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god doesn't like the smarties.
This is when their brain cells start exploding like Pop Rocks Candy.
Adam and Eve? NO! Adam and Steve.
On this National Coming Out Day, God is coming clean and admitting that the religious right who claim “God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve” are wrong: He did, in fact, create Adam and Steve.
So asserts David Javerbaum in his ghostwritten book, The Last Testament: A Memoir by God, You can download a free sample chapter of the book here.
Here’s an excerpt, enjoy:
❝It is often said-and even more often screamed at anti–gay marriage rallies outside the statehouse in Lansing-that I created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.Wrong.
Now will I tell the story of the first man, Adam; and of the companion I fashioned for him, Steve; and of the great closeting that befell their relationship.
For after I created the earth, and sea, and every plant and seed and beast of the field and fowl of the air, and had the place pretty much set up, I saw that it was good;
But I also saw, that by way of oversight it made good administrative sense to establish a new middle managerial position.
So as my final act of Day Six, I formed a man from the dust of the ground, and breathed life into his nostrils; and I called him Adam, to give him a leg up alphabetically.
And lo, I made him for my image; not in my image, but for my image; because with Creations thou never gettest a second chance to make a first impression;
And so in fashioning him I sought to make not only a responsible planetary caretaker, but also an attractive, likeable spokesman who in the event of environmental catastrophe could project a certain warmth.
To immediately assess his ability to function in my absence, I decided to change my plans; for I had intended to use Day Seven to infuse the universe with an innate sense of compassion and moral justice; but instead I left him in charge and snoozed.
And Adam passed my test; yea, he was by far my greatest achievement; he befriended all my creatures, and named them, and cared for them; and tended the Garden most skillfully; for he had a great eye for landscape design.
But I soon noticed he felt bereft in his solitude; for oft he sighed, and pined for a helpmeet; and furthermore he masturbated incessantly, until he had well nigh besplattered paradise.
So one night I caused him to fall into a deep sleep; fulsomely did I roofie his nectar; and as he slept, I removed a rib, though not a load bearing one.
And from this rib I fashioned a companion for him; a hunk, unburdened by excess wisdom; ripped, and cut, and hung like unto a fig tree before the harvest;
Yea, and a power bottom.
And Adam arose, and saw him, and wept for joy; and he called the man Steve; I had suggested Steven, but Adam liked to keep things informal.
And Adam and Steve were naked, and felt no shame; they knew each other, as often as possible; truly their loins were a wonderland.
And they were happy, having not yet eaten of the Tree of the Knowledge That Your Lifestyle Is Sinful.
Now the snake was more closeted than any animal in the Garden; literally on the down flow; for though he oft hissed his desire to mate with comely serpentesses, yet he lisped, and fretted over his skin care, and could not have looked more phallic if he’d had balls for a rattle.
And that which he needlessly despised in himself, he set out to destroy in others; so one day he slithered unto Steve and said, “Steve! ‘Tsup? Hey, random question for thee: Hast thou ever eaten the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge That Your Lifestyle Is Sinful? ‘Cause I hear it’s some quality produce!”
Long did the serpent cozen Steve in this way; at first he balked, but the serpent tricked him, by telling him that the fruit would intensify his orgasm; which was a reckless lie;
For the fruit did not intensify orgasms; it merely prolonged them forty five minutes.
And so Steve ate of the tree; and he bid Adam eat of it; and the knowledge that their lifestyle was sinful shamed them, and also filled them with white hot lust; and they entwined themselves unceasingly until dawn.
(For it was and remains true, that all aspects of sexual activity grow more pleasurable following their moral condemnation.)
But in the morning they grew embarrassed, and cloaked themselves in fig leaves; these constituting the entirety of their fall collection.
And they heard me walking in the garden in the cool of the day; and they hid themselves from my presence behind a grove; which, a lot of good that’s going to do;
And I called, “Adam and Steve, where art thou?”
And Adam said, “Father, there is something we need to tell thee: we are gay.”
And I said, “Whhhuuuhhhhh?!?”
And Steve said, “Yea, it is true, LORD; for the snake bid me eat the fruit of the forbidden Tree; and I gave it to Adam; and now we know that we are not only here, but queer; and lo, we would thou growest accustomed to it.”
