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  • #946
    Re: Religion Thread: We Could Say a Prayer

    Originally posted by MissThundercat View Post
    When the Episcopalians found me, they introduced me to a God who wasn't going to kill me.
    That's kind of a low bar for a god. Even the Christian god where we have to make a lot of allowances.

    Guess it could be worse, though. Allah hasn't gotten there yet.

    Gods take a long time to grow up.
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    • #947
      Originally posted by Kepler View Post
      That's kind of a low bar for a god. Even the Christian god where we have to make a lot of allowances.

      Guess it could be worse, though. Allah hasn't gotten there yet.

      Gods take a long time to grow up.
      Remember, the first God I met was Right Wing Jesus. And he has it out for transgender humans. The Episcopalians introduced me to a God that loves us and wants the best for us. Right Wing Jesus did not.
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      • #948
        Re: Religion Thread: We Could Say a Prayer

        A coworker of mine just stopped me dead. She's very working class Catholic ("the Bible says it, I believe that, that settles it") and she's amused/perturbed that I'm an atheist so we kid each other sort of about religion. We were talking about bunnies and eggs and how they came to be associated with Easter. I told her I'd give that to the Christians because bunnies came from the folk myth that rabbits could reproduce by parthenogenesis (hence, Virgin Birth) and eggs come from an explicit adoption by the Christian to signify the Resurrection. And that's when she said, "well, I know we get the rainbow." I said, I'm not sure about that -- rainbows are pretty much universal in cultures so I'm sure ancient peoples had the rainbow long before Christianity. And she said, "no, the rainbow comes as God's message that he won't destroy the earth again after Noah."

        I know this woman. That isn't humor. Noah is literal history to her. I've never met a Biblical literalist Catholic before. This woman truly has the Olde Tyme Religion.
        Last edited by Kepler; 08-09-2019, 08:47 AM.
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        • #949
          Re: Religion Thread: We Could Say a Prayer

          Originally posted by Kepler View Post
          A coworker of mine just stopped me dead. She's very working class Catholic ("the Bible says it, I believe that, that settles it") and she's amused/perturbed that I'm an atheist so we kid each other sort of about religion. We were talking about bunnies and eggs and how they came to be associated with Easter. I told her I'd give that to the Christians because bunnies came from the folk myth that rabbits could reproduce by parthenogenesis (hence, Virgin Birth) and eggs come from an explicit adoption by the Christian to signify the Resurrection. And that's when she said, "well, I know we get the rainbow." I said, I'm not sure about that -- rainbows are pretty much universal in cultures so I'm sure ancient peoples had the rainbow long before Christianity. And she said, "no, the rainbow comes as God's message that he won't destroy the earth again after Noah."

          I know this woman. That isn't humor. Noah is literal history to her. I've never met a Biblical literalist Catholic before. This woman truly has the Olde Tyme Religion.
          Does she want the rainbow back from the LGBT community?
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          • #950
            Re: Religion Thread: We Could Say a Prayer

            Originally posted by MissThundercat View Post
            Does she want the rainbow back from the LGBT community?
            Yeah, I'm sure that was where her mind was. She's a good Christian absolutely full of hateful bile about LGBTQ, immigrants, you know, just like Jesus wanted.

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            • #951
              Re: Religion Thread: We Could Say a Prayer

              Originally posted by Kepler View Post
              Yeah, I'm sure that was where her mind was. She's a good Christian absolutely full of hateful bile about LGBTQ, immigrants, you know, just like Jesus wanted.

              Every June, us LGBT come together to celebrate our greatest accomplishments, like stealing the rainbow from God.
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              • #952
                Re: Religion Thread: We Could Say a Prayer

                Originally posted by MissThundercat View Post
                Every June, us LGBT come together to celebrate our greatest accomplishments, like stealing the rainbow from God.
                I assumed the transvestites were there to distract Him.
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                • #953
                  Re: Religion Thread: We Could Say a Prayer

                  Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                  I assumed the transvestites were there to distract Him.
                  He caught us, but we used our rainbow magic against Him.
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                  • #954
                    Re: Religion Thread: We Could Say a Prayer

                    Originally posted by MissThundercat View Post
                    He caught us, but we used our rainbow magic against Him.
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                    • #955
                      Re: Religion Thread: We Could Say a Prayer

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                      • #956
                        Originally posted by joecct View Post
                        Without Divine Retribution, what keeps people on the straight and narrow?

                        Belief in a Supreme Judge means that you have somebody watching over all that you do and you have to answer for it.
                        This might be the closest thing to an accurate depiction you’ve posted on the origin of religions (including your beloved Christianity). I heard a podcast recently (can’t remember exactly which one, unfortunately) where an anthropologist was saying that throughout human history, you see demi-religions begin to emerge when tribe sizes started to exceed 50-100 people. When the tribes were small, everyone knew everybody, so they could always hold each other accountable. Once your tribe gets too big, nobody can be watching everyone, so the society has to invent an entity who CAN. Voila! Omniscient gods, at your service, to keep the hoi pilloi in line. Religion is just the enforcement arm of those already in power.
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                        • #957
                          Re: Religion Thread: We Could Say a Prayer

                          Religion is all about power, money, and controlling the mostly average-to-dumb masses. The only different between a religion and a cult, is the amount of real estate they own.

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                          • #958
                            Re: Religion Thread: We Could Say a Prayer

                            Originally posted by LynahFan View Post
                            This might be the closest thing to an accurate depiction you’ve posted on the origin of religions (including your beloved Christianity). I heard a podcast recently (can’t remember exactly which one, unfortunately) where an anthropologist was saying that throughout human history, you see demi-religions begin to emerge when tribe sizes started to exceed 50-100 people. When the tribes were small, everyone knew everybody, so they could always hold each other accountable. Once your tribe gets too big, nobody can be watching everyone, so the society has to invent an entity who CAN. Voila! Omniscient gods, at your service, to keep the hoi pilloi in line. Religion is just the enforcement arm of those already in power.
                            OMG this is Dr. Mrs.' favorite theory! I can't wait to tell her it's surfaced on the Cafe!
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                            • #959
                              Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                              somebody is going to hell
                              a legend and an out of work bum look a lot alike, daddy.

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                              • #960
                                Originally posted by FadeToBlack&Gold View Post
                                Religion is all about power, money, and controlling the mostly average-to-dumb masses. The only different between a religion and a cult, is the amount of real estate they own.
                                Yes, religion was made to tell poor folk their rewards would come after death and therefore no reason to steal from the wealthy. Wealthy went to church just in case it was true
                                a legend and an out of work bum look a lot alike, daddy.

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