As a biologist, I'm most fond of the fact that Genesis mistakenly tells the story of how "clever" young Jacob was for "knowing" what we today call Lamarckism, a debunked idea of how species changed to fit their environment, in Genesis 30:25-43.
It's what everyone used to think before Mendel discovered genetics. Oops!
Not so clever, God, letting your "divine inspiration" tell the authors of Genesis something that is completely false, by way of explaining how Jacob became prosperous in order to set up the stories at the end of Genesis. Tsk tsk.
It's what everyone used to think before Mendel discovered genetics. Oops!
Not so clever, God, letting your "divine inspiration" tell the authors of Genesis something that is completely false, by way of explaining how Jacob became prosperous in order to set up the stories at the end of Genesis. Tsk tsk.
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.