I'm actually really impressed with people who can remember passages from the bible, my attention span is so sho
I'm actually really impressed with people who can remember passages from the bible, my attention span is so sho
I'm far more impressed with your joke than with people who memorise some version of the bible, a version that may well have been translated with ulterior motives, like the King James.
It's not like there are heaps of species in the animal kingdom that have their dicks and boobs hanging out and facing outward. We are in a kind of… unique circumstance.
It's not like there are heaps of species in the animal kingdom that have their dicks and boobs hanging out and facing outward. We are in a kind of… unique circumstance.
Most apes do.
And bonobos are pretty freaky.
If they discovered celebrity and the internet we'd be like, 'woah...bonobos, that's too far!'
It's not like there are heaps of species in the animal kingdom that have their dicks and boobs hanging out and facing outward. We are in a kind of… unique circumstance.
Most apes do.
And bonobos are pretty freaky.
If they discovered celebrity and the internet we'd be like, 'woah...bonobos, that's too far!'
Bonobos are far more open minded than us about sex and mating as well, so they'd totally own the sexting world.
Lucky for them they never ate an apple.
You can't discuss things like this in an argumentative manner. May I recommend an absolutely fascinating, alternative take on the Garden of Eden story? :) Here is an excerpt:
"….something happened that thwarted the Nephilim plan for a second time. The Sons of the Serpents on Lemuria discovered what their alien fathers were up to. They found out that a newly created slave race replaced them as unwitting servants of evil. As far as the Lemurians were concerned, they were biologically and spiritually related to the Adams. For this reason they decided to make contact with the Adams and Eves. Emissaries were dispatched to Atlantis and other locations where the Adams labored. The male Adams were not interested in the counsel of their cousins who offered them freedom. However, the females or “Eves†were eager to listen. The Eves found the newcomers comely and attractive. The visitors informed them they were kept in a state of induced ignorance and servitude. They were made in the image of God and did not belong on their faces before any oppressor. They offered to take the Adams and Eves to Lemuria where the genetic wrongs perpetrated by the Atlanteans would be corrected. Because of this intercession, a great multitude of the Adams and Eves threw down their chains of servitude and followed their saviors to paradise. (The word paradise means “enclosed garden.â€) They were taken to Lemuria, the motherland of humanity."
Michael Tsarion, (2011-09-02). Atlantis, Alien Visitation and Genetic Manipulation
It's way too deep to go into in much detail here, but this book, and the theory of our origins it espouses, introduced me to a most fascinating alternative view of the serpent in the garden and Jehovah. Bearing in mind the Bible story of creation was not meant to be understood as anything but a symbolic representation of a spiritual belief (sheesh it frustrates me that I even need to point that out). According to this alternative view the serpent was actually an emissary of the Lemurians (the first human/alien hybrids who were too smart for their creators) who approached the Adams and Eves (a dumber take-two version of the Lemurians) to enlighten them to the fact that the reason Jehovah didn't want them to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was that he knew if they ate it they would become too smart and he would have trouble with them just as he did with the Lemurians! (Jehovah's a ruler of a non-human race, not God).
And that's why we have to wear clothes - because we're-ahem-different.
Has that whetted your appetite? If not, sorry, carry on. :mellow:
It's not like there are heaps of species in the animal kingdom that have their dicks and boobs hanging out and facing outward. We are in a kind of… unique circumstance.
Most apes do.
And bonobos are pretty freaky.
If they discovered celebrity and the internet we'd be like, 'woah...bonobos, that's too far!'
We do have the ability to communicate through complex speech, which opens up an infinite number of opportunities to trade ideas, such as modesty for whatever rationalisation appropriate.
I had a weird thought some time last week (weirder the usual :ph34r: ) about whether or not animals even understand the meaning of death.
We do have the ability to communicate through complex speech, which opens up an infinite number of opportunities to trade ideas, such as modesty for whatever rationalisation appropriate.
