I was abused by my christian parents.
I would like to live long enough to see humanity mature out of superstition and free the world from human greed.
If you have a termite infestation, you might say that they’re invasive to the house and it’s not their natural element. However you might also say that they live there, which is equally true.
But the post is about sharks in the ocean. It is their natural habitat, they live there, but because they’re sometimes inconvenient to humans, humans sometimes use the phrase “shark-infested waters”, which can be damaging because it frames disrupting the ecosystem as some kind of defensive act.
It’s not that they came from nowhere, but rather that they aren’t pests. Invaders slaughtered them and colonized the country, and in modern times are actively destroying ecosystems and the environment.
No, the point is that indigenous populations are not infesting their own natural habitats.
For example, “Native Americans” did not “infest” the United States. White people did.
How do you know the canonical catholic interpretation is correct? Because some guy said so? Even if some guy was “officially” entrusted with that task, how do we know he didn’t make mistakes?
How do we verify any of it?
How do you know islam is false? Some guy said it’s true. That’s not enough for you anymore?
What about mormonism? That guy had magic rocks. Is that any more or less ridiculous than a talking bush?
Why does omnipotent god need to test anything?
We do. And they all interpret it differently. How do you know which one is correct?
Was the bible written for god to read, or for humans to read? If it was written for humans, it could have benefited from using human units instead of undefined god units.
How do we know which parts are allegory and which parts are true? Whatever suits you at the time?
Especially considering he was already all-powerful. He knew what would happen and he did it anyway. Seemingly, he’s a cruel piece of shit who just wanted an excuse to eternally torture his weird little dolls.
Without knowledge of good and evil, how were they supposed to know that god was good and snake was evil? It was entrapment.
The book where god allows satan (whom god created) to wreck Job’s life, including killing his children?
Oh, but it’s fine, because at the end Job is rewarded with new children? Who gives a shit about the old ones. Life isn’t precious according to your god, it’s all about making more disposable slaves for him.
It’s a book about accepting physical and verbal abuse. It’s a book about doing what you are told even when it is wrong. It’s a book about hate, but you call it “love”.
Right, I agree with you. I was responding to gjoel’s comments.