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Re: Hello Rationalia from King David

Post by lordpasternack » Fri Jun 17, 2011 11:48 pm

Robert_S wrote:
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Robert_S wrote:Greetings King David!


Something tells me that rooftop jacuzzi might have been a bad idea...
:lol:

Finally someone gets it! :dance:
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It's amazing all the intrigue and drama that happened in history, some of which recorded in the Bible, all for want of some condoms, possibly other birth control, and some decent abortion clinics.

I mean, can you imagine where the story of David and Bathsheba would be if someone appeared to David at a crucial stage in the plot and handed him a large supply of Durex, gave him a brief but sufficient education in matters, and sent him on his way? Or if Bathsheba could have run to the doctor's for the morning after pill after he'd given her a cream pie, or at least had an abortion from a decent place?

And if God was going to kill the resultant child anyway - why didn't he just cause Bathsheba to miscarry - and prevent David from having Uriah disappeared? The impression you walk away with is that both David and God are Grade A bastards.

These are the sorts of things I like to think about... :tea:
Then they for sudden joy did weep,
And I for sorrow sung,
That such a king should play bo-peep,
And go the fools among.
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Re: Hello Rationalia from King David

Post by Geoff » Fri Jun 17, 2011 11:53 pm

lordpasternack wrote:
Robert_S wrote:
lordpasternack wrote:
Robert_S wrote:Greetings King David!


Something tells me that rooftop jacuzzi might have been a bad idea...
:lol:

Finally someone gets it! :dance:
:biggrin:

It's amazing all the intrigue and drama that happened in history, some of which recorded in the Bible, all for want of some condoms, possibly other birth control, and some decent abortion clinics.

I mean, can you imagine where the story of David and Bathsheba would be if someone appeared to David at a crucial stage in the plot and handed him a large supply of Durex, gave him a brief but sufficient education in matters, and sent him on his way? Or if Bathsheba could have run to the doctor's for the morning after pill after he'd given her a cream pie, or at least had an abortion from a decent place?

And if God was going to kill the resultant child anyway - why didn't he just cause Bathsheba to miscarry - and prevent David from having Uriah disappeared? The impression you walk away with is that both David and God are Grade A bastards.

These are the sorts of things I like to think about... :tea:
Better still, could have given god a condom before he shagged Mary...that would have saved a lot of problems!
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Re: Hello Rationalia from King David

Post by Robert_S » Fri Jun 17, 2011 11:57 pm

lordpasternack wrote:
Robert_S wrote:
lordpasternack wrote:
Robert_S wrote:Greetings King David!


Something tells me that rooftop jacuzzi might have been a bad idea...
:lol:

Finally someone gets it! :dance:
:biggrin:

It's amazing all the intrigue and drama that happened in history, some of which recorded in the Bible, all for want of some condoms, possibly other birth control, and some decent abortion clinics.

I mean, can you imagine where the story of David and Bathsheba would be if someone appeared to David at a crucial stage in the plot and handed him a large supply of Durex, gave him a brief but sufficient education in matters, and sent him on his way? Or if Bathsheba could have run to the doctor's for the morning after pill after he'd given her a cream pie, or at least had an abortion from a decent place?

And if God was going to kill the resultant child anyway - why didn't he just cause Bathsheba to miscarry - and prevent David from having Uriah disappeared? The impression you walk away with is that both David and God are Grade A bastards.

These are the sorts of things I like to think about... :tea:
But then, Bathsheba wouldn't have married the king and eventually given birth to Solomon. If there was birth control she'd have probably said "It's alright David, I'm on the pill." I somehow doubt she'd have been out on that rooftop showing off the goods if she didn't have ambitions.
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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Re: Hello Rationalia from King David

Post by lordpasternack » Sat Jun 18, 2011 12:25 am

But Robert, if all had gone to plan, David would just have cuckolded Uriah. David repeatedly tried to call him back from the army so that he might hump his wife, and perhaps subsequently find it plausible that he'd fathered the resultant child - but Uriah refused, and was then arranged to be disappeared.

