People do follow the Bible | 27 comments (27 topical, 0 hidden)
Rejecting The Old Testament (none / 0)
That always pisses me off, Christians who dismiss the Old Testament as irrelevant because of Jesus and the New Testament.

Aside from the fact that they still quote from the OT when it comes go homosexuality, the supposed moral foundation of our behavior is found in the OLD Testament.

I'm referring of course to The Ten Commandments. So if the Old Testament is irrelevant I guess we can ignore that pesky list of rules to.

by Tom Hanc on 12/29/2008 03:55:57 PM EST

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The 10 commandments is not "pesky" (none / 0)
I mean, it has things like "Do not kill," and "Do not commit adultery," - things that would help anyone live a pleasant life today, don't you think? :)

by jjr5 on 12/30/2008 01:49:54 AM EST

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Yes (none / 0)
I agree that common sense rules (most if not all of which existed in some form prior to the Bible being written) are good.

I believe rational, secular people also agree that not killing and stealing (etc.) are good things. The problem comes in with abortion, stem cell research, gay marriage, ineffective abstinence only education, physician assisted suicide, masturbation, sex outside of marriage and the list goes on.

by Tom Hanc on 12/30/2008 02:32:17 AM EST

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Cherry picking (none / 0)
didn't see that one coming :-)

what about the first commandment, he? The first commandment is just another word for intolarence, it's also a sign of a very petty and insecure god.

Also "Honor your father and mother" seems nice, but what if your parents abuse you, does this also count for the 6 yo girl who's raped by her father, if we go by history: YES, the churches have covered up most abuses.

what gives it an extra something of course is the punishment for breaking the commandments: death.

by callisto on 12/30/2008 11:03:03 AM EST

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How come... (none / 0)

....it's always the DAD who's the abuser? Can't we just once have an analogy where the mother is raping the six year old son? Dads get a bum rap....

:-)

by MedfordTim on 12/30/2008 01:16:08 PM EST

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Well, God admits that he is a jealous God (none / 0)
and that he wants us to follow only him. I think God was being very up front about that. Think about the consequences of if he wasn't jealous - with the pretexts he puts for what are at stake for us, who could he not be jealous.

by jjr5 on 02/14/2009 01:04:49 AM EST

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People do follow the Bible | 27 comments (27 topical, 0 hidden)