Literally one of the oldest Christian positions about God is that God is not a dude. This should not be controversial. Folks like Saint Augustine of Hippo would agree wholeheartedly with the assertion that God has no gender binary. This is because if God has a gender that gender is “God.”
It’s also 1 being but 3 stacked in a coat at the same time, so the lore is a bit hard to keep track of
What in the ever loving fuck is wrong with the GOP?
They aren’t smart and they lack critical thinking skills. And that’s just their voting base.
The ones that are smart are also rich sociopaths and psychopaths that are actively trying to excise empathy from their entire party.
I think it’d take less time to write down the things that aren’t.
Ya got me curious on what would be on that list. I got nothing coming to mind.
I’d say the ability to out themselves as pedophiles and get themselves locked away from society is a positive.
Cute animal in the logo.
And they also… No, that’s actually it.
I don’t know either, but I’d say my original point stands. “nothing” is still shorter than saying “everything”
I thought God was Alanis Morissette?
Just a slob like one of us
Blee blee blahblah blooo
You were unmindful of the Rock that bore you, and you forgot the God who gave you birth.
Deuteronomy 32:18. This is the lot that would insist that men cannot give birth, right?
That’s a really poor translation. It sounds more like God gave the “you” reproductivity.
That one is very clear. Semitic scripture uses parallelism liberally for emphasis. Both “yalad” and “chuwl” mean birth, but yalad is masculine as in “fathered” while chuwl means “gave birth to.” Deuteronomy 32:18 very explicitly paints Yahweh as both father and mother of all Israelites.
Hell, yeah. A linguist enters the chat.
So from Semitic languages, to Latin—which also can translate feminine, masculine, and anything between as three states jusr fine—to period-subjected variations of English, up to the modern day take, it should’ve been kept quite clear. But sometimes over a few thousand years it may have been skewed. At least enough to open up interpretation in a way that interpretation aligns with one’s beliefs or desires.
Well, I am shocked that this could happen to an Abrahamic religion /s
Newsflash, dipshits: God doesn’t have a penis or a vagina. God isn’t human.
And iirc, they are referred to using terms for both male and female in the original language of the text.
So you’re saying God is so non binary that they are non gendered?
God is nonbiological so no gender. Or all genders. If God is in everything, then there are some bacteria with 23 or so sexes, so God possesses genders beyond the scope of human consciousness.
Sorry about the correction, but that number isn’t right on two levels.
1: bacteria didn’t have sexes. Sometimes they will exchange plasmids via a direct pilus or will pick up strays in the environment.
2: that number is often cited from a book describing certain slime molds (which aren’t molds) as having that few, when almost every species we found have something in the 100’s. But what I think is cool is that some species of actual fungi have something like 72,000 compatible sexes.
Correction is appreciated. It even works out better if God is an oversexed slime mold.
Yes, this. And an attack helicopter.
Ungendered. Degendered. Omnigendered?
Polygenderous
Infinary.
One of the basic problems with theists is that they have no idea what God is.
“God is love.” In what way? God is just an emotion related to a chemical reaction in the brain?
“God is all powerful.” Can he microwave a burrito so hot that even he can’t eat it?
“God is omniscient.” If everything in the future is already known, then what’s the point?
It just goes on and on. Either God is some vague impossibility, or he’s exactly the same as a human male, somehow. But a human male is not the same as God, so that can’t really be right. But nobody can even give a real framework as to what he could be.
If you can’t describe God no matter how hard you try, then what the hell are you believing in? That’s the basis for ignosticism.
i just believe in a giant space crustacean it’s easier and funnier. and crab sandwiches taste better than jeezits.
Christianity tends to be patriarchal. No point getting clever about it… Followers of “faith” aren’t philosophers. They believe in unreason.
“MY GOD HAS A DICK!! IT’S BIG AND VEINY AND THROBBING AND NOBODY’S GONNA TELL ME DIFFERENT!!!” - Evangelicals, apparently.
Already a song about god’s dick
Was gonna post that haha great song too
Retconning all godesses makes Yahweh an incel.
Uh oh, Mike Johnson better contact his son…
Turns out they also don’t like it when you say that. It’s like pick a lane people
How can they be so sure God is male though? Have they checked God’s genitals?
Because Yaweh was originally male.