It's not like there are heaps of species in the animal kingdom that have their dicks and boobs hanging out and facing outward. We are in a kind of… unique circumstance.
Most apes do.
And bonobos are pretty freaky.
If they discovered celebrity and the internet we'd be like, 'woah...bonobos, that's too far!'
I had a weird thought some time last week (weirder the usual :ph34r: ) about whether or not animals even understand the meaning of death.
Do we understand the meaning of death?
Animals do mourn death in the same way we do.
Yes the body has been sexualised for sure but the vulnerability thing concerns me as there is a lack of consistency between us and the other species. Why don't they cover their tender bits? Could this have something to do with humans having a consciousness that the other species don't have? Could it be that we are part human (earthling) and part non human (elsewhere)?
Twould be because those areas of the body have been sexualised ^
Personally I reckon the lower half got covered up due to its "vulnerability" to attack. Sort of a means to hide it (in a way). Then with religion and the sex organs it lead to use covering up more and more to where we are now
I'd question whether a dog has the intelligence and conscious understanding that it is naked
I think the fact that we evolved to make judgements etc has enabled us to view clothes as 'normal'
Why do we wear clothes
- social etiquette
- to hold down a job
- show status
- warmth
- cover up embarrassment.
- fit in with societies norms and values.
- comfort.
Look at the ancient tribes with little human contact they still dont wear clothes only leaf etc.
but the ones that had greater contact did choose to wear clothes, as they wanted the benefits that came with the society’s norms. Ie tv chocolate but food at supermarket, easier lifestyle.
If you choose not to wear clothes and you go somewhere remote you will be okay. Walk thru federation square with no clothes and you would probably end up locked up
If you'd ever seen me naked...well...you wouldn't need to ask.
Epic of Gilgamesh far better read than the retelling in Genesis.
What in the blue FARK is going on over there in Tassie ?
its winter.
Well, when I woke it up it was like 3 degrees. You're welcome to go outside naked in that but I'll chuck a jacket on.
The species has been brainwashed by clothing companies.
If you'd ever seen me naked...well...you wouldn't need to ask.
I, too, would cause a major disruption if ever my gentleman junk were exposed to the teeming hordes. People just wouldn't get work done! Economy would grind to a halt.
even recently we see 'hidden' tribes cut off from civilization that are 'found'. I.e South America and Papua New Guinea. They are often in tropical zones and wear little to no clothing at all. They then get taught shame and start covering up. But shame is not inherent to their thinking prior to that.
However the main reason we started wearing clothes was to keep warm and protect from the elements as we moved out of Africa .
Just watching Bondi Rescue and one of the life savers is having kittens because this young lady who was naked on the beach has now walked off the beach and along the street past the cafes and so on without a stitch on.
Got me thinking. I would be interested in hearing others' opinions on how you think the human species got to be so up tight about nudity. I mean, it's actually against the law to walk around naked. When you really stop and think about that, its bizarre isn't it? After all, it is our natural state.
Interesting question, VD.
I think the human species would have started wearing clothes because of religions such as Christianity and Islam.
Both of these seem to teach that the human body should be covered anytime we aren't engaged in sex.
Interestingly enough, I now like my girlfriends to wear clothes. A couple I've had didn't wear them at all and I have a theory that it speeds up the process of getting sick of sexing them. Because your brain sees the image of their naked body for hours a day, that image is no longer anywhere near as arousing. Yes, there are other factors at play in attraction and arousal, but for men, the visual aspect is important.
So if I got to invent/create/build a woman, I think she'd like and be confident in her hot body but would wear clothes MOST of the time.
I hope this has been enlightening for you.
EDIT: I don't really wear clothes around the house though. Just those cut off underwear shorts. I almost never wear tops.
On a somewhat related note... isn't it really exciting when you are dating someone and you get to the point where you see them naked for the first time? Or when some hot starlet nudes up for the first time in a film? If we were naked all the time, wouldn't it be a shame to loose those moments because it's always out there and we've become desensitised to it?