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
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.
breads
your
I thought God was Alanis Morissette?
Just a slob like one of us
Blee blee blahblah blooo
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.
So the GOP is upset that some people believe in something that has no scientific backing, eh?
“Our god has balls”
My headphones are non-binary too.
Okay… so follow my logic. God made man in his image, then some time later, made woman in mans image. Therefore, we should at least expect God to be as different from a man as a man is from a woman. I would in fact argue that we should expect God to be even more different, as going from a mortal being to a different mortal being is less of a jump as going from a immortal omnipotent being to a mortal being.
Further to the point, the only canon contact he’s made with humans was as… wait for it… a burning bush.
The bearded old dude was after Rome finally decided that Christianity was cool, and they decided to update his pfp to Jupiter. And it stuck.
Either Eve is trans (being made from Adam’s rib) or Adam ist.
The pedo protectors can say whatever they like. Judging by the last 100 or so special elections, the independents have finally woken up and are done with the GOP.
I hope you are right, but I doubt it… this is texas after all, they will shoot themselves in the dick and call it a circumcision
Listen to the guy talk and make your own opinion
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.
Retconning all godesses makes Yahweh an incel.
Turns out they also don’t like it when you say that. It’s like pick a lane people
Uh oh, Mike Johnson better contact his son…
Already a song about god’s dick
Was gonna post that haha great song too
How can they be so sure God is male though? Have they checked God’s genitals?
Aren’t God’s genitals painted on some ceiling somewhere?
God is not allowed in the women’s bathroom.
So do all your sinning there, he can’t see you!
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.
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
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.
Ironic posting intensifies
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.
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.
