I'm handsome?
Blasphemy. She didn't create something as lamentable as you.
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If you don't know what god we're talking about, why would it be funny that she's female?
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If you are talking about monotheistic current religions, they are all not females, lol =) Create a new religion, if you need goddesses, or go worship some ancient gods =)
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In most "monotheistic current religions", God has no body or indeed any kind of biology -- referring to a monotheistic God as "he" doesn't really make much more (or less) sense. The ubiquity of "he" is more a reflection of society than anything else. (I didn't know Wikipedia had an article on it, but in hindsight I shouldn't have been surprised.)
In Christianity there's a bit more basis because Jesus was certainly male, and he's considered God, but I'm not touching the finer theological implications of that one -- the Trinity is above my pay grade.
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Jesus was certainly male, and he's considered God
No. In canon Jesus is the son of god. Granted he is definitely worshipped but so are saints and the holy ghost and neither of those are gods.
It's like in Highlander: There can only be one.
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I'm just relaying mainstream (Western) Christian thought, to the best of my knowledge. There is a very clear distinction between saints and Jesus: none of the saints are considered part of God, but Jesus is considered God the Son. This does not contradict the notion that there's only one God.
Don't ask me how it works, I didn't do it.
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After looking into it briefly you are right. (Although I'm not sure that's the way most christians perceive it.)
Apparently this question was discussed at the First Council of Nicaea (AD 325) and they indeed came to the conclusions that all 3 parts of the trinity are one, so considered god.
I always perceived the idea of the trinity as 3 parts making one whole, not 3 parts being one. Apparently that view is called Monarchianism.
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Although I'm not sure that's the way most christians perceive it.
This has been my experience too (albeit my limited personal experience): most people I know or meet who profess to be Christian either don't know the doctrine of the Trinity, or they actually profess anti-Trinitarian beliefs (this can go as far as vehemently asserting that Jesus, as the son of God, is wholly distinct and not in any way God himself, which is outright Arianism). Whether you should chalk that one up to theological ignorance of the lay people, the complexity of the Trinitarian doctrine itself, increasing secularization or just a mismatch between what the religious authorities think people believe and what they actually believe would be a nice topic for study. :-)
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Christianity is not a single religion but a collection of religions that have the belief that Jesus was the messiah as their common basis. Thus The belief in the trinity is also dependant on the religious group a person is part of. This is in part due to the First Council of Nicaea being organised and influenced by a devout pagan who is only rumoured to have accepted Jesus while on his deathbed.
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You're right, of course, but it bears pointing out that all of the major branches of Christianity (Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and its offshoots, the various protestant denominations) accept Trinitarianism, and nontrinitarian denominations are in the minority. Obviously it's entirely expected if you don't believe in the Trinity because you're part of a denomination that expressly denies it, but it seems to be more common for people to profess belonging to a particular "mainstream" church or community, yet still end up denying or at least misinterpreting their doctrines. This can probably be chalked up to ignorance and/or apathy to dogma more than anything else.
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Thanks :D I should really rewatch them (or at least the first one). Gotta bug my buddies if they have them on DVD.
He's soo good. The scene where he timewarps onto a stage where a Shakespear play is held and immediately jumps in is the only redeeming scene in part 2 :D
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I always found that notion amusing because to even consider god could be female you need to have the prior conception that he is male which frankly seems ridiculous to me.
Let's just go with that assumption for a moment. So does that mean god has sexual desires ? Does he enjoy football and which is his favourite beer brand ?
I mean sure, people refer to god as a he but that's more for social reasons and because it would be respectless to refer to a god as it. I always took it as a Picking the form that's easiest to perceive for you kind of deal.
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Well, when you put it like that, I'm convinced. Even if you are lacking the punctuation.
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Sure, since I'm the only goddess of the multiverse
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I need to know why he made me so handsome
I made you in my image ..
Thanks for the giveaways :D
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Hello, this is the Help by God Hotline.
If you want to talk to the Buddha, press 1.
If you want to talk to the Holy Father, press 2.
If you want to talk to Allah, press 3.
Etc.
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A few weeks ago my girlfriend and I were driving around Virginia, and we stopped inside Shenandoah National Park for food and a bathroom break. There was a pay phone (!) outside the bathroom area, and I was looking at it while I waited for her to get out of the bathroom. I noticed that there were some presets listed, and they were a little weird: dial 1 for weather, dial 2 to get a credit card (?!), dial 3 for help finding a job, dial 4 for a prayer, etc. I figured they were all going to be recorded messages. I went ahead and dialed 4, I thought it would be pretty funny to hear some random prayer. Well, lo and behold, someone answered the phone! I was silent for a good 5 seconds, I was so surprised. Finally I managed to say something like "uh, hi, I was just calling for a prayer." The dude didn't miss a beat, he gave me a nice 20-second generic prayer about how God is great and faith is love, or something.
Anyway, it's still crazy to me that you can dial a random number at a pay phone in Shenandoah National Park to get a credit card.
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...but not crazy to be able to dial for help getting a job? But seriously, that is a hilarious story. Don't forget to visit Pig, Ky. if you head to the Mammoth Cave area. It's not quite as good as the payphone story but I suspect the BBQ is better.
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Wow didn’t know payphones still existed... need to inform Superman so he has a place to change his clothes
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Thank you for the ride, ChewbaccaZ and the potato option! ^^
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I need to know why he made me so handsome :(
It's just a joke about a recent post, please don't take it personally.
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