Originally posted by moocowman
reply to post by muzzleflash
Dude, you you extend us the courtesy of providing the bible quotes you speak of so that we may investigate your claims.
Listening to this obviously deluded man is making my skin crawl, can you just provide the meat and keep the trimmings please.
100% agreed, except forget the biblical quotes. Just listening to the tone of this guy's voice made my skin crawl. He sounds like an overly enthused salesman on speed.
Nearly all religious people, especially the zealots, swear that they are living in the end days. They use this to scare you, just like they manipulate their audience in other ways.
Consider if someone today said, "God told me this" then went on to write an entire mini-book on it. Then went onto the street to share the special messages the voices told him - alive or in a dream. They would be dismissed mentally ill. So, the bible is comparable to that happening, and isn't that some garbage? 12 guys claiming to be in touch with god. Boy, the bigger the lie, the more people just don't bother to think good and hard on it.
Many times we've had large earthquakes and enormous deadly storms. People like to think the ones that occur in their lifetime are special because it makes the bible seem true. Try to tell anyone their bible is a work on pure fiction, and watch how likely it is they have nothing to say or get defensive.
On the other hand, try to tell a physics professor his physics are completely false...the joke would be on you.
Christianity stems from Paganism - Earth, Sun, and planetary worship. That is why Jesus is God's Sun (not his son, Sun) - consider the light of world. Sure is the light of world....the Alpha and Omega. That is also true. Life requires the sun to begin, and when the sun goes out, anything living on the Earth will die because nobody can eat if the food has run out.
More than that, though, the bible has lots of sexual references, like considering the Earth feminine, so that God plants his seed into Mother Earth, then "rains" on her, and she bears fruit / gives birth to trees, etc. And, isn't it sexist to consider god a male? It is, and it's a shame for women out there because it allows sexists men to be subservient.
So, it's really disappointing that people don't think more about the symbolism in the books and how it relates to the solar system.
So, to recap: this guy and others like him manipulate the audiences with sensationalist end times stories to make them feel they are special. They enjoy being told how to live their lives (or else they wouldn't show up in the first place). The mere fact that the bible has to be "translated" by some one else so it makes sense, should tell you "Hey, maybe I should find something I can interpret myself."
How about just being kind to others? That's a great place to start, and yet so much hatred and violence exist in religious people especially against people of other faiths. The bible itself is filled with violence. What a great way to plant the wrong ideas into someone's head.
Don't even get me started with catechism, or the brainwashing of young children before they develop critical thinking skill. I'm grateful I had some, asking, How does jesus walk on water? They couldn't ask that. Try this one:Can you see a soul? No. Can you touch it? No. Does it weigh anything? No. Then how can it burn in hell? ....stumps them every time.
