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Re: What does it mean to be a Christian these days ?
Reply #375 - Jan 8^th, 2013 at 4:48am

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jan 7^th, 2013 at 5:05am:

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jan 6^th, 2013 at 6:20pm:

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Sir lastnail wrote on Jan 6^th, 2013 at 6:05pm:

gold_medal wrote on Jan 6^th, 2013 at 5:00pm:

the reason that you are poor and living in a one-room renter is exceedingly obvious. you understand not one jot of the concept of responsible financial management. You spend today and complain tomorrow that you have nothing. that is why better managers than you (most people) actively save and invest for tomorrows expenses.

which part of these verses DON'T you understand ? Why are you so retarded to read basic English that even a primary school student would have no trouble understanding !!

Where do any of verses say to stockpile money or valuables ??

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Matthew 6:19

Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Luke 14:33

Any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple.

Matthew 6:24

No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and Money.

Matthew 19:21

Jesus answered, "If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me."

Hebrews 13:5

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."

Phil 2:3

Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.

Acts 2:44-45

All the believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need.

stop quoting scripture if you are not willing to accept the entire message. you quote what you want out of context and then expect to be taken seriously.

Jesus was once asked questions not dissimilar to this and in reply posed them a question - which they refused to answer. His response was "since you refuse to answer My question then I will not answer yours"

ditto.

Hahahaha. What was the chapter and verse for that one longy?

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Still waiting longy.

You know if you were in such a good position you wouldn't have to make up stuff

SOB

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Reply #376 - Jan 8^th, 2013 at 5:44am

Bobby, those figures on burning witches reflect very badly on the church.
I am a believer that Martin Luther was quite right to reject Rome as having completely lost it's way.

But ,I mean, gengis khan used to massacre every man woman and child. The aztecs were fond of a bit of human sacrifice.

The Roundheads and the cavaliers butchered plenty. The atheist japs killed 20 million Chinese less than 100 yes ago.
The guillotine got a good workout in France.
Farmers shot plenty of aborigines. The American civil war, the Somme, Rwanda. Plenty of butchery in the past and plenty still to come

Is the current Christian church a force for war, bloodshed, torture and suffering.
I hope not

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Re: What does it mean to be a Christian these days ?
Reply #377 - Jan 8^th, 2013 at 6:32am

aquascoot wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 5:44am:

Bobby, those figures on burning witches reflect very badly on the church.
I am a believer that Martin Luther was quite right to reject Rome as having completely lost it's way.

But ,I mean, gengis khan used to massacre every man woman and child. The aztecs were fond of a bit of human sacrifice.

The Roundheads and the cavaliers butchered plenty. The atheist japs killed 20 million Chinese less than 100 yes ago.
The guillotine got a good workout in France.
Farmers shot plenty of aborigines. The American civil war, the Somme, Rwanda. Plenty of butchery in the past and plenty still to come

Is the current Christian church a force for war, bloodshed, torture and suffering.
I hope not

Yes - well this thread is about Christianity today.
What concerns me is that the Holy book that was followed in the past led to the Inquisition.
That book hasn't changed so why doesn't the Church re-write their Bible & admit that it was wrong?
Basically the Inquisition was trying to rid the world of devils & witches -
& the people in the Church still believe in such forces.
The Pope's last Easter message was full of devil talk & the present Pope
was the leader of the Modern Inquisition now called the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

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Re: What does it mean to be a Christian these days ?
Reply #378 - Jan 8^th, 2013 at 7:11am

Bobby. wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 6:32am:

aquascoot wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 5:44am:

Bobby, those figures on burning witches reflect very badly on the church.
I am a believer that Martin Luther was quite right to reject Rome as having completely lost it's way.

But ,I mean, gengis khan used to massacre every man woman and child. The aztecs were fond of a bit of human sacrifice.

