The older I get the weirder it gets to me that grown adults have an imaginary friend who tells them to be bigoted.
If I had an imaginary friend I would want it to be like Scorpio in Farscape. Someone who could give me insights I didn’t think of, someone to bounce ideas off of, and maybe turn on painkillers in situations where I need one.
The older I get the weirder it gets to me that grown adults have an imaginary friend who tells them to be bigoted.
I honestly see it the other way around: bigots find sanctuary in places where critical thought is absent from the conversation. Its easier to push any agenda you want if the dogma is to take your leadership’s word on faith alone. Being “religious” and invoking the name of god is being used here like a cheat code to get access to hearts and minds.
If I had an imaginary friend I would want it to be like Scorpio in Farscape. Someone who could give me insights I didn’t think of, someone to bounce ideas off of, and maybe turn on painkillers in situations where I need one.
Sorry that’s not really possible. There is an alternative: mild schizophrenia for the company and dissociative disorder for the pain are the best we can do around here.
Agreed completely, particularly on the first paragraph.
I seriously doubt anybody has ever been a compassionate friend to all people, then one day was innocently reading their Bible like a Good Person, and turned into a raging bigot once they read something about a man not laying with a man as they would a woman, abomination, etc.
The religion is just an enforcement mechanism. When Junior starts thinking that just because gay sex seems icky to him personally, maybe it doesn’t make those people evil and unwelcome? Nope, gotta remind him that his icky feelings have the ultra-triple-dog-infinity-plus-infinity stamp of approval! SEARCH YOUR FEELINGS, JUNIOR! YOU KNOW IT TO BE TRUE!
Because Jesus was all about love and acceptance of your fellow humans.
Except when he was rebuking a person for having leprosy, wouldn’t heal a child until her mother groveled at his feet and called herself a racial slur, specifically told people that he would be an instrument of strife and anger, and spoke in parables so that people would not understand and go to hell. Here is a fun fact, every single time Jesus is mentioned in Matthew with more than one other person in the scene someone has a sword. I get it, you cherry picked a bit of John and Luke but if you sit down and read the thing cover-to-cover he is totally different.
Oh should we also mention Paul? You know the other guy in the NT. The man who gets credit for about 60% of the text. Tell me what did he say about what happens to gay people again or people who don’t give enough charity or who enjoy sex.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
New King James Version
9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor [a]homosexuals, nor [b]sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were [c]sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
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Footnotes
1 Corinthians 6:9 catamites, those submitting to homosexuals
1 Corinthians 6:9 male homosexuals
1 Corinthians 6:11 set apart
Why? It changes nothing. The Bible is against homosexuality and it is one of the few things it is consistent on. Who cares that some King who wanted a different translation was bisexual? It won’t make the text not say what it says.
You know it wasn’t even the first English language translation of the thing?
What? All she has is looks and paranoia. Mind Scorpio is freaken smart, can override pain signals, and wake you up from a concussion to save your life. Plus he wears a Hawaiian shirt over BDSM leather somehow making it work.
The Scorpius in John’s head was caused by a neural chip that Real!Scorpius implanted. That’s the one that kept trying to betray John, because his goal was to get the wormhole technology and give it to Real!Scorpius. John eventually has the chip removed but an echo of Scorpius was left in his brain, who John learns he can summon at will. This echo learns than he likes living and that helping John is the best way to do that, so eventually they start cooperating.
The older I get the weirder it gets to me that grown adults have an imaginary friend who tells them to be bigoted.
If I had an imaginary friend I would want it to be like Scorpio in Farscape. Someone who could give me insights I didn’t think of, someone to bounce ideas off of, and maybe turn on painkillers in situations where I need one.
I honestly see it the other way around: bigots find sanctuary in places where critical thought is absent from the conversation. Its easier to push any agenda you want if the dogma is to take your leadership’s word on faith alone. Being “religious” and invoking the name of god is being used here like a cheat code to get access to hearts and minds.
Sorry that’s not really possible. There is an alternative: mild schizophrenia for the company and dissociative disorder for the pain are the best we can do around here.
