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$20 says it implies "intended by god".
These asshats tend to try and hide their religious bias, but it comes out like this every now and then, and they often don't realize.
If god intended for women to hold eggs, but many don't have the capability, did he fuck up?
honestly the idea of god being real but just.. kinda not being very good at what he does.. almost makes more sense than either him being real and perfect or not existing at all
like up until the abrahamic religions got it in their heads that god is perfect, it was quite standard for religions to 1) see their gods as imperfect and probably kind of being mercurial assholes who you moreso try to appease than worship, and 2) not be overly worried with the existence of other religions and whether their theologies are compatible
You only think that because you still buy into some childhood training that God is real, it's really clear this isn't so by a simple collection of evidence. As a former high ranking Christian mystic I can tell you, you can replace God and Jesus with rocks and it wouldn't make a difference, a lot of my training turned out to be hypnotizing people. Which the church incidentally forbid participating in secular hypnotizing of any kind, training or being subject to. But also liminal state group think type of stuff. It's a bummer they turned a perfectly good self and group growth tool and all they do with it is rip off desperate people for money. What a stupid goal....
lol dude both my parents have been atheists their entire lives, i pretty much learned of the existence of religion at like.. 14?
IDK dude, god not existing at all still makes the most sense to me.
If there's a God, why is he mad 12 year old boys masturbate? He didn't see that being an outcome when he made human males full of sex wanting hormones able and desiring daily sex? How shitty is he at his job?
It doesn’t need to be intended by God. It can be intended by nature. It’s kind of like saying that homosexuality is unnatural because nature intended for male-female reproduction. That whole nonsense. Seems the same here.