The Roundheads and the cavaliers butchered plenty. The atheist japs killed 20 million Chinese less than 100 yes ago.
The guillotine got a good workout in France.
Farmers shot plenty of aborigines. The American civil war, the Somme, Rwanda. Plenty of butchery in the past and plenty still to come

Is the current Christian church a force for war, bloodshed, torture and suffering.
I hope not

Yes - well this thread is about Christianity today.
What concerns me is that the Holy book that was followed in the past led to the Inquisition.
That book hasn't changed so why doesn't the Church re-write their Bible & admit that it was wrong?
Basically the Inquisition was trying to rid the world of devils & witches -
& the people in the Church still believe in such forces.
The Pope's last Easter message was full of devil talk & the present Pope
was the leader of the Modern Inquisition now called the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

my feeling is the pope would be totally irrelevant to most chritians and indeed most catholics.
my feeling is the rubbish written in the old testament would also be irrelevant.
i am an affirmed cherry picker and i would hope people would take the spirit of jesus's message. still a very good message and ignore what is in the rest of the book.

i do agree, it is time for a rewrite of the book.
it is time for christianity to be taught in conjunction with science.

as jesus said, i am the way , the TRUTH and the life.

well anyone who rejects evolution, (about 40 % of american christians) is practicing a heresy , according to my estimation.

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Re: What does it mean to be a Christian these days ?
Reply #379 - Jan 8^th, 2013 at 7:13am

aquascoot wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 7:11am:

Bobby. wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 6:32am:

aquascoot wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 5:44am:

Bobby, those figures on burning witches reflect very badly on the church.
I am a believer that Martin Luther was quite right to reject Rome as having completely lost it's way.

But ,I mean, gengis khan used to massacre every man woman and child. The aztecs were fond of a bit of human sacrifice.

The Roundheads and the cavaliers butchered plenty. The atheist japs killed 20 million Chinese less than 100 yes ago.
The guillotine got a good workout in France.
Farmers shot plenty of aborigines. The American civil war, the Somme, Rwanda. Plenty of butchery in the past and plenty still to come

Is the current Christian church a force for war, bloodshed, torture and suffering.
I hope not

Yes - well this thread is about Christianity today.
What concerns me is that the Holy book that was followed in the past led to the Inquisition.
That book hasn't changed so why doesn't the Church re-write their Bible & admit that it was wrong?
Basically the Inquisition was trying to rid the world of devils & witches -
& the people in the Church still believe in such forces.
The Pope's last Easter message was full of devil talk & the present Pope
was the leader of the Modern Inquisition now called the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

my feeling is the pope would be totally irrelevant to most chritians and indeed most catholics.
my feeling is the rubbish written in the old testament would also be irrelevant.
i am an affirmed cherry picker and i would hope people would take the spirit of jesus's message. still a very good message and ignore what is in the rest of the book.

i do agree, it is time for a rewrite of the book.
it is time for christianity to be taught in conjunction with science.

as jesus said, i am the way , the TRUTH and the life.

well anyone who rejects evolution, (about 40 % of american christians) is practicing a heresy , according to my estimation.

Well thats just your "feeling" and nothing to do with reality. Plenty of catholics world over and in australia worship the pope.

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Re: What does it mean to be a Christian these days ?
Reply #380 - Jan 8^th, 2013 at 7:37am

aquascoot wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 7:11am:

Bobby. wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 6:32am:

aquascoot wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 5:44am:

Bobby, those figures on burning witches reflect very badly on the church.
I am a believer that Martin Luther was quite right to reject Rome as having completely lost it's way.

But ,I mean, gengis khan used to massacre every man woman and child. The aztecs were fond of a bit of human sacrifice.

The Roundheads and the cavaliers butchered plenty. The atheist japs killed 20 million Chinese less than 100 yes ago.
The guillotine got a good workout in France.
Farmers shot plenty of aborigines. The American civil war, the Somme, Rwanda. Plenty of butchery in the past and plenty still to come

Is the current Christian church a force for war, bloodshed, torture and suffering.
I hope not

Yes - well this thread is about Christianity today.
What concerns me is that the Holy book that was followed in the past led to the Inquisition.
That book hasn't changed so why doesn't the Church re-write their Bible & admit that it was wrong?
Basically the Inquisition was trying to rid the world of devils & witches -
& the people in the Church still believe in such forces.
The Pope's last Easter message was full of devil talk & the present Pope
was the leader of the Modern Inquisition now called the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

my feeling is the pope would be totally irrelevant to most chritians and indeed most catholics.
my feeling is the rubbish written in the old testament would also be irrelevant.
i am an affirmed cherry picker and i would hope people would take the spirit of jesus's message. still a very good message and ignore what is in the rest of the book.

i do agree, it is time for a rewrite of the book.
it is time for christianity to be taught in conjunction with science.

as jesus said, i am the way , the TRUTH and the life.

well anyone who rejects evolution, (about 40 % of american christians) is practicing a heresy , according to my estimation.

daft idea. the value of the Bible is its original authorship - God. change that and it becomes just another self-help book.

