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[SalmonGod]

I dunno about Satan, but the Antichrist seems like a real bro.

The anti-christ in Good Omens sure seemed like one.

Wasn't he just a kid who wad no idea what was going on until the very end?

Pretty much, but he managed to drop loads of wisdom at the same time.  More than any other character in the book.

[scriver]

I don't think this counts as Satanism but, I have recently become convinced that Christianity makes much more sense if Satan is the antagonistic, worldly, bloodthirsty "god" of most of the Old Testament.
So I guess it's the opposite of Satanism because I really wouldn't like that guy.

But yeah victory for religious freedom wooo

Sounds a bit gnostic, if the demiurge was the devil.

[UXLZ]

The best interpretation of OT and NT "God" is that It is in fact the collective human consciousness, as proposed by myself.

[Rolan7]

Sounds a bit gnostic, if the demiurge was the devil.

Yeah what got me thinking about this was the Cathars, but the idea was around before them in various gnostic sects.  I mean heresies
The Cathars specifically did believe the demiurge is Satan, and Earth is Hell.  Also that human souls are angels trapped by Satan in meat bodies.  I wouldn't actually agree with a lot of that, but it does seem pretty consistent.
(Also there's a nice religion and spirituality discussion thread, it's very polite)

[Calidovi]

The best interpretation of OT and NT "God" is that It is in fact the collective human consciousness, as proposed by myself.

Do you mean collective unconscious? I think that makes more sense in context.

[Truean]

http://fusion.net/video/173969/why-is-the-army-making-this-man-wear-a-womens-uniform/?utm_campaign=awjr&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

"Transgender Americans are twice as likely to serve in the military than the general population, according to The National Transgender Discrimination Survey published in 2011 by the gay rights organization The National LGBTQ Task Force."

"At least 18 countries allow transgender service members to serve openly, including some of the United States’ closest allies: England, Canada, France, Israel and Australia."

“These people have selflessly signed up to give their lives in defense of others,” said Sgt. Shane Ortega, a helicopter crew chief in the Army’s 25th Infantry Division."

"Sgt. Ortega has served in two combat tours to Iraq and one tour to Afghanistan. He entered the service as woman and today he identifies as a man."

He’s been assigned to desk duty since a medical exam found he had high levels of testosterone. Because of outdated military policies the Army still sees him as a woman and makes him wear a woman’s “dress blues” for official occasions.

He has been barred from flight duties because the Defense Department’s medical standards declare transgender people to have a “psychosexual condition” and boxes them in with voyeurists and exhibitionists."

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[Helgoland]

Why would an exhibitionist be unfit to pilot a plane?

[Antsan]

He might expose himself to the enemy?

[ArKFallen]

He might expose himself to the enemy?

As long as he can pilot at the same time it sounds like an advantage to me.

This is pretty obviously stupid though.

[Graknorke]

Why would an exhibitionist be unfit to pilot a plane?

My thoughts too. How is a "psychosexual condition" (which I guess means some sort of tendency towards sexual deviancy) going to impact anyone's ability to fly a plane?

[Antsan]

He might expose himself to the enemy?

As long as he can pilot at the same time it sounds like an advantage to me.

This is pretty obviously stupid though.

I wasn't being serious. This would have probably been a better joke if state secrets or stealth somehow were involved.

[Frumple]

My thoughts too. How is a "psychosexual condition" (which I guess means some sort of tendency towards sexual deviancy) going to impact anyone's ability to fly a plane?

Conceptually, the problem probably wouldn't be flying the plane, it would be all the other stuff surrounding it. There's a lot of other stuff involved in being a pilot, and even more in being a military pilot. You might have some problems if you've got an exhibitionist flapping around an aircraft carrier, ferex (exposure, if nothing else -- wind shear et al is a sumbitch).

... practically, it's mostly just jackasses being jackasses.

[Graknorke]

Couldn't you just tell them not to do that? There's plenty of other things people do normally (that aren't even as illegal as exhibitionism) but manage not to do while on military duty.

[Frumple]

See: Jackasses being jackasses. Some people can't grasp that concept, and would rather be a shit about it.

[Baffler]

It seems that they would rather just not deal with what happens when the guy who loves showing his dick to everyone inevitably ignores them when they demand he stop showing his dick to everyone.