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Desire to be a vessel of honor unto the Lord Jesus Christ?
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Depending upon the Holy Spirit for all you do?
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YOU Just can't satisfy a woman
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Mike S
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I know your comment is meant tongue-in-cheek, but, Eve is no more 'unsatisfiable' than Adam. Neither man nor woman can ever be satisfied...it's a factor of our human condition, and a theme throughout the Bible.
As a side comment, the Adam and Eve narrative in Genisis is not meant to be taken literally, it's a creation story.
As a side comment, the Adam and Eve narrative in Genisis is not meant to be taken literally, it's a creation story.
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Mike S
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I believe it's allegory, not history. Which doesn't take anything away from it's value.
Claudya
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I believe the Genesis stuff. :D
I believe it's much easier to satisfy a male than a female....(just like some of the females are dissatisfied about this thread)
More like bored with it. You see, it's the same kind of stereotyped and/ or trollish questions about women or relationships you keep posting. I'm bit jaded of that. But since we have a few new female members, maybe they will be willing to contribute to your entertainment.
A debate about whether or not to take the Genesis creation account literally or as a mystical allegory would be a lot more interesting, though. Because lately I've been wondering a lot whether biblical literalism is actually detrimental to our faith. It seems to me like it is.
Claudya
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JumpingBean
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Im pretty easy to satisfy... lol
Claudya
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A literal interpretation would give a believer more security, that's true. But it has an all-or-nothing-trap. For example, if you take it all literally from cover to cover you will have to believe that the earth is like 6000 years old and was created within 6 days. Now what will you do with the compelling scientific evidence pointing into a different direction? A consequent literalist would either have to switch off their brain and ignore the evidence (which would be intellectual dishonesty) or abandon their faith altogether. An "allegory-ist" (or whatever those are called
) could just accept the Genesis is a creation myth and still see how deeply valueable it is for us on so many levels; and they can keep their faith in God as the ruler and creator of the universe.
Mike S
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Yeah, you may be right. I was thinking from my perspective. I'm easy to please. Sometimes I forget that we're in the age of the ninny. Of course there will always be exceptions to the rule. Now that I think about it, I do know some whiners that I have to shake my head at at how they treat their wives when I go over. Like babies some of them are.
Kiwidian...I should probably know this but I'm only on my 2nd cup of coffee...what is an ND?
I kinda like these gender threads that Classik posts. Interesting. I almost have women figured out now, lol.
You think so? I thought about this and come to the opposite conclusion. I think I was more confused when I was reaching for vague allegorical interpretations. I have started taking the bible more literally, and I think it makes more sense that way. There's your obvious parables of course but taking it literally is working for me. With no particular poster in mind, I suspect that many people are more comfortable with allegorical views than literal because they can make it fit whatever they're comfortable with. I'm not sure how Genesis could be taken allegorically, lol. Why would a literal view be detrimental to ones faith? Too hard or strict?
There ARE parts of the Bible meant to be taken literally, those are the straight forward history scriptures. But, there are many other types of literature in the Bible: creation myths, poetry, praise and prayer, prophecy, wisdom saying, apochalyptic literature, etc. And, of course, parables in the New Testament. Sometimes the truth of the scriptures is behind the words not in the literal interpretation of the words. No one would possible make the case, for instance, that the parable of the sower is actually about seeds falling on the ground: it's a metaphor about the various ways people respond to God's word.
It makes no sense whatever to me to insist that the Bible is literal in every detail. How in that case do we make sense of the two different creation stories, and the two different creation of Adam and Eve stories, contained in Genesis? Genesis doesn't have to be taken literally for us to get the message that there is a single God who created time and space, who created us humans and gave us rules to live by, is active in our world, knows that we are imperfect, and has a plan for our salvation.
Well I don't want to get off topic, but it is obvious that the Bible isn't entirely literal. As a YEC, though, I do believe Genesis to be. I care little whether everyone agrees with me or not. They're still Christians either way as long as they fit the definition of believing in Jesus.
Now for the topic, I wouldn't say that I'm hard to satisfy.
Women may be more emotional than men due to hormone differences, but that doesn't mean we're completely irrational.
Now for the topic, I wouldn't say that I'm hard to satisfy.
Women may be more emotional than men due to hormone differences, but that doesn't mean we're completely irrational.
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I think women want security and equality from a man, but I don't understand how they go together.
It's better to be a solid, secure man and see what woman wants that from you.
It's better to be a solid, secure man and see what woman wants that from you.
fishbreath
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Those are fightin' words, lol!
fishbreath
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haha.. oh I like you. I hope all men think like this! Us ladies will keep you boys running for us 24-7 if we thought you all look at us this way! sweet! :rolling
Claudya
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The Noah's arc story is pretty cool. I will look for it and if I find it I'll watch it before going to sleep. (Though youtube also has quite a track record for spreading bulldung.
)There is a third option other than "mankind is lying" and "mankind is too stupid": Mankind is about right with its current theory of evolution (except for maybe some details), and they are not lying, and neither is God lying. God just told us things in a way bronze age humans could understand. Imagine he'd told Moses about the fundamental forces of physics, about the life cycle of stars and planet formation, about continental drift, sedimentation, ammino acids and abiogenesis, genetics, evolution, anthropology and so on. Moses' brain would have exploded, so it was kind of God to tell him a creation myth. ;) It's not a lie and it's not our stupidity. It's a parable.
You don't have to put human word over God's word. They aren't contadictive, they are just two different ways to understand and describe the same thing. Unless you want to take all of the Bible literally, then of course they are contradictory.
