I think it's much better to bash on religion than it is to bash on people.
Instead of bashing on gays, lesbians, mexicans, blacks, etc.
It is better to bash on something that does not having feelings or feel pain. Religion is...eghh...worthless to me, and even though it means a lot to other people, i'd rather see Religion DIE than people die.
Originally posted by peejayd
[B]* and you still CANNOT refute the fact that Christ NEVER EVER taught his followers to kill... 😉
Matthew 18:6 Jesus says: "But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and [that] he were drowned in the depth of the sea."
umm, that sounds pretty deadly...
Just because you beleive in many of the things Jesus Christ taught, does not make you a Christian.
Many Christians claim that you can only truly be Christian if you beleive the Bible in its ENTIRETY....
So that counts me out for SURE..i thnk the Bible is full of good teachings mixed with a dash of bullsh*t.
I do not buy the "I am the Son of God" crap that he supposedly said. I follow the "LOVE THY NEIGHBOR" "do unto others as you would have them do unto you"
His respect for life policy almost parallels the wondors of Buddhism, in my opinion.
I CHOOSE to beleive that if there IS a God...he has to be better than all of us. He has to be absolute LOVE, not this discriminatory hate with a gillion rules.
He would not want people to die in his name, for what would a SUPREME BEING possibly need for us ?
Some people beleive that God only created us so he can be worshipped.....thats a GREEDY and SEFLISH ass God if you ask me
I beleive in a God who created us because he wanted others to exist...that simple.
He gave us FREE WILL.......that is my beleif, and taht is the GIFT i plan to USE to tis fullest !
Originally posted by AllianceHe was using that as a metaphor, just like he uses parables to get across a point.....Not necessarily meaning to kill........Though I do know his disciples did carry knives, because Peter cut off the ear of a soldier and supposed Jesus picked up the ear and healed the man.
Matthew 18:6 Jesus says: "But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and [that] he were drowned in the depth of the sea."umm, that sounds pretty deadly...
Soldier - "Geeze!! What in Neptune, I'm off duty you fool!"
Peter - "It's my Lords will hahahaha!"
Jesus - "You can be such an ass Peter. No knife for you!"
Soldier - "What about my eeeeear!"
Jesus - "Oh stop complaining, I raise the dead, do you think reattaching ears is a problem?"
Soldier - "Yes, because that starving lepper just ate it!"
I think it's about time the Bible gets turned into a Sitcom of some sort.
Still.
I would rather insult/hurt a beleif, than an actual person.
Beleifs themselves don't feel pain, they are just part of our though process, they are "entities" we make up.
People are not things we just make up, they are feeling, thinking, living beings. To attack a person is evil.
To attack a beleif is debating.
I'm a zealot for freedom.
Ofcrouse we are all bias, but i would never force my bias upon other people.
I may not like Christian "ideals" in general, but people have the right to be Christian. I just thnk they cross the line when they try to limit other people's freedoms thats all.
Also call me cocky....i thnk im like 40 years ahead of everyone else in terms of intelligence lol