And I turned to the serpent and screamed, “Thou hast ruined everything; for I had wrought Steve of the same gender as Adam, so that they could not breed, and would be free to focus on their gardening careers;
But thou hast made them ashamed for no reason, by convincing them to eat of the Tree of the Knowledge That Your Lifestyle Is Sinful.”
“But LORD,” said the serpent, “surely I could not have done this evil thing, if thou didst not inexplicably put this stigmatizing tree in the Garden to begin with.”
I considered this.
“Look,” I said, “hindsight is twenty twenty.
And surely this is not the time to play the ‘blame game’; at least not until my full scale internal investigation is complete;
Whose findings will be used to ensure, that an event as tragic as the Fall of Man, never happens again.
But in the meantime, serpent, thou art cursed above every beast of the field; and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life; and even the humans who study thee will be accursed; for they will be known as ‘herpetologists,’ which sounds like ‘herpes.’
And as for you, Adam and Steve: Damn it! I knew I should have made you lesbians!
Then you would have tended the Garden with more diligence; yea, and been a lot more outdoorsy in general.
But ye have been disobedient; and for that I must now inflict upon you the harshest punishment possible:
Transforming you from carefree young lovers living in the heart of everything, to a married couple with kids stuck in the suburbs.
Steve, so that thou mayest bear young, I will tomorrow transform thee into a woman; fear not, the operation is relatively standard; in the meantime, put this on.
Oh, and consider what female name thou wilt want; try to make it something that rhymes with ‘Steve’, so that 6,000 years from now, the righteous can use it to create the most inane slogan of all time.
As for posterity, do not worry about humanity learning the true nature of thy relationship.
I am the LORD thy God, King of the Universe; I know how to spin this.❞
Available on November 1, 2011. Buy The Last Testament: A Memoir by God here.
Atheism: My journey.
This is a recurring question I get asked by friends, theists and atheists alike. “What’s your de-conversion story?” Well, I don’t have one, I was never a believer, but I was a kid with catholic parents, so I do have a story to tell, plus this question appeals to me now for a reason that will be clear if you keep reading. Not that mine is more exciting or interesting than anyone else’s story, it’s just, you know, mine.
Throughout all these years that I have been making public statements about my lack of belief, I have, in many places, let everyone know that had it been my choice, I would have chosen to believe. I spent most of my childhood making honest efforts Continue reading
In The House Of Huge-An Atheist's Parable
The Following was originally posted at DearThey.com
Before he left, Damien grew up in a big house.
The house had ten bedrooms; one each for Damien, his two brothers, his two sisters, his mother and father, his mother’s parents and his father’s parents. The tenth bedroom was the family’s shrine to the Invisible Pink Unicorn.
On each wall of the house hung at least one portrait of the Invisible Pink Unicorn; praise was offered to It every night as thanks for a good meal (or a bad one, it depended on how sober Damien’s mother was) prayers were offered to It before sleep and, no matter what corner of the house Damien played in, he could always hear his grandparents muttering to themselves about It.
Damien was never allowed to leave the house. Continue reading
Kangaroos in the bible – Tweet of The Day
The bible, a historic document? Yeah, right.
You don’t find kangaroos everywhere, & of course never in the #bible because its authors didn’t know marsupials existed. #atheism #atheist
Monica
Monicks
This is the original Twitter Link.
You don’t find kangaroos in the bible. However, you do find unicorns, because the bible is so accurate… NOT!
Thanks to my Tweeties, this Tweet was a real hit, so it made it to here.
Dear Human
Where was god on 9/11? – Ten years later
We can't go back in time, but we can educate the world and strive for a better future in a world without religion.
You must have heard that line hundreds of times; especially from atheists and skeptics; but when was the last time you heard a believer ask this question to an atheist, and expect an honest answer?
Today I was addressed by a sweet catholic lady, an elder woman, she had one question for me: “Where was god on 9/11?” Continue reading
Biblical Family Law – know your bible
There is no god…
❝There is no god, and that’s the simple truth. If every trace of any single religion were wiped out and nothing were passed on, it would never be created exactly that way again. There might be some other nonsense in its place, but not that exact nonsense. If all of science were wiped out, it would still be true and someone would find a way to figure it all out again.❞
Monicks 