Poll: Most Absurd Bible Story

[DontHurtTheIntersect]

My vote has to go to the Flood story. While each and every other one has their inconsistencies and false logistics, the Flood story blows them out of the water in that regard. There are so many things wrong with it that I find it embarrassing for anyone to argue a positive case for it.

 

[xman]

I think we need a run off vote between the top three ... just to be sure.
Although I would like to add that the whole Zombie Jebus along with the Psychodelic Apocalypse being considered more believable than the rest of it seems oddly disturbing.

 

[Wainscotting]

Although I would like to add that the whole Zombie Jebus along with the Psychodelic Apocalypse being considered more believable than the rest of it seems oddly disturbing.

I myself voted for Tower of Babel, but only after careful consideration; the whole thing's incredibly unbelievable as a true account and I had a lot of difficulty deciding which was the worst. It's a pretty narrow race and I find it hard to only vote for one.

I think I went with Babel as being my favourite absurd bible story.

 

[DeistPaladin]

I think we need a run off vote between the top three ... just to be sure.
Although I would like to add that the whole Zombie Jebus along with the Psychodelic Apocalypse being considered more believable than the rest of it seems oddly disturbing.

I've been meaning to do a promotional video for this forum for some time now and I think inviting my subscribers to participate in this poll would be a good topic. Once we have a good sample of votes, I may do a runoff poll. The Book of Genesis is so ridiculous it's three worst stories do seem to be blowing the rest of the book away.

 

[Vladimir]

With both the Flood and the Tower I always had doubts as a child about it all and it probably began my road to non-belief.

Anyway, I voted for the Flood!

 

[Nogre]

The flood, definitely, for the reason that Giliell already explained.

 

[borrofburi]

I myself voted for Tower of Babel, but only after careful consideration; the whole thing's incredibly unbelievable as a true account and I had a lot of difficulty deciding which was the worst. It's a pretty narrow race and I find it hard to only vote for one.

It's a tossup between tower of babel and noah's ark.
-The problems with noah's ark require geology and evolution to understand
-The problems with the tower of babel require evolutionary anthropology and the basic understanding that the earth is a sphere

I voted for tower of babel because I decided that though evolutionary anthropology is a bit more difficult, the whole concept of building a tower to reach heaven can easily be seen as stupid with basic round-earth understanding.

 

[ribbonwing]

I voted for the revelations drug trip.

 

[TheFearmonger]

I voted for sampson, who brought down a building by leaning on the pillars.

 

[DeathAwaitsUsAll]

I chose 'other' - meaning, all of the above and more.

 

[DeistPaladin]

I chose 'other' - meaning, all of the above and more.

Fair enough. This poll is basically asking which festering pile of crap smells the worst.

 

[Agn0st!C]

Exodus: The great Egyptian Empire gets zapped by Yahweh with 10 curses yet strangely there's not a shred of evidence in actual historical accounts. Moses then leads his people through the desert for 40 years, sustained by magic food from Heaven and water from a stone.

Water from stone is not impossible. Scientist discovered water even in lava. Still pretty silly story, but I'll vote for "The Passion and Ressurection of Jesus". Why? The whole masochist story is hilarious.

 

[Raistlin Majere]

Exodus: The great Egyptian Empire gets zapped by Yahweh with 10 curses yet strangely there's not a shred of evidence in actual historical accounts. Moses then leads his people through the desert for 40 years, sustained by magic food from Heaven and water from a stone.

Water from stone is not impossible. Scientist discovered water even in lava. Still pretty silly story, but I'll vote for "The Passion and Ressurection of Jesus". Why? The whole masochist story is hilarious.

Water enough for all of the people of Moses, in a desert, for 40 years. From one stone. Think about it.

 

[orpiment99]

Water from stone is not impossible. Scientist discovered water even in lava.

Yes and the water in lava ends up being bonded into crystals. How exactly then would one go about liberating the water from the crystal lattice (with the technology they had available)?

 

[Zylstra]

Water from stone is not impossible. Scientist discovered water even in lava.

Yes and the water in lava ends up being bonded into crystals. How exactly then would one go about liberating the water from the crystal lattice (with the technology they had available)?

God, duh :roll:

 

[orpiment99]

Water from stone is not impossible. Scientist discovered water even in lava.

Yes and the water in lava ends up being bonded into crystals. How exactly then would one go about liberating the water from the crystal lattice (with the technology they had available)?

God, duh :roll:

Damn, I forgot about about the goddidit part of my scientific reasoning...

 

[NateHevens]

Umm... why can't I pick "all of the above" or "the whole damn thing"?

I think they are all so absurd that just picking one is, inandof itself, absurd.

 

[DeistPaladin]

Umm... why can't I pick "all of the above" or "the whole damn thing"?

I think they are all so absurd that just picking one is, inandof itself, absurd.

As I admitted before, it's a lot like asking which pile of crap smells the worst. Still, it can be a fun exorcise.

 

[Mapp]

I go with Other: for Sodom and Gomorrah/Lot story in Genesis 19. You've got gay orgies, prostitution, God destroying cities and turning women into salt, and drunken incest all in one go. It's total insanity.

 

[DeistPaladin]

I go with Other: for Sodom and Gomorrah/Lot story in Genesis 19. You've got gay orgies, prostitution, God destroying cities and turning women into salt, and drunken incest all in one go. It's total insanity.

Another great Genesis story. They packed a lot of crazy into that first book.

I can just hear Lot telling his story in a courtroom today, "Honest, your honor, my daughters got me drunk and raped me in my sleep. I'm totally innocent. I swear!" I can just see how that might play in front of Judge Judy.