BTW it is the worlds biggest selling book by far so why mess with a winner?

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Re: What does it mean to be a Christian these days ?
Reply #381 - Jan 8^th, 2013 at 7:39am

Aqua,
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my feeling is the pope would be totally irrelevant to most chritians and indeed most catholics.
my feeling is the rubbish written in the old testament would also be irrelevant.
i am an affirmed cherry picker and i would hope people would take the spirit of jesus's message. still a very good message and ignore what is in the rest of the book.

i do agree, it is time for a rewrite of the book.
it is time for christianity to be taught in conjunction with science.

as jesus said, i am the way , the TRUTH and the life.

well anyone who rejects evolution, (about 40 % of american christians) is practicing a heresy , according to my estimation.

Yes Aqua,
it's interesting that when the last Pope died they didn't put a copy
of the Bible on top of his coffin -
they put a copy of the 4 gospels.

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Re: What does it mean to be a Christian these days ?
Reply #382 - Jan 8^th, 2013 at 8:31am

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 4:38am:

Soren wrote on Jan 7^th, 2013 at 7:02pm:

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Jan 7^th, 2013 at 1:39pm:

Soren wrote on Jan 7^th, 2013 at 12:57pm:

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Jan 7^th, 2013 at 12:40pm:

If the church no longer uses Leviticus, and Jesus didn't have it in for gays, why does the church have it in for gays? On who's authority? if they are not using the word of God.

Not accepting two jokers and a cocker spaniel as indistinguishable from mum and dad is not exactly 'having it in for gays'.
You don't have to be a Christian to think that two blokes playing ma 'n da is a farce. Or do you really, really think that it is no different from a father and a mother?

That explains why you have it in for gays.

Why do Christians say homosexuality is a sin if they don't use the breathed word of God as a guide? Who told them it's a sin?

Do you actually need god to tell you that sticking a bloke up yer arse is a bad idea?
What else do you need spelled out?

I can just hear you, numpties, "Oh yeah?? Where does it say in the bible that you shouldn't put your food up yer arse? Or to burn your children or jump off a cliff, eh? Show us where it says that??"

So why is it the religious ppl that want to judge the gays then? Why do they object to them being treated equally? Why is it any of their business?

SOB

You have it back to front, as always, poppycock.

The gays want to be treated as if there was nuffin' remarkable about sticking blokes up themselves. They want to be judged as no different when they evidently are different. It is called the normalisation of deviance.

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Re: What does it mean to be a Christian these days ?
Reply #383 - Jan 8^th, 2013 at 8:43am

Soren wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 8:31am:

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 4:38am:

Soren wrote on Jan 7^th, 2013 at 7:02pm:

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Jan 7^th, 2013 at 1:39pm:

Soren wrote on Jan 7^th, 2013 at 12:57pm:

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Jan 7^th, 2013 at 12:40pm:

If the church no longer uses Leviticus, and Jesus didn't have it in for gays, why does the church have it in for gays? On who's authority? if they are not using the word of God.

Not accepting two jokers and a cocker spaniel as indistinguishable from mum and dad is not exactly 'having it in for gays'.
You don't have to be a Christian to think that two blokes playing ma 'n da is a farce. Or do you really, really think that it is no different from a father and a mother?

That explains why you have it in for gays.

Why do Christians say homosexuality is a sin if they don't use the breathed word of God as a guide? Who told them it's a sin?

Do you actually need god to tell you that sticking a bloke up yer arse is a bad idea?
What else do you need spelled out?

I can just hear you, numpties, "Oh yeah?? Where does it say in the bible that you shouldn't put your food up yer arse? Or to burn your children or jump off a cliff, eh? Show us where it says that??"

