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[–] Beacon@fedia.io 121 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

But they never said they don't care about pronouns. In fact they have very strongly stated that they extremely do care about pronouns

[–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 3 weeks ago

Twitter: set up strawman; knock it down. Gain followers. Rinse, repeat.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

True, the one I always think was strange was when I was 6? I had a 1st grade teacher that was adamant we addressed her and others by the correct form of Ms/Miss/Mrs.

I was 6, I shouldn't have to care at all which adults are romantically involved nor which government documents theyve signed.

[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 weeks ago

Their insecurities not only live rent free in their head, they've turned the whole place into a slum for stupid ideas

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 2 points 3 weeks ago

FR I thought the meme was maybe some sort of anti-christian-trans meme like some sort of church for trans out there would hypothetically get peeved about God's pronouns specifically?

Pure fever dream nonsense.

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[–] square@lemmy.zip 46 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Ask them how big God's dick is. Tell them you're serious. Make then explain how that's a ridiculous question. Then ask them: if God's gender identity isn't tied to genitals, why do they insist on doing it?

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Could God microwave ~~a burrito~~ his penis so hot that not even he couldn't eat it?

Edit: her penis.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago

Could God's dick be so big, that he himself could not lift it? Then he is not all powerful.

[–] BigDiction@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] 5765313496@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Mmm-hmm, oh yeah, me too. (Umm... what song?)

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 33 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

I've seen God, and she was black.

[–] QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

AMEN. 😤😤😤

[–] Redditmodstouchgrass@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago

I've seen God, and I swear on my life he was a black man driving a Cadillac.

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

She looks and sounds just like Whoopi Goldberg.

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[–] MML@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I think prefixing Christian god is better. Every time "well thank Christian god you're alright", just subtly remind them there's other religions, they don't like that

[–] hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago

I'm not under your god's jurisdiction.

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[–] Murse@slrpnk.net 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (8 children)

The character of god is basically the ultimate shape shifter. For a being capable of shaping reality with just a thought, I gotta think such a being would be in a pretty constant phase of modifying itself, not just it's reality.

"He" vs "she" doesn't even scratch the tip of the iceberg when you look at god's arsenal of gender and sex characteristics - just look at some of the crazy shit it put here on earth. And I mean all of it, from the familiar dangly bits in our own pants to like a lizard's cloaca, to pollinators, etc.

You know the whole "biblically accurate angel" spiel with the trippy shifting eyes? I gotta think god's junk is a similar kaleidoscopic amalgamation of scrotums, clitorises, corkscrew duck penises, pollen, etc; all covered with a hefty amount of pubic hair and buckets of mucous.

 

Amen.

[–] Enkrod@feddit.org 4 points 3 weeks ago

The created God is indeed the ultimate shapeshifter. They can be whatever those who imagine them imagine then as.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

GOD IS genderless though, but evangelicals think its a MAN. several movies had made it a woman, to troll how stupid these people are.

they got upset about how angels are not masculinized, like god they are technically genderless, only not within a host.

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[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Did that unknowingly when I was a teen, wondered why it is a he, can't be a she because we are talking about a spirit basically.

[–] Lyrl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Like many languages, languages of the Bible like Hebrew and Greek have grammatical genders. The aspect of God that smites things is grammatically male. The aspect of God that conveys spiritual strength - usually translated as "the Holy Spirit" - is grammatically female. Progressive movements of Protestantism and Judaism see God as both genders: one of the two creation stories in Genesis states God created man AND woman in his image. The focus on the male aspect of God, and the second creation story in Genesis with the rib thing, is a conservative movement hang-up and not a general religion thing.

[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 5 points 3 weeks ago

Of course the male part just smites things...

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[–] mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Look I think religion is stupid but so is this strawman feelgoodsy argument. So disappointing.

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[–] Xerxos@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago

They/them would be more accurate since the god from the Bible is a mixture of different bronze age gods. Did you notice how God is something shown as bloodthirsty and sometimes as benevolent? That is because they took myths and stories from different gods.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago

God says right in the bible that they are enby.

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The true god cares not what your fleshy bits or squishy bits say is your pronouns. The true god only cares how many dreadnought rated artillery cannons are plugged directly into your brainstem.

I serve the Omnissiah.

[–] Furbag@pawb.social 9 points 3 weeks ago

The flesh is weak, but steel endures.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago

I used to do exactly this when referring to the generic all-being (as opposed to the Abrahamic god who has a history and a feminine consort), since biological sex is specific to individual species. Also, the X-gamete is the default. The Y-gamete is a weird shortened appendix.

Technically, they/them would be more appropriate in this gender-conscious era. It works better for the holy trinity as well, but that's a post-biblical addition to the Christian dogma.

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (23 children)

I mean, Roman Catholicism and offshoots have a "main God" which was just a Nazarene man so calling him a woman is at least just inaccurate. The Creator, the one Jesus prayed to, has no sex (even if He is used often, although They is used as well), being a somewhat incomprehensible being and not a sexually reproducing, dimorphic animal, lol.

[–] HostilePasta@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

In the mythology he can't be a man, he never received a Y chromosome from Joseph. Maybe he received that from the father-god? Or he was XO (Turner Syndrome). Could Jesus have been biologically/reproductively female but used male pronouns? Was Jesus trans? Based if true.

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Lol, I'm sure the Creator, who made everything, can type in some Y chromosome into us, His little free-willed sims. Jesus was a righteous and selfless anti-imperialist (and proto-feminist/"egalitarian" as well), he gave his life for the cause, and that's all that matters in the end. 🤷‍♂️

[–] cavitationfetishist2@quokk.au 4 points 3 weeks ago

He gets bonus points of trans or intersex though. Standard difficulty multiplier.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Does it matter? They'll care.

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It matters because it's less critical of the creed and more of people being (selectively?) illiterate and intellectually lazy misogynistic dumbasses!

[–] PapaStevesy@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (23 children)

Tbf, followers being illiterate, intellectually-lazy, misogynistic dumbasses is one of the biggest problems with modern Christianity, I think the ridicule is deserved.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

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[–] DannyMac@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] MrNobody@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

Amen brother.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

This reminds me I was stopped in the street by someone explaining some newer Korean Christian based religio/sect which believes that there are two images of God, the father and the mother, as humans were created in God's image. I think it is this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Mission_Society_Church_of_God

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