dimreepr

I don't think it's a surprise they chose it for their film, it neatly sums up the bible and is exactly why the film isn't blasphemy; Jesus would have pissed himself, laughing. The point you've missed is, I understand the lessons of that culture, by applying that teaching to my culture; does that make me arrogant, maybe but only if you can provide a better explanation and I ignore it, but no more arrogant than a doctor prescribing your medicine... When Jesus 'ghost wrote' the NT he said he understood the OT not that he lived 2,000+ years ago. Stop using God as an excuse to berate what you don't understand, it's ironic that god is your bias...

Well thanks, but not the best argument/rebuttal. I enjoyed it... 😉

Wow, way to miss the point, or are you being deliberately obtuse? I think the most coherent and relevant passage in the bible is 'The sermon on the mount', if you read it and imagine the lesson is meant to be contentment; IOW if I'm content with my existence before I reach heaven, then why do I need a God? LOL OTOH, if you can't be content with life now, perhaps because that guy's got more than me and all he does is sit on his arse, it's so unfair 😡; then an imaginary friend that's gonna kick his arse, until he's in as much pain as me, can give one a little peace. Different people require different types of lesson...

Why? And as I pointed out, you can't know, explicitly, what the story teller was telling, even less what the story is "culturally" meant to convey; it's akin to reading a translated Japanese novel and then arguing with his sister, over what he meant by the word 'wogawomptamov' and how it affects the plot. The one fact we, I assume, can agree on is, God doesn't exist!!! He's just a character in a book, that's part of the narrative of a vastly different culture; that's been translated/edited to the point that we have only the vaguest idea what the book might be about; so I think it's reasonable to not include God in my hypothesis. Do you imagine you'd have the same level of certainty, in four thousand years (through multiple translations of translation's and then edited by multiple versions of Trump)!!! be honest...

Wouldn't different cultures explain that?

Understanding that good and evil is a product of our imagination, would be a start. How would you plan to avoid your imagination? I just presented a reasonable explanation of a story, in a book; after explaining the limitations of the written word.

When did I do that?

Why do you keep invoking God to support your arguments? You're an atheist, right? Isn't it more likely, given they're human (much like us), that the story is about our knowledge of tomorrow and how that can spoil our appreciation of today, compared to naked animal's who don't care about tomorrow and enjoy the today their faced with. The point is, neither of us can know what they were thinking, despite the book... All we can rely on is reasoned argument's, based on who we are today.

The question of nudity and sexuality is completely cultural; the most inefficiente way to explain a culture, to people from different cultural backgrounds, is the written word, even a contemporary book in the appropriate language, can be difficult to comprehend; which gets more difficult with each passing generation. Maybe Adam and Eve covered up, because their culture was suffering from the same type of body shaming that our's do, and that was their solution.

Just imagine, for a second, he/she/it was being figurative rather than literal, then the cloud becomes rather nebulous... 😉

That's a bit of a stretch Mig, almost a leap of faith. ☺️

Aren't you conflating valuable well reasoned opinions with opinions born of ignorance? If we don't point that out, there's no chance they (people like derp) will learn/change their minds; whilst I agree that a safe space is sometimes necessary for sharing, it's usually for children subjected to bullying, not adults who display a tendency to bully.

I think that would lend it more credence than it deserves...

As did I... 😉

Indeed, it's ironic here, how many threads the doc has resurrected recently...

I heard that some labs, force the insects to eat shit; I can provide the source, if you can provide the reason...

It depends on the fans ability to read music, or is it, it depends on how the sour note resonates with a screaming child... 😖

Do you actually need a source? Just imagine they were held in the most inhumane condition, and present your argument as to why and how they should be treated better.

You're lucky I'm not the grammar police...

What's clear is your inability to refute my argumants. Oh the irony, check out the antonyms... 😉 Really?

You didn't, you said ignore (check out roget). Strike straw man 2, please explain my first alleged transgression.

I was turned off, by the idea of a sex robot...

Trying to design a society by excluding some unnecessary members (the stupid and gullible etc.) is like trying to design evolution by excuding bacteria and viruses etc,; that would be toxic IMHO. Imagine, if you will, that 'the creation myth' is just a story like "Star War's", they both explain the value of the light side over the dark side; but I'll bet you wouldn't be so quick to condemn those that answered the question of religion, by claiming to be Jedi.

If that's meant as an arguement to my post's, then you've missed the point of the poem and the thurst of my argument; trying to design a society by excluding some unnecessary members (criminal's and the stupid/gullible and etc.) is like trying to design evolution by excuding bacteria and viruses and etc.

Perhaps, but it's a very tight venn diagram.