So why is it the religious ppl that want to judge the gays then? Why do they object to them being treated equally? Why is it any of their business?

SOB

You have it back to front, as always, poppycock.

The gays want to be treated as if there was nuffin' remarkable about sticking blokes up themselves. They want to be judged as no different when they evidently are different. It is called the normalisation of deviance.

And perhaps that is a big part of the problem. Gays want to pretend that they are the same as heterosexual couples. They arent. that doesnt mean they should be disciminated against, but I object most strongly to the notion that they are the SAME. equality does not imply equivalence.

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Re: What does it mean to be a Christian these days ?
Reply #384 - Jan 8^th, 2013 at 8:45am

gold_medal wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 7:37am:

aquascoot wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 7:11am:

Bobby. wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 6:32am:

aquascoot wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 5:44am:

Bobby, those figures on burning witches reflect very badly on the church.
I am a believer that Martin Luther was quite right to reject Rome as having completely lost it's way.

But ,I mean, gengis khan used to massacre every man woman and child. The aztecs were fond of a bit of human sacrifice.

The Roundheads and the cavaliers butchered plenty. The atheist japs killed 20 million Chinese less than 100 yes ago.
The guillotine got a good workout in France.
Farmers shot plenty of aborigines. The American civil war, the Somme, Rwanda. Plenty of butchery in the past and plenty still to come

Is the current Christian church a force for war, bloodshed, torture and suffering.
I hope not

Yes - well this thread is about Christianity today.
What concerns me is that the Holy book that was followed in the past led to the Inquisition.
That book hasn't changed so why doesn't the Church re-write their Bible & admit that it was wrong?
Basically the Inquisition was trying to rid the world of devils & witches -
& the people in the Church still believe in such forces.
The Pope's last Easter message was full of devil talk & the present Pope
was the leader of the Modern Inquisition now called the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

my feeling is the pope would be totally irrelevant to most chritians and indeed most catholics.
my feeling is the rubbish written in the old testament would also be irrelevant.
i am an affirmed cherry picker and i would hope people would take the spirit of jesus's message. still a very good message and ignore what is in the rest of the book.

i do agree, it is time for a rewrite of the book.
it is time for christianity to be taught in conjunction with science.

as jesus said, i am the way , the TRUTH and the life.

well anyone who rejects evolution, (about 40 % of american christians) is practicing a heresy , according to my estimation.

daft idea. the value of the Bible is its original authorship - God. change that and it becomes just another self-help book.

BTW it is the worlds biggest selling book by far so why mess with a winner?

I think some of the interpretations of the bible written by christians like powell and scott peck are incredibly useful self help books.

i'm fairly sure "the power of positive thinking " by norman vincent peale. i think he was a baptist pastor.

i dont find the old testament of any use whatsoever.

zebedee was the son of ezekial was the son of jeremiah (yawn)
and MOST people would never understand by god commanded abraham to kill his only son (though i have read a good interpretation of this).

spot likes to call these fairy tales. even if we see them as fables (as done by aesop) they are some of the best fables ever written and hugely helpful for living a rich and fulfilled life.

"i came to give you life and life to the full"

nearly all people i meet who are "fulfilled ' have a keen interest in religion.

many many astrophysicists eventually lose their aetheism.

it is a best seller , but only because of the inspirational (possibly divine) character at the centre of the story,
still a good read without that leveticus fellow Wink

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Re: What does it mean to be a Christian these days ?
Reply #385 - Jan 8^th, 2013 at 8:58am

aquascoot wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 8:45am:

gold_medal wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 7:37am:

aquascoot wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 7:11am:

Bobby. wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 6:32am:

aquascoot wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 5:44am:

Bobby, those figures on burning witches reflect very badly on the church.
I am a believer that Martin Luther was quite right to reject Rome as having completely lost it's way.

But ,I mean, gengis khan used to massacre every man woman and child. The aztecs were fond of a bit of human sacrifice.

