LGBTQ+ Rights and Religion

No she was womb-man. (Blank stare) You'll have to take it up with Eve.

Pixie Magic.

So, Maxima, prove I'm not a giant talking muskrat and that the world isn't on the back of a turtle.

According to the standards set forth by you regarding Genesis.

I would go to the appropriate thread, but you probably wouldn't follow me, so what's the point.

Technically the ark would be too big to support itself, if measurements given in genesis are accurate . http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4279

I would like to point out that because I am not a total idiot, I didn't say a lot of stuff in Genesis, the Bible as a whole really, sounds fucking outrageous.

I'm just saying, I hold a tiny possibility that it might actually be scientifically feasible. After all, if you'd said a man could walk on the moon, that too seemed scientifically impossible. Once upon a time.

edited 11th Jul '13 2:18:07 PM by TheStarshipMaxima

even if the ark could work, two animals isn't enough too start a species back up.

I had a dream once where instead of an ark, the flood story was retold with a great walled city on a mountaintop. The flood's purpose was to reboot life on Earth, but the humans were able to build a city with walls high enough that the waters couldn't overtake it, and so they survived. All other animals were consumed in the flood, except those that already dwelt within the ocean, and so they remained as dark and sinister and menacing as they had always been. Meanwhile, life around the rest of the world was forced to start over, except for the humans, who began to spread out as an invasive species from a world meant gone.

That was a trippy dream.

There's a brilliant novel in that there dream

Noahsburg, NY??

This thread hasn't been about LGBT stuff for a while now, has it?

I keep trying to re-rail it, but it's not working.

I hate to say, but unless some controversial news bit comes up, we really do seem to grind to a halt.

But hopefully, there'll be plenty to buzz about when the next episode is finally finished.

Does this count?

Link seems to be broken; it redirects to the main site. Try this one instead?

Hmm...I was sure I checked when I posted it. Sorry.

His comments aren't exactly shocking at this point. I find being accused of nonexistence a bit less offensive then being accused of terrorism. (Yes, it was 12 years ago, No, I'm not letting it go,)

edited 11th Jul '13 5:57:22 PM by Morgikit

I'm pretty sure you can get most of genesis to work if you give God acess to Time Lord level tech, 7 days: time dilation feild, the ark: TARDIS, eve: genetic manipulation/advanced cloning.

An omnipotent God can't do stuff that science, which he created, says he can't. Gotcha.

IDK. I wasn't referring to you :P 'Cause you're totally right.

edited 11th Jul '13 7:32:55 PM by Ringsea

I thought time travel was within the laws of science?

This is becoming stupid

@Ringsea: if an omnipotent god can subvert science, then science is pointless as the rules can change at any moment if god gets bored.

And? It sure does improve our lives regardless of that fact.

Um......guys this is off topic.

Thats a personal value judgement. And off topic, yeah.

You're missing the point. If some sort of deity had mucked about with physics to do what is described in genesis, we would be able to tell. So it's not so much that the evidence says God can't have done that, so much as it says he didn't.

Curious. There's a verse in the first chapter of Romans that implies that god gives people "unnatural" homosexual attractions as punishment for some vaguely defined sin. Fundies love it. But why? Do they really think Yahweh is a celestial troll who turns people gay for shits and grins?

Makes as much sense as anything else. Headcanon accepted.

I mean, why else would all the other animals display such unnatural behavior? Clearly he finds it hilarious.

edited 12th Jul '13 6:40:47 AM by Elfive