And as for Bathsheba, she might have played easy to get by the time Dave asked her back to his place - but it's not like she could have known that there were peeping toms in such high places at the time she was enjoying her bath. I can't believe that she was flashing her tits in the general direction of the palace hoping to get lucky one day. I don't know. Nobody knows. For all we know she saw him watching and squeezed them together while giving him a sultry look. I really would have loved to be a fly on the wall, actually... :hehe:
Then they for sudden joy did weep,
And I for sorrow sung,
That such a king should play bo-peep,
And go the fools among.
Prithee, nuncle, keep a schoolmaster that can teach
thy fool to lie: I would fain learn to lie.

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Re: Hello Rationalia from King David

Post by Robert_S » Sat Jun 18, 2011 12:35 am

lordpasternack wrote:But Robert, if all had gone to plan, David would just have cuckolded Uriah. David repeatedly tried to call him back from the army so that he might hump his wife, and perhaps subsequently find it plausible that he'd fathered the resultant child - but Uriah refused, and was then arranged to be disappeared.

And as for Bathsheba, she might have played easy to get by the time Dave asked her back to his place - but it's not like she could have known that there were peeping toms in such high places at the time she was enjoying her bath. I can't believe that she was flashing her tits in the general direction of the palace hoping to get lucky one day. I don't know. Nobody knows. For all we know she saw him watching and squeezed them together while giving him a sultry look. I really would have loved to be a fly on the wall, actually... :hehe:
I always wondered about Uriah, was he actually trying to get David caught out, or was he maybe trying to get with David? IIRC, he camped out in front of the palace. Imagine if they had a less dreary god in Israel and the three of them just started swinging.
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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Re: Hello Rationalia from King David

Post by lordpasternack » Sat Jun 18, 2011 12:56 am

Imagine that… David and Uriah had an exchange of manlove followed by some DP with Bathsheba, and came to a gentleman's agreement about the bastard child (who died anyway), and they all lived happily ever after… :ask:
Then they for sudden joy did weep,
And I for sorrow sung,
That such a king should play bo-peep,
And go the fools among.
Prithee, nuncle, keep a schoolmaster that can teach
thy fool to lie: I would fain learn to lie.

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Re: Hello Rationalia from King David

Post by Geoff » Sat Jun 18, 2011 1:15 am

lordpasternack wrote:Imagine that… David and Uriah had an exchange of manlove followed by some DP with Bathsheba, and came to a gentleman's agreement about the bastard child (who died anyway), and they all lived happily ever after… :ask:
Someone like you should have been around to write it! Much better version!
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Re: Hello Rationalia from King David

Post by Robert_S » Sat Jun 18, 2011 1:22 am

lordpasternack wrote:Imagine that… David and Uriah had an exchange of manlove followed by some DP with Bathsheba, and came to a gentleman's agreement about the bastard child (who died anyway), and they all lived happily ever after… :ask:
Maybe it started out that way, but Uriah either failed to give David a proper royal reacharound or didn't use his lips to shield his teeth and sealed his fate that way.
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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Re: Hello Rationalia from King David

Post by Gallstones » Sat Jun 18, 2011 3:13 am

Every single one of you would be severely chastised and banned at another place for being so OT.
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Re: Hello Rationalia from King David

Post by amok » Sun Jun 19, 2011 12:11 am

Hello King David!

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Re: Hello Rationalia from King David

Post by Ayaan » Sun Jun 19, 2011 12:27 am

Gallstones wrote:Every single one of you would be severely chastised and banned at another place for being so OT.
Hell, around here, unless the thread's in one of the serious forums, if it hasn't been derailed by the fifth post, something is seriously wrong. :hehe: Derailed, re-railed, derailed again, maybe a split, maybe not, whatever works. A thread is a conversation, and conversations don't always stay with the topic they started with.
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Re: Hello Rationalia from King David

Post by Gallstones » Sun Jun 19, 2011 12:32 am

Oh geezus, not only does he fancy himself a king, he thinks he's the God.
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Re: Hello Rationalia from King David

Post by King David » Mon Jun 20, 2011 3:42 pm

Gallstones wrote:Oh geezus, not only does he fancy himself a king, he thinks he's the God.

Don't shatter my illusions. I've always wanted to be a god-king.
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Re: Hello Rationalia from King David

Post by Dasein » Mon Jun 27, 2011 5:24 am

nobody is ever here when I need them. good luck
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