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beam me up scottie

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11. I've had a rough day.

Thu Sep 17, 2015, 05:00 PM

Sep 2015

Some beliefs really push my buttons and that is one of the biggies.

Anyone who believes that their god was justified for doing this to women is no ally of mine:

God multiplies the pain of women in child bearing.

(Genesis 3:16)--"To the woman He said, 'I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth, In pain you shall bring forth children; Yet your desire shall be for your husband, And he shall rule over you.'"

Why would God increase the pain of childbirth because of Eve's disobedience to Him? Some think it is an unfair penalty to make all women suffer for Eve's sin.

The answer lies in two things. First, we must understand that Eve was the means God commanded to fill the earth with people. Her union with Adam was supposed to produce children for the perfect world that God had created. But, Eve rebelled against God. Since sin brings pain and suffering, it was a natural consequence that she have pain and suffering in the very thing for which she was brought forth because she had rebelled against God.

http://carm.org/bible-difficulties/genesis-deuteronomy/god-multiplies-pain-women-child-bearing

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If you believe in original sin you're a misogynistic asshole. [View all] beam me up scottie Sep 2015 OP

Thanks for saying it. Curmudgeoness Sep 2015 #1

And they wonder why women and atheists are so angry. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #2

I just don't understand why more women are not atheists. Curmudgeoness Sep 2015 #4

More are becoming atheists all the time. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #6

I just don't understand why more women are not atheists AlbertCat Sep 2015 #7

Bad AlbertCat! beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #8

I was ready to tell you what to do to yourself. Curmudgeoness Sep 2015 #9

Yep, pretty much tkmorris Sep 2015 #3

The bible makes it awfully convenient to claim their bigotry is simply religious belief. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #5

Oh, aren't you just full of the "Jezebel Spirit", bmus? PeaceNikki Sep 2015 #10

I've had a rough day. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #11

I am with you 100%. The way Christianity mistreats women is what pushed my family away years ago. PeaceNikki Sep 2015 #14

What a courageous woman. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #15

Yeah, the whole thing is pretty powerful. PeaceNikki Sep 2015 #18

I'm still gobsmacked that people believe those myths at all. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #19

No shit. I was raised Evangelical so they take that shit literally. PeaceNikki Sep 2015 #20

yes but it is an allegory with a secret hidden meaning! Warren Stupidity Sep 2015 #12

Yep. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #13

It also means nichomachus Sep 2015 #16

Ha ha! beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #17

you want I should kick some misogynistic asshole ass, beam me up scottie? Skittles Sep 2015 #21

Yes you do, Skittles, yes you do! beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #22

Rug has a message for you, BMUS. Curmudgeoness Sep 2015 #23

Tell rug I'm not up for being bullied tonight. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #24

You just did. Curmudgeoness Sep 2015 #25

I wonder if he can see what gesture I'm making right now... beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #26

He's ALWAYS watching. trotsky Sep 2015 #38

I've been saying this gaspee Sep 2015 #27

Most of the women I grew up with left the Church as soon as they could. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #28

I thought that Adam & Eve were both considered guilty of the supposed sin. DavidDvorkin Sep 2015 #29

Who ate the apple? beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #30

And the following verses say DavidDvorkin Sep 2015 #31

By forcing a human the size of a bowling ball out of a very small orifice? beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #32

Adam is punished because he let Eve tempt him Goblinmonger Sep 2015 #37

And her sin starts with listening to the serpent DavidDvorkin Sep 2015 #39

Totally agree! LostOne4Ever Sep 2015 #33

Yes! beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author haikugal Sep 2015 #34

It's a little worse than that PATRICK Sep 2015 #36

And you're a moron to boot. Arugula Latte Sep 2015 #40

Yup. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #41

That just makes me so angry! mr blur Sep 2015 #42

Lol! beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #43