List of Common Misconceptions - Page 3

On January 15 2011 05:31 FrostOtter wrote:

The above statement was written by someone who is unfamiliar with the concept of allegory.

On January 15 2011 05:33 VeNoM HaZ Skill wrote:


I am actually a Christian. I think it's within my right to poke fun at my own religion occasionally.

On January 15 2011 05:34 FrostOtter wrote:

As do I. Unfortunately it is sometimes difficult to interpret tone on the internet

On January 15 2011 05:53 Attiicus wrote:
When you get a pain in your stomach from not eating its not a hunger "pain" but a hunger "pang". I went 23 years of my life not knowing that till last week lol!

On January 15 2011 05:32 Rokusha wrote:
I love the Korean one where you die if you fall asleep with the fan blowing in your face. My aunt and uncle refused to let me fall asleep like that in Korea when it was humid and hot as tits even though I knew it was untrue

On January 15 2011 05:22 VonLego wrote:
Common misconception: Christians believe Genesis is literal.

On January 15 2011 06:07 Shiragaku wrote:

What is interesting was hearing Jewish Rabbi's talk about the Torah. The ones I talked to said that The Torah is not history. While much of it appears to be based on real events such as the wars between Israel and the other bordering tribes, it is still scripture in the end and the point is to teach you a lesson. But I really do not know what to say about Deuteronomy and all the massacres, rapes, and extreme sexism.

Also, the Israelite were not monotheistic. They were pagan.

There are two versions of how the earth was created.

In the first version, God appears to know what he is doing and creates man without problem. The second version is God creates everything, then he creates Adam. He gives him a lovely garden but Adam really is not satisfied. Then he gives him animals to name and he is still not satisfied. Then Yahweh creates Eve and Adam is finally satisfied. In that particular story, God seems somewhat clueless about man and decides to experiment.

On January 15 2011 06:07 Shiragaku wrote:

What is interesting was hearing Jewish Rabbi's talk about the Torah. The ones I talked to said that The Torah is not history. While much of it appears to be based on real events such as the wars between Israel and the other bordering tribes, it is still scripture in the end and the point is to teach you a lesson. But I really do not know what to say about Deuteronomy and all the massacres, rapes, and extreme sexism.

Also, the Israelite were not monotheistic. They were pagan.

There are two versions of how the earth was created.

In the first version, God appears to know what he is doing and creates man without problem. The second version is God creates everything, then he creates Adam. He gives him a lovely garden but Adam really is not satisfied. Then he gives him animals to name and he is still not satisfied. Then Yahweh creates Eve and Adam is finally satisfied. In that particular story, God seems somewhat clueless about man and decides to experiment.

On January 15 2011 06:07 Shiragaku wrote:



Also, the Israelite were not monotheistic. They were pagan.
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On January 15 2011 06:23 Jswizzy wrote:

Well the Torah has plenty of mis-conceptions about it.

I can name four off the top of head

1.Moses did not write all the books in it
2.Slaves did not built the Pyramids, the builders were actually well paid workers and most likely farmers working in the off season
3. Deuteronomy was not "discovered" until the reign of King Josiah. It was mostly written as a power play to establish Yahweh, the family god of Josiah, as the national god.
4. Monotheism is not expressed the in Torah. That came latter with second Isaiah.

On January 15 2011 06:30 TymerA wrote:
Its a common misconception that the word theory means ''guess'' in science.

On January 15 2011 06:42 danl9rm wrote:


I find the opposite to be true. Most people believe a theory is fact.