Cross-dressing is forbidden by God, and is not a source of fun or humor. It opens the door of the mind of a young person to ideas that they ought not be entertaining, even for a second.
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And if a son refuses to marry his late brother's widow:
...And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.
Deut 25 9-10
Eating shrimp is forbidden by God, and is not a source of fun or humor. It opens the door of the mind of a young person to ideas that they ought not be entertaining, even for a second - like eating octopus or raw sea urchins ...
Chapter and verse, please.
Book of Fashions 3:11
And lo! For the Lord didst look upon Gary and saw his ensemble, and Behold! For it was fabulous! And thus the lord spaketh, "Thou shalt rend thy fabulous garments and toss them into the fires, where they shall be burnt up, for verily, they are even more fabulous than the amazing technicolor dreamcoat I hath bestowed upon Joseph, and yea, thou art more fabulous than he, and this is an afront to me. Go forth! And be fabulous no more!
Thus spaketh the Lord.
@Blackvoice
No, that's kind of the entire point of the religion. If there were some way for some person to live without somehow wronging their (Edit: the fundies') god, there would be no need for a savior for humanity.
Of course, how a mere human can wrong an omnipotent being is beyond me, though that's another point altogether.
Well, maybe s/he means dressing up one's cross for festive occasions, is forbidden, by gawd.
Damned puritans can't stand frills.
It opens the door of the mind of a young person to ideas that they ought not be entertaining, even for a second
But you just made us think these terrible thoughts by telling us about them - you've condemned us all, you fool!
Didn't know that bit about Deuteronomy before now. Thanks Beau Brinker for pointing this out to me ... yet another reason to regard fundamentalist doctrine as fit only for the bin.
I suppose we're still allowed breathing, are we?
Funnily enough, the creators of Whoops Apocalypse satirised this way back in the 80s, when they brought out the comic book to go with the TV series here in the UK. They created a character called "The Deacon" who was supposed to be the right hand man to the President, and in the book introduced a representative of the Moral Majority, who uttered the immortal words "It is a well known fact that all bodily functions are sinful and evil" or words to that effect. Probably won't take you long to track it down and have a good laugh at it. Until you realise of course that dipshits like the fundie above think this sort of thing for real.
b. beau brinker
"No doubt she was referring to Deuteronomy 22:5 - which was about cross dressing prostitutes - but the fundies use it against the transgendered..." Here is the text of Deuteronomy 22:5 (NIV translation):
"A woman must not wear men's clothing, nor a man wear women's clothing, for the LORD your God detests anyone who does this."
Nothing in this verse seems to be specific to prostitutes.
Last week-end, I experimented a little bit in the kitchen, and I combined an italian salad with an asian-inspired dressing.
After "S. Marie Rabers" post, I am really concerned. Would that salad count as cross-dressing ;-> ? And why is this god guy forbidding it? Did I sin greatly? Even when my guests really liked the taste? I assure I didn't use shrimp in this salad, something this god guy also doesn't seem to like, for strange and mysterious reasons...
"Cross-dressing is forbidden by God, and is not a source of fun or humor. It opens the door of the mind of a young person to ideas that they ought not be entertaining, even for a second."
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'Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people's business.'
-Jesse Ventura; ex-politician, ex-actor, ex-wrestler, and ex-Navy SEAL.
From Bible Search:
"Clarke's Commentary on the Bible
The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man - "keli geber", the instruments or arms of a man. As the word "geber" is here used, which properly signifies a strong man or man of war, it is very probable that armor is here intended. [...] It certainly cannot mean a simple change in dress, whereby the men might pass for women, and vice versa. This would have been impossible in those countries where the dress of the sexes had but little to distinguish it, and where every man wore a long beard."
Emphasis added.
Cross-dressing [
] is not a source of fun or humor.
Well, the history of comedy disagrees. Some works with cross-dressing, that are considered funny, if not classics, by many people:
- the complete work of the Pythons
Maybe you wanted to write that cross-dressing shouldn’t be “a source of fun or humor”. That would be your opinion. It would still be false, but at least you wouldn’t be lying.
“Cross-dressing is forbidden by God, and is not a source of fun or humor.”
At least once in almost every sitcom where someone cross-dresses to infiltrate a place, with hilarity resulting. Often, with lines about the main characters being uncomfortable and a 2nd-tier character saying they’ve ‘never felt so free.’
“It opens the door of the mind of a young person to ideas that they ought not be entertaining, even for a second.”
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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