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The story of Noah' s Ark - or - God is dumber than you.

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The story of Noah' s Ark - or - God is dumber than you.
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RE: The story of Noah' s Ark - or - God is dumber than you.
September 21, 2021 at 12:01 pm

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RE: The story of Noah' s Ark - or - God is dumber than you.
September 21, 2021 at 12:11 pm
It's believed because the bible tells them so. They aren't called a flock for nothing.
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September 21, 2021 at 1:25 pm (This post was last modified: September 21, 2021 at 1:26 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Some portion of the remainder think that "a localized miraculous flood"..that also never happened..is a non literal interpretation of deluge myths.
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RE: The story of Noah' s Ark - or - God is dumber than you.
September 21, 2021 at 1:35 pm
It's also easy to hold the attention of little kids when you have an adorable story of animals boarding the ark two by two while you downplay the death and destruction and simply don't mention the incest required to repopulate the world. Get 'em while they're young.
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RE: The story of Noah' s Ark - or - God is dumber than you.
September 21, 2021 at 1:50 pm
(September 21, 2021 at 1:35 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Get 'em while they're young.

Ah. The motto of the RCC.
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September 21, 2021 at 4:20 pm
(September 21, 2021 at 1:50 pm)Abaddon_ire Wrote:
(September 21, 2021 at 1:35 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Get 'em while they're young.

Ah. The motto of the RCC.

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September 21, 2021 at 4:51 pm (This post was last modified: September 21, 2021 at 5:14 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
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RE: The story of Noah' s Ark - or - God is dumber than you.
September 21, 2021 at 6:17 pm
(September 21, 2021 at 4:51 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Personally, I consider complex character motivations and challenging incongruities features that make a text more interesting and allow for multiple perspectives, your own included.

I don't share this opinion when it comes to a god that demands my worship and obedience. We're talking about truth claims here, the example I used was in speaking to someone who not only believes that god exists but that the Noah's ark story is true. So, it's not just some story character that is made more entertaining by being contradictory and flawed. You don't get to be "complex" and have conflicting motives from moment to moment if I'm going to be on my knees serving you, loyally and with praise. I am complex and confusing all on my own and the closest I'll get to worship is putting my needs above others most of the time. If there's going to be a god that is real and deserves worship, he needs to be better than the one I already got.

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September 21, 2021 at 7:12 pm (This post was last modified: September 21, 2021 at 7:14 pm by onlinebiker.)
(September 21, 2021 at 6:17 pm)Ten Wrote:
(September 21, 2021 at 4:51 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Personally, I consider complex character motivations and challenging incongruities features that make a text more interesting and allow for multiple perspectives, your own included.

I don't share this opinion when it comes to a god that demands my worship and obedience. We're talking about truth claims here, the example I used was in speaking to someone who not only believes that god exists but that the Noah's ark story is true. So, it's not just some story character that is made more entertaining by being contradictory and flawed. You don't get to be "complex" and have conflicting motives from moment to moment if I'm going to be on my knees serving you, loyally and with praise. I am complex and confusing all on my own and the closest I'll get to worship is putting my needs above others most of the time. If there's going to be a god that is real and deserves worship, he needs to be better than the one I already got.
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Needing to drown off 99 percent of your creation because it turned out poorly isn' t something a competent supreme being should have on their resume...
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RE: The story of Noah' s Ark - or - God is dumber than you.
September 21, 2021 at 7:16 pm
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