As Yahwism eventually developed into Judaism and Samaritanism, and transitioned from polytheism to monotheism, the existence of other deities was denied outright and Yahweh was proclaimed the creator deity and the sole deity worthy of worship.
Now i wonder why monotheism at some point just happened? It didn’t happen before ever (in large scale), right? Because a critical mass was connected and organized enough?
Zoroastrianism predates Judaism.
There are some sects of Hinduism that are kind of monotheistic-leaning in worshipping Krishna. Not exactly pure monotheistic, but had some of the same characteristics.
God is not allowed in the women’s bathroom.
So do all your sinning there, he can’t see you!
Aren’t God’s genitals painted on some ceiling somewhere?
Why does a politicians views on magic sky daddy matter to anyone anywhere at any time?
Because Texas is dominated by Christian nationals and the GOP has framed themselves as the only choice for “true” Christians to vote for. Talarico is flipping that narrative on its head.
Because religion is brain rot and also, by far, the greatest threat humanity is facing today.
by far, the greatest threat humanity is facing today.
Not climate change? Not Capitalism? Not the looming specter of global conflict?
Correct. Religion has the potential to wipe out large swaths of people overnight, and logic and science are powerless before this mental illness.
Because magic sky daddy is the most important thing to many people in many places, all the time. Because they’ve been conditioned to believe that if someone doesn’t hold the correct views on magic sky daddy, they’ll suffer for all eternity, and so they live in constant fear that they or their children might become misled by the incorrect views on magic sky daddy. This stuff is deeply internalized.
And that’s a part of the material conditions we operate in. We ignore them at our peril.
Because stupid breads at a far greater rate than intelligent and educated people. Unless your one of those rightwing psychopaths that’s all about seeding the population with your “superior” genetics.
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The control of far too many of the levers of power and influence in our society rest on ensuring a majority of the population is unbelievably stupid. I think its what I hate most about the current fascist formula in use. It feels like peoples’ ability to survive on their own has been stolen from them.
If it’s any reassurance, the human race has historically been even stupider and less educated. It’s better today by leaps and bounds.
100 years ago, the world literacy rate was in the 20-30% range. Today, it’s ~85%.
The bad news is that the oligarchs use literacy as a weapon, through targeted media. So, yeah, it’s not so much stupidity we’re seeing, it’s just brainwashing, pure and simple.
God is a hermaphrodite. There. I said it.
No, that’s angels. The God of Abraham would be better defined as having no gender or sex whatsoever.
So is my cat, who I worship, so that checks out.
Cat in question, who is very deserving of worship.
Cock n’ ball n’ pussycat?
Hopefully spayed and neutered pussycat
Yep, it was a very expensive and invasive procedure but it had to be done. We were going to regardless since you should always fix your cats but in addition to that, having both testicles and a uterus can lead to a lot of health complications in cats. Most commonly a far higher chance at getting cancer in that area.
Born with both testicles and a uterus. All male on the outside, all female on the inside. Kinda neat, but unfortunately very expensive to fix. It had to be done though, 1) because you should fix your cats anyway, and 2) because apparently it causes a lot of health issues if you don’t fix it, including a very high chance for cancer in that region.
I am not a religious person (but was raised catholic) - I wouldn’t have issues voting for him based on that article - he seems far better informed regarding the word of christ than any of those screeching republican harpies, and seems to have the best in mind for the citizens of his state.
Wtf US. Talrico literally supports building fossil fuel infrastructure.
He’s right of center, and definitely not rad
he’s from texas
Are you saying there are no progressives in Texas?
Because I know many progressives in Texas.
Why are you booing him he’s theologically correct?
Arguing over fictional characters is super constructive
Screeching to the world over an issue you don’t think is important while ignoring the reality, that even though it’s stupid as fuck its still a problem in our reality, is also pointless.
Did you change any thoughts in here? Did you move the needle? No. Non applicable noise. This article does however represent an irl shift to monitor.
So your comment you see, was much more so pointless and not constructive.
Did you change my mind with your comment? Absolutely not. And I’m allowed to comment about if I want, so I did. Go take your preaching and shove it up your ass, pretentious asshole.
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While I agree that part is silly, at least Talarico is using his belief to try to implement much-needed change.
Lotta folks that actually bother to vote are Christian, so I think he’s Texas’ best bet at turning blue.
