So far there is no evidence that supports the crazy Christian claims
of talking snakes, young earth, virgin birth, Adam and Eve (or was that Steve), and so on.
Wow, the stories
of talking snakes and virgin births sure fooled a LOT of people.
The similarity in style and content between the stories I knew from the Bible and the myths of other Mesopotamian cultures suddenly made those strange tales
of talking snakes and forbidden fruit and boats packed with animals seem colloquial, routine — nothing more than myths operating from the religious and literary conventions of the day.
No one has ever managed to do that, after hundreds of years of wild claims
of talking snakes, virgin birth, and rising from the dead, as well as the brutal tales of vicious, vindictive, bible god.
Maybe instead of playing they can break out a couple
of talking snakes for entertainment.
The bottom line is if you don't believe that a man who was his own father rose from the dead to make up for the mischief
of a talking snake you are going to burn forever, for God is love.
Also Stephen, you disregard the surveys that consistently say that over 45 % of Americans believe the earth is less than 10k years old and the bible is 100 % literal and accurate including the story
of a talking snake and Noah's Ark..
It couldn't and NO you are not responsible for some guy that ate an apple because
of a talking snake.
Bobie, all of the abrhamic religons believe that the devil in the form
of a talking snake convinced eve to commit original sin.
Or handed down by god who created mankind in his image through the treachery
of a talking snake in a magical fruit tree who disclosed knowledge of good and evil.
Now, before you declare me «stupid,» «evil» or part of a worldwide conspiracy to deny the truth
of your talking snake theory of life on Earth, please take five minutes to read this.
Not exact matches
More damaging though, is the number
of webmasters who fall victim to some slick
talking snake oil salesman.
You will excuse me if I am skeptical
of the philosophical musings
of a man so spectacularly ignorant
of natural history that he thinks the World began with one man, one woman and a possessed,
talking snake».
@ jack3 no you have the right to believe what ever you want, but we might mock you for believing in something that has
talking snakes, a story about the world flooding and being able to fit all the animals on the planet on one boat, that believes in magic, that believes a person lived in the belly
of a whale, and that people coexisted with dinosaurs all without any actual proof.
The most sense you can possibly make
of the stupid sh!t is: Big invisible and undetectable sky wizard chanted magic spells for six days to make the entire universe «perfect,» yet fragile enough that one twist
of one woman's wrist threw the entire thing into nuclear meltdown (sin / corruption)---- oh yeah, and throw a
talking snake in there, somewhere.
If the
talking snake and invisible guy in the sky who can make people out
of magical ribs didn't change your mind than nothing will.
Other than an old collection
of supersti.tions and stories about
talking snakes, burning bushes that speak, and commands to kill each other in the name
of your imaginary sky ogre, you have none.
Q. 4 It is only acceptable as an adult to believe childish Bronze Age mythology like
talking snakes, the Red Sea splitting, water turning into wine by magic, mana falling from the sky, a man living in a whale's belly, a
talking donkey, superhuman strength, a man rising from the dead and angels, ghosts, gods and demons in the field
of:
Here are a few reasons why your «six days and a
talking snake» theory
of the origins
of the Universe and its billions
of galaxies is utter garbage.
Talking snakes, talking donkeys, a boat at sea for half a year with a couple million animals, a temple less than 5000sq feet taking 150,000 workers and 7 years to complete, and then sacrificing 14 animals a minute for 7 days straight, a virgin birth story (like there weren't already a few of them before), a zombie invasion that no third party seemed to witness, a dude living in the belly of a fish for a couple days, a guys last words (before become back as a zombie) being «My god, my god, why hast thou forsaken me.
Talking snakes,
talking donkeys, a boat at sea for half a year with a couple million animals, a temple less than 5000sq feet taking 150,000 workers and 7 years to complete, and then sacrificing 14 animals a minute for 7 days straight, a virgin birth story (like there weren't already a few of them before), a zombie invasion that no third party seemed to witness, a dude living in the belly of a fish for a couple days, a guys last words (before become back as a zombie) being «My god, my god, why hast thou forsaken me.
talking donkeys, a boat at sea for half a year with a couple million animals, a temple less than 5000sq feet taking 150,000 workers and 7 years to complete, and then sacrificing 14 animals a minute for 7 days straight, a virgin birth story (like there weren't already a few
of them before), a zombie invasion that no third party seemed to witness, a dude living in the belly
of a fish for a couple days, a guys last words (before become back as a zombie) being «My god, my god, why hast thou forsaken me.»
