Religion

[Sebastian]

pretty sure that's just a Catholic scare tactic

I agree.....but Catholicism is a whole other topic XD

[SlowPokemon]

This is really unrelated but why does God have to be a man.

[Sebastian]

What do you mean?

[mikey]

I've been told that there's also a mother in heaven

[SlowPokemon]

I mean obviously I don't believe in God so it doesn't really matter to me, and I'm aware because of my religious education prior to rejecting Christianity that god isn't supposed to be any gender. So why does the Bible refer to god as "he" throughout

[Maelstrom]

I mean obviously I don't believe in God so it doesn't really matter to me, and I'm aware because of my religious education prior to rejecting Christianity that god isn't supposed to be any gender. So why does the Bible refer to god as "he" throughout

Why does the bible always refer to man(/woman)kind as "man?"

[mikey]

Idk I'm pretty sureGod is male, I've never heard of him being genderless, that just seems weird

[SlowPokemon]

Doesn't it seem weirder that your God only represents one gender tho

[Sebastian]

Doesn't it seem weirder that your God only represents one gender tho

What's wrong with that?

[mikey]

I've been told that there's also a mother in heaven

[SlowPokemon]

I'm feeling like I should back out of this conversation tbh I just wanted to change the subject but it didn't do any good xD

[Sebastian]

haha
We don't need to change the subject haha. I'm actually really happy how this discussion has been going. No one is mad, there's no fighting or flaming, and no mods have locked it up

[Dudeman]

It's kind of a cultural instinct that humankind is governed patriarchally, which is an extension of God's male personification. And don't start throwing around feminist stuff at that because women are just as important as men; men are purposed to be the leaders of society, and women are purposed to be the protectors of society. And that's probably gonna start a whole other debate so I'd better back out now that I've said my piece.

I've been told that there's also a mother in heaven

Um, could you be a bit more specific?

haha
We don't need to change the subject haha. I'm actually really happy how this discussion has been going. No one is mad, there's no fighting or flaming, and no mods have locked it up

qft even if we've still been a bit passive aggressive at points.

[SlowPokemon]

men are purposed to be the leaders of society, and women are purposed to be the protectors of society.

holy shit stop stop stop what the fuck

[Dudeman]

yep this was what i was worried would happen