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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 07:34 PM Original message |
So there were Adam and Eve and they had two boys Cain and Abel ..... |
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sfwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. The bible mentions "other" people. They just weren't god's people... |
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sfwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. By which I should say it is total bollocks anyhow... |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 07:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. That really doesn't work either |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
35. But, but, but ... |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. Apes? |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 11:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
30. actually, only a nut would take it literally. its a tale told about faith |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 10:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. So how do you determine which parts are meant to be taken literally? |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. A: God works in mysterious ways. |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. Why do you hate Jesus? |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 07:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I have no problem with people who come here for more opportunity |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
6. So you're saying the Oedipal complex began then? |
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ithinkmyliverhurts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
8. Uhh, not to be condescending, but I thought it was fairly common knowledge that |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Oh |
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ithinkmyliverhurts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 07:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. No, not quite. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 08:32 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. So they were self-impregnating hermaphrodites. Explains a lot, actually. nt |
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immune (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
11. Men are from Mars |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
12. After you think about that, think about the single arkload of survivors of the Great Flood |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 07:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. The other story my wife and I pondered on a drive back from Ohio this weekend |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 08:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. First, think about how they loaded the ark with two of every animal- the worst |
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Booster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 08:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. And Joseph buying that lame story from Mary. LOL |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
14. My born again preacher friend told me Adam and Eve also |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
15. Because it's a fairy tale. |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
16. Check out Genesis 6:4 ...it's crazy. |
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immune (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 07:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Sons of God? |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 08:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. I posted the exact text of the KJV. n/t |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #26 |
37. Which of course is not the original, which uses the plural elohiym |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 07:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. "when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men" |
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rbixby (716 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #20 |
33. Oh boy, I can't resist |
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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
18. It's all nonsense. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
21. Here you go: |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 08:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Thanks. |
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Parche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
22. Run Eve Run |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. LMFAO |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-07-10 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
29. The general consensus, among people I know, religious or not, |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
31. Eve, I guess. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
32. It's quite simple. Just ask any Christian. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
34. Here's God's answer. |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:42 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. That's one to remember ... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
38. Even liberal Christians accept the Genesis story as myth |
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Cleobulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-25-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Wait, so if Genesis is myth, what makes the other books of the Bible more valid? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 01:26 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. I can't answer for all liberal Christians, but |
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Cleobulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 02:02 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. But again, it runs into the problem of how to determine what to "follow" as it were... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 09:28 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. It's our culture's way of approaching the unknowable |
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Leontius (380 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 09:42 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Greek myths are still a valuable tool |
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Cleobulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 09:51 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. In that context "truths" are found in practically all fiction... |
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Cleobulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 09:46 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. That's makes even less sense... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 09:49 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. YMMV |
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Cleobulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 09:56 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. My only question in that regard is, is she hot? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-26-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. People find meaning in different contexts |
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