Flair wrote:
This is not my statement however it is a fairly valid view. I disagree with the final statement (not bolded).
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This is what happens when you introduce the bible to an already uneducated society. They are not able to be hypocrites like the american christians. The bible says not to let a witch live, it also says that a sign of a true believer in Jesus could drink poison and handle snakes and it would not hurt them. End of Mark, and in red letters to boot. People really need to get rid of there superstious ideas and grow up. Than maybe they would be so prone to con artists. Jesus and Moses=con artists!
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i wouldn't agree with the last statement is because "jesus" and "moses" are about as real (but not quite as real) as william wallace. the point, however, is still valid. jesus, moses, muhammed, whatever. "This is what happens when you introduce the bible to an already uneducated society." "People really need to get rid of [their superstitious] ideas and grow up." we're talking about superstitious doctrines designed by people who's idea of cutting edge technology was the wheel and axle combination. i'm not sure this is a reasonable source of guidance in the modern world. the point your source is making is that (the vast majority of) modern christians understand that the bible is a bunch of fantastic stories to inspire love and respect for the christian god and ideals, not literal, word for word, instructions on how to carry out your life. ...which is easy to call hypocrisy.
i've known a lot of people who call (and consider) themselves "witches." even though many of them live in conservative christian areas, because they live in the u.s., they're not all that worried that the christians will kill them. you'd probably see less philandering if people stoned adulterers. we don't stone adulterers. we've got laws against that sort of thing.
so what are the newly converted to believe? that the Word of God is to be ignored when it is inconvenient?
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