07-18-2008, 01:31 PM
My belief is that the bible is a work of fiction based loosely on fact. Christian belief is that one should treat others as they would want to be treated. GOD vs the Devil in revelations is hardly the place to look for examples of how man should treat man. If anything the fact that it's hard to find condoned violence in the bible should be proof enough that it should be avoided at all costs.
It brings me back to why i disagree with Christianity so much and thats because it's bent to mean what you want it to mean. Example: There are two references in the bible where Jesus says about the Romans who would take in little boys and molest them "Man should not lay with another man". This addresses two things pedophilia, which the church has some dabbling in, and homosexuality. So look at the stances they have taken against these two things. There are still clergy serving that have been accused of pedophilia but homosexuals are condemned. If God wanted you to persecute homosexuals wouldn't he have made an inclusion in his rules for that? "Honor thy mother and father unless they're gay" ... What's happening to the gay community is persecution.
The gay issue feels like just another one of those personal prejudices clothed in faith and yet another on the list of corrupted features of christian faith.
It brings me back to why i disagree with Christianity so much and thats because it's bent to mean what you want it to mean. Example: There are two references in the bible where Jesus says about the Romans who would take in little boys and molest them "Man should not lay with another man". This addresses two things pedophilia, which the church has some dabbling in, and homosexuality. So look at the stances they have taken against these two things. There are still clergy serving that have been accused of pedophilia but homosexuals are condemned. If God wanted you to persecute homosexuals wouldn't he have made an inclusion in his rules for that? "Honor thy mother and father unless they're gay" ... What's happening to the gay community is persecution.
The gay issue feels like just another one of those personal prejudices clothed in faith and yet another on the list of corrupted features of christian faith.