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hunter

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9. The cruel and capricious god of the creationists was on a real bender when he built man...

Reply to erronis (Original post)

Mon Apr 13, 2026, 11:02 AM

Yesterday

... and was so hungover the next morning he couldn't get any work done and had to rest.

Modeling one's god after a misogynistic homophobic authoritarian anti-intellectual mean-drunk father was always a bad idea.

The only way to sustain such a religion is to hammer a child's natural curiosity out of them and raise them in ignorance.

Even then, some of them will rebel.

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The human body isn't a masterpiece of design. It's a patchwork of evolutionary compromise [View all] erronis Saturday OP

If it was a masterpiece or intelligently designed, I would have 4 arms so's I could open the door with my keys 3Hotdogs Saturday #1

LOL. I laugh because your example was exactly what happened to me yesterday Redleg Saturday #5

Knees are inherently defective; they are easily damaged and wear out quickly. Ocelot II Saturday #2

My husband has hereditary hemochromatosis which was an evolutionary development Ritabert Saturday #3

Explains why we have appendixes.. Permanut Saturday #4

Proof that it wasn't Intelligent Design: SCantiGOP Saturday #6

Or that mystical designer had an "interesting" sense of humor. erronis Saturday #8

"Evolution does not aim for perfection..." Wounded Bear Saturday #7

The cruel and capricious god of the creationists was on a real bender when he built man... hunter Yesterday #9

Perfect: "Modeling one's god after a misogynistic homophobic authoritarian anti-intellectual mean-drunk father ..." erronis Yesterday #10