The Roundheads and the cavaliers butchered plenty. The atheist japs killed 20 million Chinese less than 100 yes ago.
The guillotine got a good workout in France.
Farmers shot plenty of aborigines. The American civil war, the Somme, Rwanda. Plenty of butchery in the past and plenty still to come

Is the current Christian church a force for war, bloodshed, torture and suffering.
I hope not

Yes - well this thread is about Christianity today.
What concerns me is that the Holy book that was followed in the past led to the Inquisition.
That book hasn't changed so why doesn't the Church re-write their Bible & admit that it was wrong?
Basically the Inquisition was trying to rid the world of devils & witches -
& the people in the Church still believe in such forces.
The Pope's last Easter message was full of devil talk & the present Pope
was the leader of the Modern Inquisition now called the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

my feeling is the pope would be totally irrelevant to most chritians and indeed most catholics.
my feeling is the rubbish written in the old testament would also be irrelevant.
i am an affirmed cherry picker and i would hope people would take the spirit of jesus's message. still a very good message and ignore what is in the rest of the book.

i do agree, it is time for a rewrite of the book.
it is time for christianity to be taught in conjunction with science.

as jesus said, i am the way , the TRUTH and the life.

well anyone who rejects evolution, (about 40 % of american christians) is practicing a heresy , according to my estimation.

daft idea. the value of the Bible is its original authorship - God. change that and it becomes just another self-help book.

BTW it is the worlds biggest selling book by far so why mess with a winner?

I think some of the interpretations of the bible written by christians like powell and scott peck are incredibly useful self help books.

i'm fairly sure "the power of positive thinking " by norman vincent peale. i think he was a baptist pastor.

i dont find the old testament of any use whatsoever.

zebedee was the son of ezekial was the son of jeremiah (yawn)
and MOST people would never understand by god commanded abraham to kill his only son (though i have read a good interpretation of this).

spot likes to call these fairy tales. even if we see them as fables (as done by aesop) they are some of the best fables ever written and hugely helpful for living a rich and fulfilled life.

"i came to give you life and life to the full"

nearly all people i meet who are "fulfilled ' have a keen interest in religion.

many many astrophysicists eventually lose their aetheism.

it is a best seller , but only because of the inspirational (possibly divine) character at the centre of the story,
still a good read without that leveticus fellow Wink

it is a complex book and treating it simplistically will always get the wrong result. The book is the story of God's relationship with man and Jesus the central theme. Failure to understand or accept the relevence does not mean it is irrelevant. Leviticus for instance is the 'shadow' version of the 'substance' as demonstrated in Hebrews. once again it is the parallel development of Gods plan that shines thru. But you wont get it from a mere cursory reading.

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Re: What does it mean to be a Christian these days ?
Reply #386 - Jan 8^th, 2013 at 9:06am

Soren wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 8:31am:

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 4:38am:

Soren wrote on Jan 7^th, 2013 at 7:02pm:

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Jan 7^th, 2013 at 1:39pm:

Soren wrote on Jan 7^th, 2013 at 12:57pm:

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Jan 7^th, 2013 at 12:40pm:

If the church no longer uses Leviticus, and Jesus didn't have it in for gays, why does the church have it in for gays? On who's authority? if they are not using the word of God.

Not accepting two jokers and a cocker spaniel as indistinguishable from mum and dad is not exactly 'having it in for gays'.
You don't have to be a Christian to think that two blokes playing ma 'n da is a farce. Or do you really, really think that it is no different from a father and a mother?

That explains why you have it in for gays.

Why do Christians say homosexuality is a sin if they don't use the breathed word of God as a guide? Who told them it's a sin?

Do you actually need god to tell you that sticking a bloke up yer arse is a bad idea?
What else do you need spelled out?

I can just hear you, numpties, "Oh yeah?? Where does it say in the bible that you shouldn't put your food up yer arse? Or to burn your children or jump off a cliff, eh? Show us where it says that??"

So why is it the religious ppl that want to judge the gays then? Why do they object to them being treated equally? Why is it any of their business?

SOB

You have it back to front, as always, poppycock.

The gays want to be treated as if there was nuffin' remarkable about sticking blokes up themselves. They want to be judged as no different when they evidently are different. It is called the normalisation of deviance.

You see? There you go again. It is normal for them.

