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  • I feel the need to add some context here.

    The patriarchal push to erase the pantheon started just before the Babylonian Exile under the reign of King Josiah. He ruled from 640 to 609 BCE.

    His son Ellakim (or Jehoiakim) refused to pay tribute to the Neo-Babylonians which resulted in 60 years of slavery for some 7000 Judeans.

    It was only in 539 BCE when the Neo-Babylonian Empire fell that they were allowed to go home.

    The Judeans come home, but their temple has been sacked and most of their sacred texts burnt, so they rebuild and recreate.

    This is when Noah and Moses were invented, a long with anything before Solomon, and even much of his life as well.









  • There are 4 books, and yeah, they’re good. A bit darker than the show, but still comedy.

    It starts with Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers, which is Episodes one and two? Of the show… maybe some more thrown in… It actually starts with Lister on Earth and tells how he ended up on the Dwarf. He got drunk and doesn’t quite remember signing on.

    Better than Life and Backwards were both single episodes… But of course expanded for book form.

    I don’t remember reading The Last Human…

    Anyway, they’re a bit hard to find, and certainly not in ebook format.

    Fun fact, the full crew got together last year to film another three episode special. No idea when it will air


  • There are actually a few books based on the series, written by by the series show runners.

    Lister does end up as a human puddle for a time. Which is why Holly brings Rimmer back as a hologram. The one person who can drive Lister insane enough to keep going.

    The show sort of touches on this, but the books make it quite clear that Holly could have brought anyone back, and specifically chose Rimmer.



  • Is the leader alive or not? Alive is likely a cult, dead is usually religion.

    The next question is how isolated from friends and family or society at large are the members. More isolated is more likely to be a cult.

    Other than that, there’s not much difference.

    The usual setup is a cult is formed and then the second or third leader opens things up a bit and transitions it into just another religion… But sometimes a cult can be born from a religion as a small group breaks off to follow a charismatic leader.