RE: The Problem with Christians
April 20, 2016 at 10:33 am
(This post was last modified: April 20, 2016 at 10:35 am by TheRocketSurgeon.)
(April 20, 2016 at 10:16 am)Crossless1 Wrote:(April 20, 2016 at 10:04 am)LadyForCamus Wrote: As a dietitian I can confirm Rocket's position. Our brains are "wired" to prefer the more calorie-dense macronutrients as a survival instinct. So, you don't have to feel guilty for reallllllly wanting that snickers bar. But maybe, don't eat four of them. [emoji12]
Calories aside, isn't another reason for our craving sweets our bodies' inability to produce vitamin C, which would have been found in nature overwhelmingly in sweet tasting fruits?
Nah. Not as far as I'm aware. Hypoascorbemia (the condition in which we have deletions in the gene to make Vitamin C naturally, so we must instead consume it) was a genetic balls-up that went unnoticed by Natural Selection because our ancestors lived somewhere that let their diet contain lots of stuff containing ascorbic acid (Vit-C). We craved sugar, so we got the nutrient we needed along with it. Horses have the gene for Vitamin C, and yet they love sugar, for instance.
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.