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Reply #387 - Jan 8^th, 2013 at 9:09am

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 9:06am:

Soren wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 8:31am:

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 4:38am:

Soren wrote on Jan 7^th, 2013 at 7:02pm:

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Jan 7^th, 2013 at 1:39pm:

Soren wrote on Jan 7^th, 2013 at 12:57pm:

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Jan 7^th, 2013 at 12:40pm:

If the church no longer uses Leviticus, and Jesus didn't have it in for gays, why does the church have it in for gays? On who's authority? if they are not using the word of God.

Not accepting two jokers and a cocker spaniel as indistinguishable from mum and dad is not exactly 'having it in for gays'.
You don't have to be a Christian to think that two blokes playing ma 'n da is a farce. Or do you really, really think that it is no different from a father and a mother?

That explains why you have it in for gays.

Why do Christians say homosexuality is a sin if they don't use the breathed word of God as a guide? Who told them it's a sin?

Do you actually need god to tell you that sticking a bloke up yer arse is a bad idea?
What else do you need spelled out?

I can just hear you, numpties, "Oh yeah?? Where does it say in the bible that you shouldn't put your food up yer arse? Or to burn your children or jump off a cliff, eh? Show us where it says that??"

So why is it the religious ppl that want to judge the gays then? Why do they object to them being treated equally? Why is it any of their business?

SOB

You have it back to front, as always, poppycock.

The gays want to be treated as if there was nuffin' remarkable about sticking blokes up themselves. They want to be judged as no different when they evidently are different. It is called the normalisation of deviance.

You see? There you go again. It is normal for them.

SOB

you really didnt get the argument, did you? And worse still, it is not possible to explain it to you.

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Reply #388 - Jan 8^th, 2013 at 9:47am

Gold_medal,
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it is a complex book and treating it simplistically will always get the wrong result. The book is the story of God's relationship with man and Jesus the central theme. Failure to understand or accept the relevence does not mean it is irrelevant. Leviticus for instance is the 'shadow' version of the 'substance' as demonstrated in Hebrews. once again it is the parallel development of Gods plan that shines thru. But you wont get it from a mere cursory reading.

Longy,
That's just weasel words from an apologist for the atrocities in the Bible.
Leviticus still stands as the Law.

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Re: What does it mean to be a Christian these days ?
Reply #389 - Jan 8^th, 2013 at 9:55am

gold_medal wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 7:37am:

aquascoot wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 7:11am:

Bobby. wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 6:32am:

aquascoot wrote on Jan 8^th, 2013 at 5:44am:

Bobby, those figures on burning witches reflect very badly on the church.
I am a believer that Martin Luther was quite right to reject Rome as having completely lost it's way.

But ,I mean, gengis khan used to massacre every man woman and child. The aztecs were fond of a bit of human sacrifice.

The Roundheads and the cavaliers butchered plenty. The atheist japs killed 20 million Chinese less than 100 yes ago.
The guillotine got a good workout in France.
Farmers shot plenty of aborigines. The American civil war, the Somme, Rwanda. Plenty of butchery in the past and plenty still to come

Is the current Christian church a force for war, bloodshed, torture and suffering.
I hope not

Yes - well this thread is about Christianity today.
What concerns me is that the Holy book that was followed in the past led to the Inquisition.
That book hasn't changed so why doesn't the Church re-write their Bible & admit that it was wrong?
Basically the Inquisition was trying to rid the world of devils & witches -
& the people in the Church still believe in such forces.
The Pope's last Easter message was full of devil talk & the present Pope
was the leader of the Modern Inquisition now called the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

my feeling is the pope would be totally irrelevant to most chritians and indeed most catholics.
my feeling is the rubbish written in the old testament would also be irrelevant.
i am an affirmed cherry picker and i would hope people would take the spirit of jesus's message. still a very good message and ignore what is in the rest of the book.

i do agree, it is time for a rewrite of the book.
it is time for christianity to be taught in conjunction with science.

as jesus said, i am the way , the TRUTH and the life.

well anyone who rejects evolution, (about 40 % of american christians) is practicing a heresy , according to my estimation.

daft idea. the value of the Bible is its original authorship - God. change that and it becomes just another self-help book.

BTW it is the worlds biggest selling book by far so why mess with a winner?

what idiot would pay for that crap ?

Oh a silly question Grin

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