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The "Cultural Context" Excuse

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The "Cultural Context" Excuse
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RE: The "Cultural Context" Excuse
August 4, 2016 at 9:42 pm (This post was last modified: August 4, 2016 at 9:47 pm by Huggy Bear.)
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RE: The "Cultural Context" Excuse
August 5, 2016 at 12:21 am
Yeah, none of that tells us that the Serpent fucked Eve. You'll need to actually throw down the words.

Also, citing yourself as a source for your own claims is laughably amateurish, entirely unconvincing, and causes me to fight my lesser nature, because after so doing you only deserve mockery, and lord knows that's a talent of mine. Do you really want to wander into the shooting range here?

I'd suggest you think more and post less ... but I don't know that you're capable of either.

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RE: The "Cultural Context" Excuse
August 5, 2016 at 2:33 am
(August 4, 2016 at 3:35 pm)The_Empress Wrote: Wait... Eve had sex with the... ahem... serpent?

I did not! Just because they're a reptile does not mean I'm interested!

Besides I'm Hammy now!

Oh Eve.
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RE: The "Cultural Context" Excuse
August 5, 2016 at 2:49 am (This post was last modified: August 5, 2016 at 2:49 am by robvalue.)
What the actual fuck? Eve has sex win the serpent?

Erm, no. It doesn't say that. It doesn't even imply it. This is fan fic.
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RE: The "Cultural Context" Excuse
August 5, 2016 at 3:57 am
(August 5, 2016 at 2:49 am)robvalue Wrote: What the actual fuck? Eve has sex win the serpent?

Erm, no. It doesn't say that. It doesn't even imply it. This is fan fic.

Technically, it's all fan fic, just saying.
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RE: The "Cultural Context" Excuse
August 5, 2016 at 4:16 am
Sure, yes it is. The idea of fan fic about fan fic is pretty hilarious.
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RE: The "Cultural Context" Excuse
August 5, 2016 at 5:28 am
I've tried really hard to empathise with theists. I feel I've had some success during my time on this forum.

But I still can't get anywhere near understanding the mindset of a literalist. Someone who thinks the stories in the bible all happened as they are written, because they are in the bible. I don't know how someone can truly believe that without their brain exploding. It makes me wonder how much of it is professed belief, and how much is actual belief. From my point of view, I really can't tell the difference.
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The "Cultural Context" Excuse
August 5, 2016 at 7:54 am
If God meant for Adam to "call people up from the dust" then why on earth would he give him both male AND female sex organs? Why would he have given him sex organs at all?! That makes absolutely NO SENSE. Is God a hermaphrodite, then??
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”

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The "Cultural Context" Excuse
August 5, 2016 at 7:57 am (This post was last modified: August 5, 2016 at 8:02 am by LadyForCamus.)
(August 4, 2016 at 9:28 pm)Nihilist Virus Wrote:
(August 4, 2016 at 8:16 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: Provide the book, chapter and verse.

Numbers 5:11-31

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Thanks, NV. Gonna quote this just in case Huggy missed it, since he hasn't addressed it yet. Ya know, since he's so busy knocking all those other balls out of the park, lol.
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”

Wiser words were never spoken. 
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The "Cultural Context" Excuse
August 5, 2016 at 8:01 am (This post was last modified: August 5, 2016 at 8:01 am by LadyForCamus.)
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”

Wiser words were never spoken. 
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