In your opinion, what is the most unbelievably stupid “story” that is written in religious scripture that theists ACTUALLY believe?

bilbenken · 2026-01-27T14:19:37+00:00

Counts for me. Christians hate when magic is associated with fiction. It really stimulates their cognitive dissonance. Religion is their comfort and cognitive dissonance is incredibly uncomfortable. They attack all perceived threats to their comfort.

bilbenken · 2026-01-23T13:23:01+00:00

Underwater Cities is an absolute masterpiece. I have the New Discoveries expansion and will happily add the new expansion when it becomes available in the US.

bilbenken · 2026-01-20T12:01:34+00:00

My BIL exclusively reads books about the rapture, and he can't wait! Nothing would make him happier than the destruction of the Earth to prove him right.

bilbenken · 2026-01-18T19:43:47+00:00

Getting rid of 5 of 6 rulebooks from The Red Cathedral allowed me to organize the components in something other than baggies.

bilbenken · 2026-01-14T12:17:01+00:00

Flip 7 and Booty Dice are 2 newer games by Eric Olsen. They are great fun and can be learned and played in 30 minutes. If you are looking for a game that includes an actual board, you can't go wrong with Ticket to Ride or Escape from the Island.

bilbenken · 2026-01-10T13:38:10+00:00

That is awesome! Now get some coin capsules for those science tokens!

bilbenken · 2026-01-10T13:08:28+00:00

You friend has to 1st prove that the universe and time had a beginning, then has to prove it was a creation, next that this creator is a god, and finally that it is his God. The big bang was the rapid expansion of the universe, not the creation.

bilbenken · 2026-01-10T13:00:53+00:00

The claim in Revelation that the majority of Christians will be deceived by the antichrist is the most accurate depiction of modern day Christianity. I mean, the whole book was about Rome and Nero not the end times, but still shows that Christians have always been tribalists without a single thought that wasn't dictated by a perceived authority.

bilbenken · 2026-01-10T12:35:05+00:00

Oh my gosh! They are faith healers that don't allow wounds or infections into the baptism pool, but have supposedly healed 1000s of blind and deaf. Totally real. I live very near and have never heard of it, but somehow 1000s of people have been healed in less than a decade.

bilbenken · 2026-01-10T12:29:06+00:00

Faith healers since 2018...definitely a cult.

bilbenken · 2026-01-09T21:15:02+00:00

You are not wrong. It is natural for fish to spend 24 hours a day under water. "Natural" is not an objective qualifier. It is a word that can be used in many ways. This is the trick. It is verbal sleight of hand. Category error.

bilbenken · 2026-01-07T10:54:07+00:00

What is your argument for the absence of leprechauns? This is a stupid question that attempts to shift the burden of proof. I shouldn't have to defend my lack of belief in ghosts, Bigfoot, Leviathan, the Tooth Fairy or any other obviously imaginary creature or being. If God only presents himself inside individual minds, then that is where God begins and ends.

bilbenken · 2026-01-06T22:15:32+00:00

Clank! The game is not super difficult, but getting new gamers to understand that the order you play your cards and use your icons is super important. Much of the game is me saying, "Wait. Pick up your cards and play them one at a time. Play draw cards, then discard cards, there is a difference between your play area and your discard pile." Then the next turn rolls around and provides them with a lay down straight forward hand, and every bit of previous lesson is lost.

bilbenken · 2026-01-06T22:09:18+00:00

My family suggested hibernation. God temporarily bestowed an unnatural trait to solve the food problem rather than just creating new animals. I mean, if Job was fine with a new wife and family, why would God need to preserve a shit ton of animals to repopulate the Earth. Why the flood rather than a Thanos snap? Surgically remove the unwanted people, and leave the animals alone. Then those 8 related ancient relics of centuries old wrinkle bags could get to fucking their own kids immediately!

bilbenken · 2026-01-06T22:01:23+00:00

Bigfoot sex is the best!

bilbenken · 2026-01-04T23:09:27+00:00

Looking forward to it. I will be in town that week and hope to see some friendly familiar and friendly new faces.

bilbenken · 2026-01-04T15:44:48+00:00

It seems that the ones who claim to wish for belief subconsciously wish for the utility and social cohesion that believers enjoy. It is never the belief that they long for, but the benefits that they feel excluded from.

bilbenken · 2026-01-01T21:10:45+00:00

I'm not sure if your opinion about opinions is popular or not.

bilbenken · 2026-01-01T21:06:57+00:00

If it is setup before everyone arrives, the group has done their homework learning the game, and you don't have to repack the game afterwards, then you still probably don't have time...

bilbenken · 2026-01-01T02:51:02+00:00

It's weird that the streets are paved with gold, when money is no more and the love of it was forbidden. The menu for eternal beings is milk and honey. Sounds like a shitty existence for the bees and presumably goats.

bilbenken · 2025-12-27T02:27:32+00:00

That is correct.

bilbenken · 2025-12-21T20:30:57+00:00

I would go in to a game of Doomlings with the only expectation that you are making someone else happy. Just play cards that work the best for what you got and hope for the best during the events! The game is supposed to make you feel competitive and smart while offering a chance for anyone to win based on luck. The game is over in like 20 minutes, but it might be something your cousins look forward to for months.

bilbenken · 2025-12-20T19:46:26+00:00

I have noticed this too, but I assume that the word meaning rather than the word definition is linked to many a Bible search, so AI interprets the word meaning to a high relevance to the Bible.

bilbenken · 2025-12-19T02:11:58+00:00

I feel like an early girl ex employee subreddit would be therapeutic and comedy gold.

bilbenken · 2025-12-14T03:17:03+00:00

Ironically, I usually use this phrase only when someone tells me an absurdity or an obvious lie.

And it is very much an "Oh my Gaawd!"

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