Agreed completely, particularly on the first paragraph.
I seriously doubt anybody has ever been a compassionate friend to all people, then one day was innocently reading their Bible like a Good Person, and turned into a raging bigot once they read something about a man not laying with a man as they would a woman, abomination, etc.
The religion is just an enforcement mechanism. When Junior starts thinking that just because gay sex seems icky to him personally, maybe it doesn’t make those people evil and unwelcome? Nope, gotta remind him that his icky feelings have the ultra-triple-dog-infinity-plus-infinity stamp of approval! SEARCH YOUR FEELINGS, JUNIOR! YOU KNOW IT TO BE TRUE!
Detective Miller from the expanse…doors and corners…sorry been listening to the audio books.
Always check your doors and corners.
Such a great series
Know what I haven’t done yet? Re-read those books. I should do something about that.
Listening to the audiobooks right now, they’re great
It’s funny, because their imaginary friend explicitly tells them not to be hateful bigots. Many times
They don’t actually belive in God. They just need an excuse to be shitty people because they know damn well they’re shitty people.
Disagree. You can find plenty of scriptures that pushes for bigotry judgemental viewpoints
In the old testament or new testament? Because Jesus was all about love and acceptance of your fellow humans.
You can’t be a Christian and say that you hate people because you’re a Christian.
Except when he was rebuking a person for having leprosy, wouldn’t heal a child until her mother groveled at his feet and called herself a racial slur, specifically told people that he would be an instrument of strife and anger, and spoke in parables so that people would not understand and go to hell. Here is a fun fact, every single time Jesus is mentioned in Matthew with more than one other person in the scene someone has a sword. I get it, you cherry picked a bit of John and Luke but if you sit down and read the thing cover-to-cover he is totally different.
Oh should we also mention Paul? You know the other guy in the NT. The man who gets credit for about 60% of the text. Tell me what did he say about what happens to gay people again or people who don’t give enough charity or who enjoy sex.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 New King James Version 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor [a]homosexuals, nor [b]sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were [c]sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.
Read full chapter Footnotes 1 Corinthians 6:9 catamites, those submitting to homosexuals 1 Corinthians 6:9 male homosexuals 1 Corinthians 6:11 set apart
You might want to look up the sexuality of the King James behind the New King James Version.
Why? It changes nothing. The Bible is against homosexuality and it is one of the few things it is consistent on. Who cares that some King who wanted a different translation was bisexual? It won’t make the text not say what it says.
You know it wasn’t even the first English language translation of the thing?
I’m well aware of the history. It’s a garbage translation, and the passages quoted above are one of the things that make it garbage.
The fuck
Hmm?
Personally I’d rather have Six from BSG than Scorpius if I’m given options for a guest in my head.
What? All she has is looks and paranoia. Mind Scorpio is freaken smart, can override pain signals, and wake you up from a concussion to save your life. Plus he wears a Hawaiian shirt over BDSM leather somehow making it work.
Didn’t imaginary Scorpy still keep trying to get John to turn himself in or get himself killed?
It’s been a while since I’ve seen the show.
The Hawaiian shirt gag is never not funny though, that’s just the truth.
He did for a while and then he sorta went rogue and betrayed Scropy prime. If I remember correctly.
The Scorpius in John’s head was caused by a neural chip that Real!Scorpius implanted. That’s the one that kept trying to betray John, because his goal was to get the wormhole technology and give it to Real!Scorpius. John eventually has the chip removed but an echo of Scorpius was left in his brain, who John learns he can summon at will. This echo learns than he likes living and that helping John is the best way to do that, so eventually they start cooperating.
Oh, and John named him “Harvey.”
Yeps. Sorry been years since I watched it. That’s what I want, can someone sell me that? I could offload some work to it.
It’s probably getting close to time for a re-watch, I’ve forgotten a lot of details.
Yes, Harvey, I forgot about that hilarious bit. Chriton was at his best when he was crazy 🤪
And then back again after his “death”.
That show was wild, and I love it.
Hey I just had an idea for something much better than Neurolink Musk bullshit idea.
What about bing bong?