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Originally posted by lucid eyes
Originally posted by Amadeo
You still didn't address the 13 points made in the OP's link. Do that and we'll have something to discuss.
I actually addressed them in my last post. The general context of Religion is purity. Various denominations disagree on just how pure one has to be. Its nothing more complicated than that. The reason there are different denominations is because every person is unique and draws the line elsewhere.
Is this that hard to understand?edit on 9-3-2012 by lucid eyes because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by fictitious
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I got tired of their religion bashing. All of them have the same ideas, and it's hilarious that the most "devout" of them all have no idea what is in their book.
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Originally posted by lucid eyes
Just because items like ham or homosexuality are debatable, does not mean that the whole idea of purity and all other biblical recommendations should be dismissed.
Originally posted by Amadeo
You only addressed some, not all.
You then went on to talk about logical fallacies,
coming from someone who appears to be religious.
This thread points out the silliness and hypocrisy of those who cherry-pick the things they want to believe and follow from the bible whilst disregarding others. That is what you have failed to address.
Originally posted by jjkenobi
Wow another Christian troll bashing thread! How unique to ATS. Let me guess, all the people here bashing Christianity for laws from the OT that haven't been relevant for two thousand years (that they don't practice) fully support Islam who STILL PRACTICES laws from 2000 years ago that shouldn't apply, like stoning women, making women cover their entire bodies, and not eating pork.
Originally posted by JohnnyCanuck
True enough...but who gets to make those choices? Seems a pretty subjective arrogance to do so, while still considering the whole of it as 'God's Word".
Originally posted by lucid eyes
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This thread points out the silliness and hypocrisy of those who cherry-pick the things they want to believe and follow from the bible whilst disregarding others. That is what you have failed to address.
Theologians and Philosophers have been addressing this since more than a thousand years, you must have missed it (and many others here must have missed it too). The Bible deliberately contains contradictory views as to promote diversity of denomination. Thats why, for example, several contradictory versions of Jesus Gospel were put into the book.edit on 9-3-2012 by lucid eyes because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by HolgerTheDane
I - and many other I suspect - would respect a denomination saying "this - this - this - and that is what we believe in" and then DISCARD the rest as being irrelevant. Only keeping in their little holy book what they believe in.
Originally posted by dbates
reply to post by JohnnyCanuck
EDIT: No one specific sin is worse than the others. The media just loves to focus on this one