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I'm sorry if this sounds condescending, and I don't mean to interfere with the spirit of this thread, but I notice posters so far referring to God as a "he." In addition to where you found your belief in him, so to speak, where did you find your conception of God as a dude?
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^^^edit: can we maybe get a hint about what aspect of that experience was religious?The Kingfish posted:It's debatable. Especially when you consider the desirability of population growth and the traditional necessity (now largely obsolete) of sexual specialization of the workforce. Nonetheless, it's probably helped the priesthood's numbers. IIRC, tribal cultures have/had special jobs for people who didn't fit the standard man/woman roles, which I will simplify to shaman, and I imagine the (celibate) priest role has served that purpose for a great deal of Western history, and probably still does in some communities. Yeah this topic is a bit of a tangent, but maybe there are Christians who interpret someone's homosexuality as a message from God that being a celibate priest is a good path or destiny for that person. I mean, that's probably how I'd rationalize it if I were a Christian. Stinky_Pete fucked around with this message at 22:14 on Jun 10, 2016 |
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