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2010-01-13
From Genesis 9:8-17 God talks about promises and rainbows. Nine verses. He repeats himself several times saying talking about rainbows in the sky, promises of rainbows, rainbows and clouds and promises. Where did God get this rainbow fetish? He probably really likes unicorns, gumdrops, and puppies and puts Lisa Frank stickers on his kitten covered Trapper Keeper.
Scientists have a good understanding of how rainbows work, thanks to pioneering studies by Isaac Newton and René Descartes. As light enters into a droplet of water in the air, it refracts—upon reaching the back of the droplet, the light reflects back out. This process separates the visible light spectrum enough to see the various colors of white light, creating the attractive phenomenon we call a rainbow. Anything that acts as a prism will do the same thing. The truth is that rainbows have been around since the beginning of the universe; they were not a "sorry I drowned your grandparents" apology note from God.
But once again, we need to put ourselves in the shoes of a person from the Bronze Age who didn't know anything about the physics of light. In order to feel comfortable with the phenomenon, these tribal folk felt the need to create a tremendous story about the rainbow's origin, in the same way that various tribes create stories for the origin of animals and gods.
Quazar's dialog is an homage to Jim Henson.
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Uncle Jellyfish writes:
| It's sort of ironic that God supposedly created the internation symbol for homosexuality, and yet his followers are so strongly against it. Oh well. |
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Ray writes:
| @Uncle Jellyfish: That it is. Also, IIRC("If I remember correctly".), rainbows are actually ring shaped, except most people don't realize this because in most places, the horizon prevents you from seeing the bottom half. Either way though, the rainbow as an apology is BS(Pardon the profanity.) since if God does exist, it has already killed plenty of people via natural disasters. But of course, it doesn't and so hooray: We don't have an invisible murderous old psycho watching over planning to kill us while masquerading as someone benevolent!! |
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just me writes:
| Tomorrow in The Bible:
How god created Fata Morgana as an apology for accidentally stepping on the Tower of Babilon. |
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MONISHA writes:
| I am from bangladesh!
Lalalalala.......I aint gonna coment on bible though |
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TheAlmightyGuru writes:
| Uncle Jellyfish: God just hasn't come out of the closet... yet!
Ray: You're right about the ring shape; another thing Bronze Age people wouldn't know.
just me: Wow, I'd never even heard of that phenomena before!
MONISHA: Um... how is Bangladesh this time of year? |
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Mr-know-it-all writes:
| Yeah, you know how the closeted homosexuals are (usually) the most beligerant homophobics? YHWH tops the list.
That being said, I like better the norse rainbow mith. The rainbow for them was a bridge, leading from Midgard (the real world) to Asgard (where the gods lived - at least most of the worshipped ones). |
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TBman256 writes:
| was Jesus gay? because every prayer he said ended with "AH...MEN" |
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Amber writes:
| I love that song! I also like unicorns, kittens, rainbows, and Lisa Frank. But I'm not gay, just a girl. :-) |
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MONISHA writes:
| To-The Special AlmightyGuru
Now its cold..but not snowing though (It doesnt snow here)....but cold....*Shivering*
*Continues to sing LALALALA once more* |
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The Almighty Monisha writes:
| WOW... I am more famous than THEALLMIGHTYGURU I mean he asked me (a thirteen year old girly) a question about weather. I shall publish this on the Prothomalo papers(Thats bangla for 1st Sunshine pappers) right away! LOLZ
Pls reply
Sincerely
MONISHA! |
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Kim writes:
| I don't think God is gay, because there's only one of him he claims. But he is apparently a female to male transsexual, since he was originally a she and changed. |
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