Nornagest comments on Talking Snakes: A Cautionary Tale - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ialdabaoth 05 January 2014 06:15:34AM *  4 points [-]

Actual response I got as a child in Sunday school, when I pointed out this and various other weirdnesses:

"God is more powerful than human logic. Just because something seems like a contradiction to you, doesn't mean it's a contradiction if God does it."

Comment author: Nornagest 05 January 2014 07:42:35AM *  1 point [-]

That brings up some interesting questions about other biblical statements that might be considered important from a religious perspective... within the scope of our flawed, human logic, of course.