Godhatesfigs.com

MooseJam

Godhatesfigs.com - saw this posted in afterhours, is this for real ? are they real bible quotes, whats wrong with figs they are yummy, ahh can I no longer eat fig rolls ?

Doctor DooM

Yup. God is coming for the figs. They were placed here to tempt us by Satan.*


*This may not be true


I am assuming you are well aware this is a pee take of godhatesfags.com, a site I assume is absolutely hated by all Christians here.

Mena

Ah the 'ol Westoboro Baptist Church, such fine, upstanding individuals :mad:


Right, so I need to learn how to read obvisouly... anyway, my :mad: stands!!

rockbeer

It's all to do with christianity's bizarre need to repress sexuality, original sin, and the erotic symbolism of the fig (recognized in sacred sexuality as a symbol of the female genitalia). There's apparently a tradition that the tree of knowledge wasn't in fact an apple but a fig... From http://www.sacred-texts.com/sex/tsf/tsf07.htm:

"What was that Tree of Knowledge that brought so much woe unto mankind? In Christian theology the notion crept in that it was an apple tree. It was over an apple that Adam tripped and fell for all eternity. According to the Hebrew tradition, however, it was not an apple tree but a fig tree, a ficus or sycamore. It was the triangular fig leaf that covered the nakedness of Eve, the triangular form being in itself the symbol of the nakedness of all her daughters. The fig, universally considered a symbol of the virgin yoni, was the appropriate fruit for the lingam-tree to bear."

Blame the poor fig why don't you

PDN

rockbeer wrote: »

"What was that Tree of Knowledge that brought so much woe unto mankind? In Christian theology the notion crept in that it was an apple tree. It was over an apple that Adam tripped and fell for all eternity. According to the Hebrew tradition, however, it was not an apple tree but a fig tree, a ficus or sycamore. It was the triangular fig leaf that covered the nakedness of Eve, the triangular form being in itself the symbol of the nakedness of all her daughters. The fig, universally considered a symbol of the virgin yoni, was the appropriate fruit for the lingam-tree to bear."

Blame the poor fig why don't you

http://godhatesfigs.com/ And who says Christians don't have a sense of humour?

The idea that the fruit in the Garden of Eden was an apple is indeed fictitious. The misunderstanding stems (no pun intended) from when the Bible was translated into Latin because the word for evil malus is similar to that for apple malum.

However, much as I love the godhatesfigs.com spoof, truth is stranger than fiction. This blogger seriously wants to argue that the forbidden fruit was a grape: http://godandculture.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/tracking-down-the-forbidden-fruit/ :rolleyes:

Galvasean

So, it wasn't an apple. All those noodie pictures were lies!

AtomicHorror

Galvasean wrote: »

So, it wasn't an apple. All those noodie pictures were lies!

Shh... keep it down, I can already hear the far off distant sound of a biblical literalist over-using his period key.

BrianCalgary

AtomicHorror wrote: »

Shh... keep it down, I can already hear the far off distant sound of a biblical literalist over-using his period key.

Psssttt - The Biblical literalist is the one who would have realised that it wasn't an apple.

AtomicHorror

BrianCalgary wrote: »

Psssttt - The Biblical literalist is the one who would have realised that it wasn't an apple.

No doubt, but that's not really my point.