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John Fugelsang: If your religion subjugates women, rejects reality & makes you feel inadequate then just remember - (Original Post) highplainsdem Dec 6 OP
Not for long lame54 Dec 6 #1
oh forever. WhiteTara Dec 6 #6
Then they shouldn't have voted for... lame54 Dec 6 #7
Yep. Mblaze Dec 6 #10
And they do, and they do. republianmushroom Dec 6 #2
Not quite sure what all of that means, but I recc'd because Fugelsang. Baitball Blogger Dec 6 #3
Male porn star was at Margoooooo.... Lovie777 Dec 6 #4
Just like abortion lonely bird Dec 6 #12
Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. Thomas Paine Ping Tung Dec 6 #5
The Bible states that man was made in God's image. generalbetrayus Dec 6 #8
Mark Twain Ping Tung Dec 6 #9
Heinlein said man created god in his own image... Wounded Bear Dec 6 #18
The movie "Time Bandits" mwmisses4289 Dec 7 #19
My favorite God's (post flood) cruelty story is Mblaze Dec 6 #11
It would be called "Collateral Damage" by the killers today. Ping Tung Dec 6 #15
And the Old Testament God... GiqueCee Dec 6 #13
The most awful part was that God knew all along that Abraham would give up his son Ping Tung Dec 6 #17
This! Times a gazillion. love_katz Dec 6 #14
Well, porn is cheaper. Ray Bruns Dec 6 #16

Lovie777

(17,026 posts)
4. Male porn star was at Margoooooo....
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 11:30 AM
Dec 6

Visiting, sooooooooooo

At least the wealthy will still have it.

generalbetrayus

(751 posts)
8. The Bible states that man was made in God's image.
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 12:10 PM
Dec 6

The truth is the reverse - God was made in man's image in order to justify man's cruelty to others.

Ping Tung

(1,702 posts)
9. Mark Twain
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 12:18 PM
Dec 6
"The Bible has some noble poetry in it. a blood stained history.. and some good morals and a wealth of obscenity, and upwards of ten thousand lies."

Wounded Bear

(61,417 posts)
18. Heinlein said man created god in his own image...
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 02:15 PM
Dec 6

and gave him all the character traits of a spoiled toddler.

mwmisses4289

(578 posts)
19. The movie "Time Bandits"
Sat Dec 7, 2024, 09:01 AM
Dec 7

Where at the end of the movie the band of heroes discover the gods were really just quarrelsome 6 and 7 year olds.

Mblaze

(482 posts)
11. My favorite God's (post flood) cruelty story is
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 12:26 PM
Dec 6

When King David counted his people, God was angry so he punished David by killing 76,000 of David's people.

Ping Tung

(1,702 posts)
15. It would be called "Collateral Damage" by the killers today.
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 12:59 PM
Dec 6

Last edited Fri Dec 6, 2024, 02:18 PM - Edit history (1)

GiqueCee

(1,840 posts)
13. And the Old Testament God...
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 12:43 PM
Dec 6

... was a cruel one. I mean, a deity that would command a devoted follower to murder his son just to prove his loyalty and devotion is probably why Talibangelicals love Trump so much.

Ping Tung

(1,702 posts)
17. The most awful part was that God knew all along that Abraham would give up his son
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 01:08 PM
Dec 6

to prove his fealty and that HE would be pleased and settle for the sacrifice of a ram caught in a bush and a nice kiss to his heavenly ass. I consider such a torture sadistic.

love_katz

(2,932 posts)
14. This! Times a gazillion.
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 12:43 PM
Dec 6

They believe in a punishment model of the universe.

I reject that model, with every particle of my being

Edit to add that I was responding to post number 5 by Ping Tung..

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