For what it's worth, describing God as eldritchian may be not be inaccurate (and I mean that respectfully of course). The Bible mentions angels shielding their faces from the glory of God, for example, not to mention God must have existed for an infinite amount of time, which I'm not sure makes physical sense, and/or exist outside of time, which doesn't really seem to be within human comprehension. Does that make sense?
You and I both know why and frankly I'm sick of repetitive talking points like this. Atheists have no coherent worldview, we already know this.
He's talking about the Johnson Amendment.
You know, sometimes I think Redditors are just fat vampires who burn in the sun and seethe in rage when presented with a cross.
Except that's not true at all, at least for the subjects of this thread. Western atheists from Christian countries come from the same cultural background, which includes a specific religious environment and a shared broad ideology. Progressivism is a religion in its own right. But we've heard this all before.
wut?
lmao, everyone here sucks. The people wrecking the bible sound soy but so does the street preacher and lol at him calling wrecking a bible a hate crime.
I don't get it either, I guess he just read The Birth of Tragedy and went "Yeah, this is it" without understanding what Nietzsche actually meant, just like most self-proclaimed "Nietzchians." He doesn't understand Hellenistic paganism or philosophy that well it seems, as demonstrated by his comment of "might makes right" when Greeks like Plato would shake their heads. I guess he's like most neo-pagans in that he's really an atheist but "worships" the gods of old because "Abrahamic God doesn't make sense" and other internet atheist argumentation.
You'd be shocked at how often atheists will ignore any other religion but Christianity when it comes to their antics online. It's not all of them, but it's happened enough times and by a large enough portion of them that it's kind of pathetic. Hell, the worst of the lot will even cuck to and support their religion due to a variety of reasons.
Women have had a leading role in the Old Testament; Deborah was a judge (leader of the Hebrew tribe before they had kings). Women were also allowed to lead in the Early Christian Church, even Paul, who is often maligned for the supposedly misogynistic passage in 1 Corinthians, nevertheless thanked and recommended women to take up pastoral roles.
Old Testament laws are downright merciful for drafting animals. They are given a rest day each week. I'm always reminded of the passage "Do not muzzle an ox when it is treading on the grain" whenever I have to put on a mask
Paul also admonished parents for provoking their children for the sake of it. You can't say it isn't a very enlightened stance in a paternalistic culture.
Another thing is that Mary Magdalene was among the first to know that Jesus rose from the dead and went to tell the Apostles. Plus in the Catholic Church, Orthodox Church, and to an extent the Coptic Church all have reverence for the Virgin Mary.
That angel Ezekiel saw would turn your shit white.
What do you mean "to an extent"? The only Christians who don't have reverence for the Mother of God are protestants and Nestorians
That is something to wonder about. A lot of people tend to think being in his image means being capable of freedom of choice and self-ownership, since Angels were made to serve but Man wasn't.
I'm not well versed in Coptic Theology compared to other churches. Sorry about that.
Another difference is that the Lovecraftian gods are more malevolent whereas the God of Abraham is benevolent.