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trotsky

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19. Sexist transphobic bullshit is not welcome here, g.

Wed Mar 27, 2019, 11:37 AM

Mar 2019

XX and XY doesn't tell the story of human sexuality and gender. It does no one any good for you to push antiquated binary bigotry.

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What is the role of inspiration in the Bible? [View all] guillaumeb Mar 2019 OP

Whatever an individual chooses to assign it. Thomas Hurt Mar 2019 #1

An interesting answer. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #9

Its role is to be suppressed hurl Mar 2019 #2

In the 12th century, Nahmanides provided an explanation that is remarkably guillaumeb Mar 2019 #10

It's making connections where there are none. marylandblue Mar 2019 #3

The role of metaphoric language in the Bible. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #11

Now you are avoiding connections where they exist marylandblue Mar 2019 #16

There was no field of physics. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #17

No field of physics? What's this? marylandblue Mar 2019 #33

Get out of here with your facts! trotsky Mar 2019 #22

I swear, I only meant them as metaphors for other facts. marylandblue Mar 2019 #34

That's better! n/t trotsky Mar 2019 #36

Neither Lordquinton Mar 2019 #4

What's additionally upsetting is by doing this, guillaumeb is reinforcing sexist stereotypes... trotsky Mar 2019 #7

A very weak attempt at framing. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #15

The truth hurts, I understand. trotsky Mar 2019 #20

Yep Lordquinton Mar 2019 #21

XX/XY guillaumeb Mar 2019 #12

Wrong then and wrong now Lordquinton Mar 2019 #18

Argue with science. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #23

I don't have to argue with science Lordquinton Mar 2019 #40

Oh man you're still on that XY thing? trotsky Mar 2019 #5

"Nahmanides said, speaking of creation:" MineralMan Mar 2019 #6

Interestring that his speculation was so accurate. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #14

How is that interesting? MineralMan Mar 2019 #39

Metaphor. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #44

Your understanding of biology and sex chromosomes is laughably weak. trotsky Mar 2019 #8

Read: guillaumeb Mar 2019 #13

Sexist transphobic bullshit is not welcome here, g. trotsky Mar 2019 #19

Refute it. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #24

Refute what? trotsky Mar 2019 #25

Refute this actual science: guillaumeb Mar 2019 #26

The actual science is what refutes YOU. trotsky Mar 2019 #27

Unfortunately for your attempted point, guillaumeb Mar 2019 #29

Only you could argue with yourself and call it a victory. trotsky Mar 2019 #32

You seem to be ignoring intersex and androgen insensitivity. marylandblue Mar 2019 #35

So you artgue for a puppet master type god. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #43

No, that is the God presented in the Bible. marylandblue Mar 2019 #45

Adam and Eve were free to eat the apple. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #46

Speaking of a cruel and capricious universe marylandblue Mar 2019 #49

Do you argue for a sentient universe? guillaumeb Mar 2019 #51

No, I argue that God is a metaphor. marylandblue Mar 2019 #52

Interesting. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #54

I have faith that it is also your view. marylandblue Mar 2019 #61

I respect your faith based observation. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #66

No creator is required at all. MineralMan Mar 2019 #57

What constitutes evidence in the absence of knowledge of the Creator's nature? guillaumeb Mar 2019 #58

I don't know, Monsieur B. MineralMan Mar 2019 #59

But Trotsky Lordquinton Mar 2019 #42

If God we're said to have created Eve from Adam's little finger... FBaggins Mar 2019 #28

That also would argue for a metaphoric reading of the story. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #30

No it wouldn't FBaggins Mar 2019 #31

Metaphor is not a license to make interpretations wildly at variance marylandblue Mar 2019 #37

And not only is your science atrocious bullshit, your metaphor is as well. trotsky Mar 2019 #38

Genesis is arguably the worst part of the bible Lordquinton Mar 2019 #41

Misframing, part 2. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #48

QED Lordquinton Mar 2019 #62

Misframing, part 1 guillaumeb Mar 2019 #47

It's not a misframe. The story actually justifies patriarchical oppression marylandblue Mar 2019 #50

Or, it explains the family dynamic of Bronze Age humans. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #53

Yes, another one of nature's cruel ironies. marylandblue Mar 2019 #55

Very astute observation. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #56

Non-response, part 1593 from you. trotsky Mar 2019 #63

The ancient Indians spoke of the Unity of Creation thousands of years before. Their teachings c-rational Mar 2019 #60

I would never say that the Creator can only be found in the wrods of the Bible. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #68

G., I never mentioned a Creator, only Unity and Creation. c-rational Mar 2019 #81

True. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #82

God writes in English? edhopper Mar 2019 #64

But of course. English IS the language of the gods. MineralMan Mar 2019 #65

Well, we know edhopper Mar 2019 #67

Of course they did! MineralMan Mar 2019 #70

I write in English. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #69

But the story of Adam and Eve edhopper Mar 2019 #71

An interesting question. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #73

That is such a stretch edhopper Mar 2019 #75

No doubt. You are bilingual. MineralMan Mar 2019 #72

Google translate is an incredible resource. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #74

It is. However, poorly written original MineralMan Mar 2019 #76

As you well know, english speakers generally use very few verb forms when speaking. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #77

Yes. I'm always conscious of that when I write for translation MineralMan Mar 2019 #78

Here's a sentence in English I tested in a Google translation to French: MineralMan Mar 2019 #79

Excellent example. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #80