pharoah’s dreams (Genesis 37)

Another example is the story of Abel, who was killed out of jealosy by Cane when God favoured his brothers offering more than his own.

Many of Joseph’s tribesmen moved to Egypt because of the famine which had spead to their homeland

Exodus

The Pharoah that was fond of Joseph dies, and the new Pharoah views Joseph and his fellow tribe as unwelcome guests who keep multiplying by the day. The Pharoah made them all slaves and oppressed them.

Moses was born, who became their new leader as he had direct contact with the man upstairs.

Eventually, we end up with the ten plagues of Egypt to encourage the Pharoah to let Moses and his people leave

After plagues of blood, frogs, gnats, flies, livestock,boils, hail,locusts, darkness, and firstborn, the Pharoah finally has finally had enough of them, but he changes his mind shortly after they left.

Moses parts the red sea, and leds the tribe out of Egypt, the Pharoah’s troops got wiped out when the red sea resumes it’s natural state.

Moses climbs a mountain to recieve the ten commandments (Exodus 20) (Technically, Moses is the first person to download from the cloud onto a tablet).

Meanwhile, everyone else had decided to worship a golden calf, which left Moses a little bit pissed when he got back.

The rest of this chapter is about setting down law and how to make a a ceremonial ark, table, tabernacle, altar, courtyard etc.

I never thought I would ever see myself reading the bible, because I’m a stand on my own feet sort of guy, and have never seen a need to have God in my life.

What has dramatically changed my attitude is that we lost and gained a lot of friends during covid. It was a very divisive time here in NZ.

With all the covid hysteria been pumped out 24/7 by the media and the government, we and our new found friends held the line and refused to comply with vaccinations/mandates, and all that other dumb stuff. We also had lots of parties together (and still do).

Anyhow, the majority of our new friends are quite religious, and I wonder if this is the reason they saw all the covid hype for what it was (hysterical rubbish).

Perhaps they had an anchor that held them firm, when just about everyone else seemed to have lost their minds. So on that basis, the reading continues….

One thing I find with female narcissists is that they never really seem to go away, they sit in the shadows watching, waiting for that ‘opportunity’. I say this from experience because I’ve had one silently stalk me for 35 years.

https://uncoffined.com/2025/09/04/how-ive-learnt-to-deal-with-a-narcissist/

To understand why they do this is easy, once you understand how narcissism works -They think they can exploit you, fail, and then try to get ‘even’.
They end up in the impossible position of trying to get you to chase them when your not interested, which frustrates the hell out of them. They just have to ‘win’ somehow in their own minds.

The trick is not to react to them, and not get pulled into ‘the game’.

Below is how it’s played out with the most recent stalker.

First is the friendly, well groomed version obviously waiting for you to turn up like we were on a date or something.

I’m just thinking WTF? who are you? and how did this happen?

Second is several attempts at a passive / aggressive ‘talk to me or else’ facial expressions / dry begging / power play.
(Thats a classic sign of a narcissist right there).

Third is the really placid friendly smile with lots of serenity and other happy things.
Yeah, thats just an act and I saw the real you back in second.

Forth is where they ‘copy’ your personality as if we are a match made in heaven  -another fake act.

Fifth, They setup various ‘chance ‘ encounters.  I’m very adept at detecting these and I surreptitiously sabotage it everytime.

Unfortunately, a byproduct of that strategy is that they think it was just bad luck or something and they try again later.

Sixth, It became obvious to bystanders whats going on and what I’m doing, at which point it looks like I’ve won, because saving face means everything to these people.

The trick is to maintain studied neutrality and give them nothing to play with.

To this day, I’ve never spoken to her.

Some notes-

I dealt with this through the companies EAP   (Employee Assistance Program),  management and told no one else. I did it this way because I didn’t want to humiliate or shame her.
I think it’s quietly known about throughout the company, because people talk, even when they shouldn’t.

There’s never been any feedback from the company itself, the problem evaporated and became a lot less aggressive. (thats when the charm offensive started)

To those who haven’t read my earlier posts, and ask ‘isn’t this a great compliment / opportunity’?

NO, I never asked for this, and it’s well known I am married with several kids, which sort of tells you just how unethical this person is.

For the last few weeks, we’ve been very struck with the thirst for beauty throughout our society. We are suffering under a deliberate ‘uglification’ of our world, and this has significant repercussions for our day-to-day and our futures.

Join us as we discuss beauty and its role in our lives.

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https://consideredopinions.substack.com/p/why-beauty-matters