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[–]Notsewk 10 points11 points ago

Scumbag god tells adam and eve not to eat the apple BEFORE giving them the power to sense good and evil, they couldn't tell between donating to charity and throwing a baby into a fire.

[–]lordrussano2 0 points1 point ago

But he did tell them not to "throw the baby in the fire." they may not have known why it was right or wrong, but they did know they were disobeying a direct order from god, not to eat the apple.

[–]sarsi05 2 points3 points ago

But they didn't know that it was important good for them to obey what god said, and that it was bad not to. Sure, they know that god said the words, "Hey, I don't want you to eat this fruit," but how were they supposed to know that listening to him was good, and not listening to him was bad? The only thing the could have known at the time was that listening to god was listening to god, and not listening to god was not listening to god; similar to the way that listening to the serpent was listening to the serpent, and not listening to the serpent was not listening to the serpent.

[–]intentListener 9 points10 points ago

Seems easy enough.

[–]BlackMagister 5 points6 points ago

Looked at one apologetic answer being something like "God did not create sin, God is law and sin is going against that law. Therefore it is not possible for God to have created sin as it is contrary to his nature. God simply allows the conditions for sin in the same way a parent allows a child to make choices." The thing is I wouldn't hold a child who is not mature enough to understand right from wrong responsible for their actions especially when they were manipulated by someone else.

[–]lolrsk8s_2 0 points1 point ago

The thing is I wouldn't hold a child who is not mature enough to understand right from wrong responsible for their actions especially when they were manipulated by someone else.

Do you really think that in 3000 years of studying Genesis, there wasn't a single rabbi who considered this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maimonides

^ Hey there's one. That guy. Way ahead of you.

r/atheism is like a severely retarded version of the Talmud. If anyone here actually picked up a Talmud and bothered to understand what they were shitting on, there would be no content to post.

Someone 1000 years ago already ripped apart the literal text in every way possible. Hence why it's a sin (i.e. you're not allowed) to follow the literal text of the Torah.

[–]BlackMagister 1 point2 points ago

Well I don't study the bible who does but if you want to spend the time to enlighten me you could actually quote relevant text instead of a wiki page on the guy.

[–]Burindunsmor 0 points1 point ago

Astrology

Maimonides answered an inquiry concerning astrology, addressed to him from Marseille. He responded that man should believe only what can be supported either by rational proof, by the evidence of the senses, or by trustworthy authority. He affirms that he had studied astrology, and that it does not deserve to be described as a science. The supposition that the fate of a man could be dependent upon the constellations is ridiculed by him; he argues that such a theory would rob life of purpose, and would make man a slave of destiny. (See also Jewish views of astrology)

Heh... I enjoy pointing out what a brilliant reason for not believing in Astrology works perfectly well for God.

[–]lolrsk8s_2 0 points1 point ago

You know that Isaac Newton believed in God too right? These people were working with different sets of data.

Full retard.

[–]Nikola95 2 points3 points ago

I don't think that TV would be much interesting at that time.

[–]camnui 6 points7 points ago

well he could have just gotten shows from the future..... he is god....

[–]Nikola95 4 points5 points ago

Hmmm, what would He watch then? Probably Reality TV Shows. The world He created seems like a giant Reality Show from His perspective anyways.

[–]supermonkey1313 -1 points0 points ago

In the last panel, I imagined the audio from [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4Dpe0GzAqo#t=00m08s].

[–]terriblecomic -1 points0 points ago

oh gee thanks for cross posting the thing on the front page that nobody would have seen

[–]hiskid -2 points-1 points ago

Sorry for the delay, im on vacation

Anyways, the way I see it is god loves us, but the only way to love someone you beds to also be able to hurt them, just as if we can do good, we need to be able to do bad, without bad, we couldn't do good, as good is just the absence of bad, same as perfect love is absence of sin. This is my understanding, if you have a problem, please inform me

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