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Perhaps you might have misunderstood my post?
The key word in my post was "know" (in "I do not know of this alleged god ..."). Yes, I am aware of claims about it, and have read about it, but I do not know of it in the sense that I have no direct personal experiences with it.
You cannot tell from any English version what is a command and what is not.I do not see it as a command at all. Why command someone to do what they want to do anyway. No It is permission, not command. It is God telling them he approves.
There was no intent to belittle.So what was the point of your post then and how did it relate to the post you quoted? Was the idea simply to belittle the religious beliefs of others and get a chance to call the Christian's God "it"?
There was no intent to belittle.
My post to jayem was a statement of fact that I do not know, and of surprise that jayem, listed as an Atheist, would write in a way which suggested that he believes in the Christian God.
I'm sorry to hear that. But do you need to take it out on us?
In the biological sense, there is only one purpose of any individual's life. And that's to reproduce. To get his/her DNA into subsequent generations as often as possible.
You cannot tell from any English version what is a command and what is not.
In the Hebrew it is a command. It has been recognized by Rabbis as such for well over 2000 years.
From the Chabad website:
The first mitzvah [command] in the Torah is "to be fruitful and multiply." As the verse in Genesis1 states: "And G‑d said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth...'" After the Flood, G‑d repeated this commandment to Noah: "And G‑d blessed Noah and his sons, and He said to them: 'Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.'"
Enjoyed, because life has no meaning.
"Life isn't just to be endured, it's to be enjoyed."
Gordon B.Hinckley
For some reason your post reminds me of this parable; the extreme competition in this world is killing everyone (the exponential increase in the population adds to the competitiveness):It is the enjoyment of life that is killing us, in the west. Most of the world is dying because they cannot endure.
An investment banker was at the pier of a small Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The banker complimented the fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.
The fisherman replied, “only a little while." The banker then asked why didn’t he stay out longer and catch more fish? The fisherman said he had enough to support his family’s immediate needs. The banker then asked, “but what do you do with the rest of your time?”
The fisherman fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siestas with my wife, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine, and play guitar with my amigos. I have a full and busy life.” The banker scoffed, “I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat. With the proceeds from the bigger boat, you could buy several boats, eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing, and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and eventually New York City, where you will run your expanding enterprise.”
The fisherman fisherman asked, “But, how long will this all take?”
To which the banker replied, “15 – 20 years.”
“But what then?” Asked the fisherman.
The banker laughed and said, “That’s the best part. When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions!”
“Millions – then what?”
The banker said, “Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siestas with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos.”
Same reason there's celibacy. We've evolved brains that can override our instincts.
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