Reality Check by Dave Whamond for February 04, 2014
February 03, 2014
February 05, 2014
Transcript:
D'you like apples? Sure! You just got kicked out of the garden of Eden & brought evil, suffering and death into the world... How do ya like them apples?
Not just gullible, but willing to enforce their enlightened vision of what is right and what is wrong upon their unenlightened neighbors with the full force of law and punishment, when they should all be subject only to my own understanding of right and wrong, which is quite obviously morally superior. Wheeee!
The Bible never said it was an apple—just “fruit” from a tree. Everyone just assumes it was an apple (not sure why). At any rate, I love them apples! :o)
I always wondered… Why a snake? What kind of idiot accepts fruit from a snake. Why not a cute koala or something? Anyway, the snake gets so much bad press. If it wasn’t for the snake, we’d be bored stiff hanging around a garden with nothing to do. It’s only through the snake’s valiant effort that we’re having any fun at all. And even with the snake’s best effort, people used the story just to make each other miserable and to oppress half the population. .Of course, it’s a snake because that’s what it was in the Mesopotamian story it was lifted from. And everyone already had Eden stories and located them in various places. If you want to believe the Mormons, it was in Jackson County, Missouri, where, today, there are a very impressive bike park and a real big ammunition plant, both of which are a kind of paradise for some folks.
Obviously, neither politics nor religion is important to me because the guy I’m loving is agnostic and left wing. He enjoys all the things that ARE important to me ;-D
Most christians take the story literally; for some truly looney tune creationism, see the presentation at http://theologyarchaeology.wordpress.com/2014/01/25/discussing-science-2-2/ or any of exoticdoc2’s posts here at gocomics.If these millions of christians took the story as allegory, science education in America would be in much better shape. But they don’t.In any case, what is it an allegory of? Is the snake a phallic symbol? The New Testament uses this story to justify the inferiority of women (1 Timothy 2.11-14). Furthermore, I’m pretty sure that the correct classification of the story is “myth” or “fable,” like the Greek myths or Aesop’s fables. The myths are ancient, pre-scientific people’s attempts to explain the world around them; the fable in an invented story designed to convey a moral or a message. Perhaps this is what you meant by “allegory”?
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member about 10 years ago
Yeah, thanks for nothin’, Eve!
Pharmakeus Ubik about 10 years ago
There are a lot of choices that don’t involve desert ascetics, though many of us prefer ‘None of the above.’
Brass Orchid Premium Member about 10 years ago
Not just gullible, but willing to enforce their enlightened vision of what is right and what is wrong upon their unenlightened neighbors with the full force of law and punishment, when they should all be subject only to my own understanding of right and wrong, which is quite obviously morally superior. Wheeee!
Marisa Ruffolo Premium Member about 10 years ago
The Bible never said it was an apple—just “fruit” from a tree. Everyone just assumes it was an apple (not sure why). At any rate, I love them apples! :o)
mapleman about 10 years ago
@ KennyVon You better hope you’re right.
pouncingtiger about 10 years ago
Good Will Haunting
MeGoNow Premium Member about 10 years ago
I always wondered… Why a snake? What kind of idiot accepts fruit from a snake. Why not a cute koala or something? Anyway, the snake gets so much bad press. If it wasn’t for the snake, we’d be bored stiff hanging around a garden with nothing to do. It’s only through the snake’s valiant effort that we’re having any fun at all. And even with the snake’s best effort, people used the story just to make each other miserable and to oppress half the population. .Of course, it’s a snake because that’s what it was in the Mesopotamian story it was lifted from. And everyone already had Eden stories and located them in various places. If you want to believe the Mormons, it was in Jackson County, Missouri, where, today, there are a very impressive bike park and a real big ammunition plant, both of which are a kind of paradise for some folks.
hippogriff about 10 years ago
Don’t take things so literawobble. – Walt Kelly
Comic Minister Premium Member about 10 years ago
Just awful snake!
ri9115 about 10 years ago
“Good luck with all them virgins!”
Who said they were females?
echoraven about 10 years ago
Actually if you look at the works of Hitler’s minister of propaganda, the government is their religion.
vldazzle about 10 years ago
Obviously, neither politics nor religion is important to me because the guy I’m loving is agnostic and left wing. He enjoys all the things that ARE important to me ;-D
hippogriff about 10 years ago
ri9115: Who said they were human? The Qur’an describes them as made of smoke and musk and perpetually virgin; they are servants, not sex objects.
markjoseph125 about 10 years ago
Fast forward to Numbers 22, and you get a talking donkey, too!
markjoseph125 about 10 years ago
Most christians take the story literally; for some truly looney tune creationism, see the presentation at http://theologyarchaeology.wordpress.com/2014/01/25/discussing-science-2-2/ or any of exoticdoc2’s posts here at gocomics.If these millions of christians took the story as allegory, science education in America would be in much better shape. But they don’t.In any case, what is it an allegory of? Is the snake a phallic symbol? The New Testament uses this story to justify the inferiority of women (1 Timothy 2.11-14). Furthermore, I’m pretty sure that the correct classification of the story is “myth” or “fable,” like the Greek myths or Aesop’s fables. The myths are ancient, pre-scientific people’s attempts to explain the world around them; the fable in an invented story designed to convey a moral or a message. Perhaps this is what you meant by “allegory”?