tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post1974499990031982706..comments2024-02-20T15:17:48.594+11:00Comments on A.E.Brain: Intersexuality And ScriptureZoe Brainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13712045376060102538noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post-51299448610839917172010-12-04T16:31:21.243+11:002010-12-04T16:31:21.243+11:00How to get the message out to the religious commun...How to get the message out to the religious communities though?<br /><br />We need to know how information best propagates through religious media then use that to get this information out to as many as possible in the most effective way we can.Battybattybatshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18030389503526882755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post-43985847850038343012010-12-03T23:09:15.038+11:002010-12-03T23:09:15.038+11:00Probably the example is use of overstatement for e...Probably the example is use of overstatement for emphasis, but it IS interesting. <br /><br />I have yet to have anyone quote to me a scripture that forbids being born intersexed, nor one where God promises not to inflict similar inconvenient genetic and developmental issues on humans as occur in animals, due to it making morality difficult and requiring people to think.<br /><br /><i> Mind you, he tends to lie to children when he's doing a service </i> Well, everything I learnt in high school Science was a lie, depending on how you choose to differ between simplifications and deceptions. Usually by preference rather than a consistent rule, in my experience.wreckagenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post-34047804583502421782010-12-02T10:12:32.249+11:002010-12-02T10:12:32.249+11:00Zoe,
You never cease to amaze me. Thanks for the ...Zoe,<br /><br />You never cease to amaze me. Thanks for the post. Now I have another good reason to appreciate my chosen name. Sometimes things really are inspired in one way or another.<br /><br />SarahSarah Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13018597739320720216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5573426.post-1033671046238595112010-12-02T03:49:54.630+11:002010-12-02T03:49:54.630+11:00I've met a rabbi who appears to be able to the...I've met a rabbi who appears to be able to theologically argue his way out of a paper bag. Mind you, he tends to lie to children when he's doing a service, but he still tries to broaden the understandings of the text and the main theological arguments about the text.<br /><br />No ministers, pastors, or reverends, though.<br /><br />I wonder if Christianity is too dependent on certain unusual beliefs about their texts. I can tell you that personally, my studying the bible was a major factor contributing to my changing to Atheism.Zimbelnoreply@blogger.com