What Major Intellectual Issue Most Keeps You From Accepting The Christian Narrative?

[Amarok]

Sounds legit.

Also sounds indistinguishable from not their

[Chad32]

I would have expected a bitter rivalry between up and down, myself.

Don't be silly!

"'Cause you only need the light when it's burning low
Only miss the sun when it starts to snow
Only know you love her when you let her go
Only know you've been high when you're feeling low
Only hate the road when you're missing home
Only know you love her when you let her go"

Up and down has a rather counterinutively positive relationship

I know that song. It's quite good.

[Jenny A]

No, they did since the bible states they were naked, however they didn't know they were nakedfc, they had childlike innocence in that regard.

In regards to gentiles children are far from innocent

Indeed.  They are little explorers.  Very human of them.  They are also disconcertingly curious and forth right.  At the tender age of 16 I took a three year old who had just discovered the existence of penises on a bus trip to the swimming pool.  At every stop at which a male boarded she asked loudly, "does he have a penis too?" I was embarrassed but her sister was not. My little second cousin didn't need to be asked, he told me at least 20 times one visit when he was threeish.  And I remember exploring myself. . .  You can't poop or wipe yourself without being aware.  And then there's that warmth that inexplicably came watching there Wild Wild West when James fell to ground in those tight pants.

[robvalue]

Scepticism.

I try to apportion my beliefs to the evidence. I dismiss out of hand any textual account containing things that have never been demonstrated to be real/possible. As far as the "Christian narrative" goes, it fails on the first page. If these books didn't have legendary status and weren't indoctrinated into little kids, they would be recognized for the fiction that they are.

[DLJ]

An 'all loving god' is going to send people to hell for simply loving and having sexual relations with someone of the same sex.  And that this god cares so much about what people do in their own bedrooms.  Doesn't fucking compute.  Could only be manmade.

It does compute.

Sexual relations are only allowed through the institute of marriage, the purpose of sex is to reproduce. men and women having sex outside of marriage is wrong, just the same as same sex couples have sex is wrong, those things are perversions of what God set up in the beginning.

Sin is nothing more than perversion... For example a lie is a perversion of the truth.


Sex was not the intended way for humans to be produced, we were supposed to be formed from the earth just like Adam was.

Adam had this power but lost it through the fall.

Therefore God allowed man to reproduce by sex through marriage.

Gotta ask... is that parody?  If so, bravo, sir, bravo!

...
and there is nothing the least bit wrong with same-sex couples having sex.

According to The Book Of My People™ there is nothing wrong with it as long as you don't lie with a woman as you would lie with a man.

Remember that womenz is property and should be treated accordingly.  But a man is an equal and should be treated with respect.  

So,
man-on-man = equal respect.
man-on-woman = same as screwing your slaves
woman-on-woman = I dunno, maybe like your pets having a go at each other?

So it is written.

[possibletarian]

Trying to count how many times I've seen the "I have a class and have to write a paper" ploy. If there was a god, one would hope it would be a little more original with its propaganda come ons.

Not to mention a mighty creator god would not need apologetics at all.

[Abaddon_ire]

Why are the religious so obsessed with being the bedroom police? (or wherever you might prefer such activity)

I really can't feature that. They have this thing that sex is only for procreation. Missionary position attained, sah, for the regulatory 5 nanoseconds, sah. No actual pleasure was induced, sah. All activities were conducted in grim silence, sah.

It is an unmade Carry On film.

[Aegon]

Look, I can get on board with Deism or Pandeism. I don't believe them, but I can see it. But. The idea of a personal deity that modeled the entire goddamn universe just for our sorry asses that took billions of years to evolve to the point where we could even comprehend religious ideas is absolutely ridiculous to me. The Abrahamic religions are just downright silly to me, the same way we all laugh at ridiculous stories in Greek and Roman mythology.

[Amarok]

Lol, that's the best you got?

Considering what you brought to the table . Why would i need to bring my best ?.

[Neo-Scholastic]

Why are the religious so obsessed with being the bedroom police? (or wherever you might prefer such activity)

I really can't feature that. They have this thing that sex is only for procreation. Missionary position attained, sah, for the regulatory 5 nanoseconds, sah. No actual pleasure was induced, sah. All activities were conducted in grim silence, sah.

It is an unmade Carry On film.

Why are leftists obsessed with what we, eat, drink, drive, smoke, and carry our groceries in?