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talicohen (July 26, 2008 at 7:01 am)
Nothing is more sacred than the facts. No points should be won therefore for deluding ourselves. The litmus testfor reasonableness should be obvious: anyone who wants to knowhow the world is, whether in physical or spiritual terms, will be opento new evidence. We should take comfort in the fact that people tendto conform themselves to this principle whenever they are obligedto. This will remain a problem for religion. The very hands that propup our faith will be the ones to shake it.
MyStrangeNewMexico (July 26, 2008 at 6:17 am)
Wow: so that's reason and rationality.How refreshing! I just fell in love with Cristopher Hitchens.
overmind25 (July 26, 2008 at 5:41 am)
I am talking about orders and rules about slavery and the rest. Not just examples.
chris3443 (July 26, 2008 at 5:15 am)
side order of fries
bannor216 (July 25, 2008 at 7:27 pm)
mr. sharpton got his assed handed to him on silver platter of chicken dinner
DavnKincade (July 25, 2008 at 5:39 pm)
@nef2442- Methinks thou dost protest too much."The Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed"-Thomas PaineBe careful in blind faith, because in the end that's exactly what it is.
nef2442 (July 25, 2008 at 5:14 am)
The only thing imperfect is man himself. It's like that NRA bumper sticker that reads, "Guns don't kill people, people kill people." Christ taught to turn your other cheek if some one strikes you. He taught us to pray for our enemies. Does this sound a doctrine that could possibly be linked to murder and rebellion. Its man's own wicked heart that drives him to commit such heinous acts. The Bible has been a beacon of truth and goodness for man pulling them out from their darkness and depravity
nef2442 (July 25, 2008 at 5:06 am)
If you can honestly read the New Testament and still be able to say that the atrocities committed by Catholics are Christian crimes than you are blind. Christ taught meekness love and peace. To turn your other cheek in the face of aggression. To pray for your enemies. etc etc. He had a message of pure love. The atrocities committed by man's greed during the dark ages, were cloaked under a banner of piety. But by no means were they following scripture, they were following their own wickedness
nef2442 (July 25, 2008 at 5:02 am)
You'll find slavery, you'll find oppression against women, and you'll find genocide in the Bible. You are correct on that but its DESCRIPTIVE history on how the Jews escaped from bondage in mass exodus came into a foreign land and conquered it. No where in the Bible are these prescribed. It's like reading a book about a history book on G. Washington you'll read that he killed a lot of Brits and maybe even enjoyed it. But you can't say that Washington prescribed the murder of Brits to progeny
moldysoymilk (July 25, 2008 at 3:29 am)
Some had their own people killed for speaking against them, like the German Peasants' Rebellion and St. Bartholomew Day Massacre. Christianity has had it's terrible times too, we just don't see them this day in age.. yet. It is not the perfect religion. |