Had he not put the tree in the Gargen
of Eden, nor that
talking snake Eve would not have been tempted and gotten Adam to eat
of the fruit too.
I'll bet that they could even
talk, like the
snake in the Garden
of Eden.
What, that god sent himself in human form to earth to live and die, so that he could live again and then rejoin himself in heaven, so that the creations, who apparently have original sin because a
talking snake convinced a rib lady to eat an apple thousands
of years ago, could choose to believe in Zombie Jesus and if they did they would go to heaven but if they didn't believe in Zombie Jesus they would fry in Hell forever, regardless
of how good a life they lived on Earth?
A big magic fairy man spoke a spell and then there was earth and light before stars and then a
snake talked to a woman and then the big magic fairy man had to sacrifice himself to himself to appease himself by exploiting a loophole in a plan he made himself because
of an invisible disease (sin) in an invisble body part (soul) so that he doesn't have to torture us forever in the big fire pit he made even though he doesn't want anyone to ever go there but he just can't help himself.
Please, any Christian, honestly answer the following: The completely absurd theory that all 7,000,000,000 human beings are simultaneously being supervised 24 hours a day, every day
of their lives by an immortal, invisible being for the purposes
of reward or punishment in the «afterlife» comes from the field
of: (a) Astronomy; (b) Medicine; (c) Economics; or (d) Christianity You are about 70 % likely to believe the entire Universe began less than 10,000 years ago with only one man, one woman and a
talking snake if you are a: (a) historian; (b) geologist; (c) NASA astronomer; or (d) Christian I have convinced myself that gay $ ex is a choice and not genetic, but then have no explanation as to why only gay people have ho.mo $ exual urges.
Im at the opposite end
of being a liberal, further right than the GOP has been in 50 years, and can say proudly christians deserve to be mocked, you believe in
talking snakes and guys living in whales stomachs.
At least I hope the church groups that do get funded believe in
talking snakes and aren't one
of those fringe groups.
Is it funnier than
talking donkeys and
snakes, a boat carrying all the animals
of the Earth, a man surviving 3 days in the belly
of a fish, burning bushes and manna machines?
That from an organization that, by and large, still adhers to the
talking snake theory
of continental and galactic formation.
Just like there is no evidence for any
of the miracles,
talking snakes, or a man living inside a fish.
Now, before you declare me «stupid,» «evil» or part
of a worldwide conspiracy to deny the truth
of your «six days and a
talking snake» theory
of life on Earth, please take five minutes to read this.
I bet you believe in
talking snakes, that ribs can become women, that Jonah was swallowed by a sea monster and somehow managed to survive in its stomach for days, and that Noah somehow managed to successfully collect and save two
of each
of the many millions
of species spread across the entire globe.
Imagine you are under the apple tree resting when a
snake comes around and start
talking» hey take a bite in one
of those apple and you will see what I see».
Ever hear
of a University in Europe, china, Ja.pan or Australia teach the «
talking snake» theory?
I can't believe in
talking snakes, trees that yield knowledge and eternal life fruit, people who lived hundreds
of years, a world wide flood that required 2
of every animal be stuffed on a boat, a tower god was afraid might reach heaven, unicorns, satyrs, leviathans that god defeats in battle, zombie messiahs and any other myth I missed.
Just like evolutionary biologists are «forced» to say life gradually evolved over billions
of years by their worldview that denies
talking snakes.
