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[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

"Pedophilia" is a psychological term, not a legal one. Perhaps you are looking for "rape."

Treating "pedophile" as a synonym for "child molester" is like treating "schizophrenic" as a synonym for "axe murder". Using psychological conditions as slurs and everyday metaphors is harmful.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (9 children)

You could have just not said that.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

not how that works

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

ha ha ha ha ha ha riiiiight good one bernie

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's very interesting. I've never heard about that. I'll take a dig sometime soon. An example of dogma changing to suit practical needs. Would be good to know the conditions that are necessary for that to happen.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

... they become like angels.

In the sense that they no longer have sexual or romantic urges, would be my reading of that passage. Angels have no belly buttons!

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 days ago

hell, which is supposedly just lonely infinite darkness away from the presence of God

So, "days ending in a Y"

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

Fascinating. Classism, in heaven. Work yourself to death so that you can enjoy a better neighbourhood of heaven than your neighbour.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Minimize it all you like, but no one ever started a bloody war over "Encounter at Hotpoint". Yes, all human culture is alike in some ways. Very clever observation. I think you will find that most of the people engaged in this discussion are not even Christian. It's still significant and meaningful, if not to us personally, to the world we exist in.

This is one of the more interesting, informative and respectful discussions I have seen in a few days. Why shit on it. The age of edgy Internet atheism has passed. It's okay just to BE an atheist now. No one is coming for you. You can stop fighting.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Many Christians cremate.

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