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Thu Apr 15, 2021, 03:07 PM

Apr 2021

One of the reasons that I left my Bible-beliefs behind was that my compassion kept getting to me. Sure, there was the nagging voice of science questioning the supernatural claims. But things like the 22nd chapter of Deuteronomy couldn't be set aside in my mind any longer.

For those unfamiliar, this chapter deals with the--shall we say?--pragmatic issues of rape, without actually specifically condemning rape. One verse declares that a young woman raped in the city, who didn't "cry out" is basically on the hook for fornication. Because an omniscient deity is somehow unaware that rapists sometimes cover their victims' mouths.

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"Gubmint kain't do nothin' right . . ." [View all] AndyS Apr 2021 OP

That is excellent PatSeg Apr 2021 #1

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Excellent commentary! CrispyQ Apr 2021 #2

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It's amazing what a government not clogged up by assholes can accomplish Probatim Apr 2021 #5

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Most excellent. niyad Apr 2021 #9

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+++ Collimator Apr 2021 #24

Or render them unconscious. .I basically never got past the sexism and the ridiculous concepts niyad Apr 2021 #25

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Hear! Hear! n/t billh58 Apr 2021 #12

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'Twoud be nice if we just maintained it . . . AndyS Apr 2021 #15

And that's the problem right there. Aristus Apr 2021 #16

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Reagan was an absolute demon.... Jon King Apr 2021 #21

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