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Ken Ham puts colored lights on his ark in bid to ‘take back’ rainbows from gay people

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CoolOff

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It's time for a FABULOUS ARK RAVE.

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So in the ol' Old Testament over there, God finally stopped the floods and cleared the skies of dark clouds and presented a rainbow to Noah and the only other living creatures left on the planet to remind them that they are all safe and can now all live in peace and harmony, together on earth.

Basically rainbow was a symbol of peace and life and well... most importantly unity, inclusivity etc.

And this giant donut of a guy is basically is acknowledging all that, but is still somehow angry Because the rainbow being a modern day icon in the LGTB community to represent essentially, same thing it represents in Genesis. Peace, love and unity.
 

firehawk12

Subete no aware
I never understood how these Christians could accept what amounts to incest, since it's like Noah and his sons somehow creating the population of the entire world.
Is the rainbow meant to celebrate that?
 
"The rainbow stands as a poignant reminder that God keeps His promises. Despite the wickedness in the world, God has not sent another global Flood to destroy all flesh."

This might be the most unintentionally hilarious thing I've ever read.
 
So uh, before God created the rainbow for Noah, did sunsets work? Same physics.

"By God's Grace they just did" would be the answer you're given. When you're dealing with Apologetics like Ham, they'll go to any length to defend their literal interpretation of the Bible. If the Bible said 1+1=3, they'd bend over backwards to defend it and prove it true, even if it flies in the face of reality. Putting the weight on God is their version of fantasy writers "it's magic, I don't have to explain it".

Wait. I thought Ken Ham was the guy in the red sweater who wasn't entirely decided on whether he should vote for Trump or for Hillary, and became a meme for a while?

I tried to look up "fat guy who supports trump", but all I'm getting is a picture of Chris Christie with a box of Steak-Umm's shoved down his mouth.

Ken Bone is the guy you're thinking of. Ken Ham is a Christian Apologetic who looks like the missing link between human and ape. I mean look at the guy!

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gofreak

GAF's Bob Woodward
I love how that's all framed as like, a bad thing?

Having been around some conservative religious folk this is no surprise. But it was surprising when I first came across it. Individual freedom, choice and autonomy are treated like dirty words. As far as they're concerned there's a divine social order/heirarchy and freedom means freedom from government interference in that. If you don't fit their simplistic social molds, it's not that you're honouring your nature, you're *choosing* to openly defy god. Pride in your difference? Please.
 

RSP

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But the rainbow itself wasn’t designed to be a symbol of the Christian God. Odin created this beautiful, colorful phenomenon and designated it as a burning rainbow bridge that reaches between Midgard and Asgard, the realm of the gods.

Sadly, people ignore what Odin intended the rainbow to represent and proudly build rainbow-colored boats in defiance of Odin’s gift to mankind. Because of this, many Pagans shy away from using the rainbow colors. But the rainbow was a symbol of Odin’s promises before the Christian movement—and will continue to be after that movement has ended. As Pagans, we need to take the rainbow back and teach our young people its true meaning.
 

jiiikoo

Banned
"By God's Grace they just did" would be the answer you're given. When you're dealing with Apologetics like Ham, they'll go to any length to defend their literal interpretation of the Bible. If the Bible said 1+1=3, they'd bend over backwards to defend it and prove it true, even if it flies in the face of reality. Putting the weight on God is their version of fantasy writers "it's magic, I don't have to explain it".



Ken Bone is the guy you're thinking of. Ken Ham is a Christian Apologetic who looks like the missing link between human and ape. I mean look at the guy!

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Wow. Imagine they had a child together. Ken 2.0 Hambone.
 
I never understood how these Christians could accept what amounts to incest, since it's like Noah and his sons somehow creating the population of the entire world.
Is the rainbow meant to celebrate that?

The story of Lot, which is the one with Sodom and Gomorrah that's often cited by evangelicals to explain why god hates gays, includes a passage wherein his daughters get him drunk so they can fuck him and conceive children.

There's a lot of cherry-picking that happens when looking for "morals" in Biblical stories.
 

*Splinter

Member
In recent times the rainbow (albeit with some different colors) has come to represent something far different.
So has this guy never seen a rainbow? Or does he trust the Bible (or wherever the fuck he got this from) over his own eyes?

and will continue to be after that movement has ended.
And that's just fucking sinister.
 

DavidDesu

Member
These fucking people.

If there truly is a higher being I hope when these people reach the gates he makes sure they understand just how poorly they interpreted what he means by loving thy neighbour, forgiveness etc. Human delusion knows no bounds though when you can pick and choose what you want from your supposedly sacred religion to fit with your own personal biases and xenophobia.
 

ahoyhoy

Unconfirmed Member
This is the sort of Christian who thinks that the Bible takes a severe turn for the worse when that sap Jesus shows up.

Yeah that Jesus stuff played really well with converting a bunch of poor slaves, hookers and housewives back in Roman times with its message of love, equality and redemption for all.

But since there's nothing involving Jesus that can be used to snatch up power and enslave the masses, fuck him!
 

Henkka

Banned
I'm ok with it until he said the idea was to "take back" the rainbow from lgbt people. Way to make a bunch of pretty lights into something petty and mean-spirited.
 

Biske

Member
It's....pretty complicated to be honest. It's like trying to explain Calculus to a 1st grader. There are some things you just don't tell someone till they are ready.

Also, not exactly true on the planet part. But this is neither the time nor place for it haha.

Ah but there is the rub. The church as a whole is clearly super uncomfortable with the Kolob stuff and don't go into very clear details about it and let whatever random teacher or neighborhood weirdo teach whatever they want about it, so as an average kid you end up with a Hodge podge of "facts" about it


When in reality the church is just too embarrassed to talk about it and would rather forget it because it makes them look bad, which in the end is more important than what their supposed god says.
 

Audioboxer

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That's quite a gay ark.

It is the gay ark. I challenge someone to try and top it.

Ham's tax payer money that went towards its $102 million* costs clearly have now been for a good cause. To celebrate the LGBT community with the gayest ark mankind will ever see! We gotta jam with the Ham and realize his brilliant ploy. He's played his flock like a fiddle.

*Yes that is how much it cost, and yes, a large chunk of taxpayer money was used.
 
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