God created Adam from a handful
of dirt and his spouse from a rib;
Talking snakes; trees that bear fruit, that imparts knowledge and eternal life; a global flood, that required a pair of each organism on earth, be stuffed onto a boat; people who lived hundreds of years; a man who was swallowed by a fish, only to be spit up 3 days later, unhurt; a tower god was afraid might reach heaven; a woman who is turned into a pillar of salt; talking donkeys; unicorns; satyrs; a leviathan god creates and then does battle with; a zombie messiah, who was actually god incarnate; zombie Saints who left their graves and wandered about the town; belief in a circular, flat
Talking snakes; trees that bear fruit, that imparts knowledge and eternal life; a global flood, that required a pair
of each organism on earth, be stuffed onto a boat; people who lived hundreds
of years; a man who was swallowed by a fish, only to be spit up 3 days later, unhurt; a tower god was afraid might reach heaven; a woman who is turned into a pillar
of salt;
talking donkeys; unicorns; satyrs; a leviathan god creates and then does battle with; a zombie messiah, who was actually god incarnate; zombie Saints who left their graves and wandered about the town; belief in a circular, flat
talking donkeys; unicorns; satyrs; a leviathan god creates and then does battle with; a zombie messiah, who was actually god incarnate; zombie Saints who left their graves and wandered about the town; belief in a circular, flat earth.
That said: «But god did not foresee — that man would want a companion» = > «It is not good for the man to be alone» are the words used — so God did know and provided «that the
snake would
talk to the humans» = > «the serpent was more crafty than any other animal» - deception required capacity to deceive «that the humans would choose knowledge (and why else was that tree there)» = > It was not knowledge but knowledge
of good and evil.
Let's see, a guy named god impregnated a woman with himself so that he could die for himself in a blood ritual so that he could redeem the human race and make them live forever because
of a moral stain on the entire human race because a dirt man and rib woman took dietary advice from a
talking snake.
Until the current deity
of choice (The God
of Abraham) actually shows himself, I for one will not accept the
talking snakes, virgin births, and condemnation
of personal freedoms that surround the belief in him — like stoning someone for working on the sabbath, or killing children who curse their parents, or the rules
of owning slaves, all concepts clearly stated in the Old Testament.
Well if it's slightly more evidence
of the existence
of a man outside
of Italy in the 1st century who was born
of a virgin, died for 3 days before resurrecting himself, then explained he only died because
of «original sin» which is the idea that a woman ate magical apple given from a
talking snake in a garden at the beginning
of time which caused all humans to go to hell when they died.
A woman cloned from the first male's rib caused the deaths
of countless creatures, flora and fauna, great and small, by allowing a
talking snake to convince her to eat magic fruit.
First, young Christians are increasingly turning away from the supernatural nonsesnse
of religion (immortality, mind reading, sky - gods,
talking snakes etc.) and no longer buy into the core morality
of the evangelicals on important issues like gay rights and $ exual mores.
If I decided the World started 4,000 years ago with one man, one woman and a dancing bear, people would rightly consider me a fool, but give me a white collar and black robes and change it to 6,000 years, one man, one woman and a
talking snake, and all
of a sudden I'm believed without question.
what you do nt beileve in virgin births, noahs arc, parting
of the seas, 6,000 year old earth,
talking snakes?
The part that believes in
talking snakes and a boat that could contain two
of every single animal on the planet, or the part that believes the bible is Word
of God, although the bible gives three different and contradictory accounts
of the Resurrection
of Christ?
The basis
of your belief system appears to be that, you will go to a place
of eternal fire and torture, unless you accept that 2000 years ago god sent a piece
of himself to Earth in human form (Jesus) knowing in advance that this Jesus would live, be crucified, died, then come alive again, then ascend to heaven to rejoin himself, and that this was the only way that humans could be cleansed
of the evil that is inherent in them because a rib woman was convinced by a
talking snake to eat an apple.
As a Mormon I know that Adam & Eve lived in Missouri after they were kicked out
of the garden
of eden becuase the
talking snake was really the devil.
What is the only thing capable
of making 40 %
of the country utterly stupid enough to think the entire Universe began less than 10,000 years ago with one man, one woman and a
talking snake:
To get a gauge
of just how inane the belief in creationism / intelligent design is in the 21st Century, here are some areas they must ignore, any one
of which proves beyond rational argument that, not surprisingly, the World did not start about 6,000 years ago at the behest
of the Judeo - Christian god, with one man, one woman and a
talking snake.