What kind of god doesn't have a penis? That goes against thousands of years of sun god/sky god tradition going all the way back to Akhenaten! How dare this senile old fart contradict tradition?

It was represented only by the sun's Disk, not by any human analog. Yes, I am an Egyptology nerd.

But the Vatican will be bodily extruding fired-clay building materials.

just because they're like that. The speed by which the whole thing was overturned was amazing, multiple gods of both sexes making much more sense to the ancients than some formless top god did. It had still been a sun/sky god and of course the Hebrews decided to make it male as they went along with the basic idea.

That's the fanciest way I've ever seen - to convey the shitting of bricks!

that style points count.

--learning how to call a spade a leveraged tactile feedback geomass delivery system. You win the internet!

I've read 30,000 years but not sure it's been that long. The first known depiction of a deity is the Venus of Willendorf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_of_Willendorf

It's not like anybody thinks there is a physical body adorned with genitalia.

I mean...no penis had to enter Mary to create Jesus!

Mary was a good liar.

One of their own comes back with a message from God and they shut their minds and keep on going

Repent.

Shocking.

So did you...

She met Jesus.

This priest's account is equally unconvincing.

By a weird coincidence, I dreamt of my father being in a heaven like place where he was helping a black woman prepare a banquet. My earthly father was a good man, and best described as an agnostic I would suppose. He didn't believe in any kind of afterlife. The woman was giving him something to do (setting the table) to help him get acclimatized to his new reality. In life he wasnt a raging sexist or racist, but he did somewhat consider both these groups as somewhat beneath him. For him to be 'taking orders, gentle though those orders were" I find highly amusing.

Welcome to DU!

Good to have you with us! That's a very cool story! This whole thread is great! I'm thoroughly enjoying it - whether it's true or not. Gives you something intriguing to think about, and some of the posts here are solid gold-pressed latinum!!!

Was it a qualification or a preference for the position applied for? Was she interviewed? What was her first day at work like? Did the staff give her unqualified support? Bring her coffee?

Was it the right Career Move for her? Did she get a good pay package? Golden Parachute? Is there a generous retirement plan? Company car? Is there a board of directors to answer to? Who did she replace?

no freaking way

I don't blame Mother Nature for a minute.

Or maybe he's the First Divine Dude?

one 72 year old virgin???

*Holy* Shit!

So much credibility here, you guys. So much.

(BTW, stock photos don't prove or disprove anything, necessarily. )

Pulse.ng

A satire site.

http://worldnewsdailyreport.com/catholic-priest-who-died-for-48-minutes-claims-that-god-is-a-woman/

But I guess it was at least decent satire, so no harm done.

LUCAS 2? Holy shit is right. Never heard of this, I wonder if it is like what they do during open heart surgery?

Next to the DNR on my chest I need NO LUCAS 2 now!

Near-Death and After-Death Experiences, although they are, even today, routinely brushed off by the mainstream scientific community(as well as many, many Fundamentalists who believe that 99.9% of these experiences are actually just "works of the Devil" intended to deceive Bible-fearing Christians), are truly fascinating because they present some rather profound questions.....and perhaps insights.....as to not only if consciousness truly is more than just random chemical processes, but also if "mind-brain"; and what's amazing to me is, so much of the most objective evidence that *does* exist(not to mention the vast piles of subjective evidence!) is rather strongly pointing to not only "mind =/= brain", but also, to some sort of survival of consciousness after death.

I think what's bit sad about this, is that it will likely take many years for the mainstream scientific community to come around to look at these things with a truly open mind.....but I do have some hope for the long run; remember, it did take a while for the fact of the equality of the "races&quot another concept that was once not terribly popular with mainstream scientists) to be accepted as truth, but now nobody disputes it!

He wasn't dead!

1974

A great American who left us far too soon. Hearing her speak to the '76 convention (on TV of course) gave me chills I can still remember.

When he is preaching about "The Mother, the Son and the Holy Ghost"?

Perhaps they will convince him to 'retire.'

to have a chat with then god.

No I am not a Satanist or religious at all satan just seems like a more complicated and interesting character to talk too.

been the ones on the way to Hell rather than Heaven. How come it only happens to the good people?

Me, I'd feign complete ignorance.

Great to have you join in! That is a VERY good question! That's a WHALE of a good question! And it just means more intriguing thoughts to kick around.

near death experiences are often taken as "proof" God exists. So now that this guy has seen a woman God, I wonder how much talk there will be in religious circles about God being a woman...........

anyone.... anyone.... Beuller? Beuller?

*crickets*

has a gender?

oohhhhkay.

they are like Gods.....really!!!!

now reveal herself through the words of an imaginary priest on a couple of fake-news websites?

Best thread in a long time...

When god created man, she was only joking.

She taketh human form and appeareth to Jay and Silent Bob.

lmao!

I have an old HP defib in the garage, but that physio control device would be handy to have.