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Originally Posted by leewong
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1. Um, so Bible passages from the New and Old Testament have nothing to do with Christianity...interesting.
2. So what. The slave owners should not affect what laws Jesus is passing down to human beings anymore than a murderer not following his laws would. If God was truly omnipotent he could write a book in such a way that it is timeless. What you are suggesting is that God writes different rule books for different cultures and that his laws change as time passes.
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No, I'm suggesting that men wrote the Bible, and every other book, not God. You are at fault for assuming that a book of morals, written by men, has no value because you don't believe in God. If God doesn't exist, then why bring him into this? Why not take moral lessons from the Bible, since they are the teachings of men? Are you honestly telling me that there is nothing in the Bible that you find valuable? If you are, then you're a sociopath. The New Testament is 95% at least sound moral philosophy.
My point about it not being about christianity is that A) I'm a baha'i and
B) As always, you guys miss the point of religion. This isn't God sitting on high giving you instructions on life. This is YOUR ANCESTORS who were smarter than you, who saw the savage nature of the society that they lived in, telling their people "Hey dickheads, maybe you should stop killing one another and being ass holes."
If you don't believe in God, that's fine. But don't expect your arguments to convince me to not follow my religion. I have a sense of morality that doesn't bring me into conflict with any tribe, race, religion, or culture. That morality came from a religious upbringing. Does that make me evil?