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OT: Rebelious reopening of locked topic 25-Aug-2010 At 8:35:25 PM pensionerpower

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On 25/08/2010 Sabu wrote:

>It's most clear in the Old Testiment (along with all those other wierd rules)

every single one of which you undoubtedly ignore completely - for example:

An uncircumcised boy should be abandoned by his parents and community (G17:14). Those who break the Sabbath should be executed (E31:14). If a man has sex with another man, kill them both (L20:13). Anyone who blasphemes or curses shall be stoned to death by the whole community (L24:16). Destroy the altars, images, and places of worship of those with different religions (D7:5). Burn and "utterly detest" the religious symbols of other faiths (D7:25-26). Kill everyone who has religious beliefs that are different from your own (D17:2-7).

and so on, ad pathetic infinitum.

I've no doubt that the Bible contains some pearls of wisdom. But a lot of it is ridiculous nonsense, exemplified by the quotes above. And you can easily come up with reams and reams and reams of that nonsense:

*** NONE OF WHICH MOST SO-CALLED CHRISTIANS
*** ACTUALLY TAKE ANY NOTICE OF!

Apparently it's fine to disapprove of homosexuality "because the bible says so". But for some reason, it's not so fine to murder blasphemers, those who break the Sabbath, missionaries pof other faiths, and so on - and disapprove of dozens and dozens and dozens of other ridiculous unapproved classes of people and activities, all of which the bible calls for?

Sabu, let me in on the secret. Why do you accept the bible's attitude to homosexuals, but not its attitide to blasphemers, missionares, and those who light a fire on Sundays? The bible calls on you to *KILL* those people. It's there in simple black and white.

Do you feel impelled to do so? If not, why not? How do you justify following the parts that you personally seem to agree with, and ignoring the parts that you don't? Doesn't that seem a teeny bit - how can I put this - hypocritical and self-serving?