In article , Sheila
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paghat wrote:
Doug Kanter wrote:
"Vox Humana" wrote in message
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"Sheila" wrote in message
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I don't accept the government paying for abortions on demand.
I don't accept the government paying for superstition and bull shit like
"Creationism" being taught in public schools.
Touché. Especially when the bullshit comes from a book written by HUMANS.
Which bullshit book do you have in mind? The Vedas & Upanishads? The
Koran? Rebi Kordova's The Palm Tree of Deborah? The Talmud? The Descent of
Inanna? Oh right, the Bible. It's a FASCINATING compendium, one of the
greatest literary works of all time, & only as bullshitty as the other of
the top-ten works of literature since literacy began. I mean criminy, do
you know the story of why Tamar posed as a harlot to get knocked up by her
father-in-law, at risk of being stoned to death; & why this made her more
righteous than Judah? It's just one of hundreds of deeply profound
beautiful & strange tales with psychological complexity & heroism. All our
favorite genres are in there somewhere. Humanity is a stinking eruption on
the face of the planet that destroys everything in its path, & if ANYthing
justifies our appalling existance, it is this very capacity to create such
art & poetry that is Torah.
-paghat the ratgirl
I think you are answering Doug Kanter, not me, as I haven't called
anything 'bullshit'.
No one weas confused about that but you!
-paggers
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"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
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