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Constantine's mother, at the age of 80 or so, visited Jerusalem for the first time. She was able to walk just so far with her physical limitations, and every time she was getting tired and needed to rest, there was yet another spot where Jesus supposedly did something or other, which she could then sit and admire. A friend who visited told me she toured Paul's mother's house. When I snorted, she said "Oh, they kept good records." Now the United States of America keeps pretty good records, but I defy you to find Paul Revere's mother's house, and we're talking two hundred years versus two thousand years. In other words, tourists have always been pretty good marks. So yes, a book which begins with two incestuous nudists who took dietary advice from a talking snake is not my idea of a foundation for a serious religion.
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They don't KNOW where Jesus was born, where he grew up, where he was crucified, where he was buried...NOTHING. Why didn't "God" make sure we'd remember? Why didn't "God" write ANYTHING down? WTF? "God" thought "orally" would be good enough? Like I said before..."God's" plan wasn't planned/executed very well. Maybe OUR "God" was the receiver of affirmative action, a quota...he wasn't REALLY qualified to plan/make a universe and got the slot because of a disability? His race? Her sex?
And WHAT was their "major sin"? Eating from the tree of KNOWLEDGE...? "God" wanted them ignorant to control?
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Thank you, Carl, for the link to that video.......goosebumps from beginning to end. And thank you for being a light amongst a lot of darkness on this forum.
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No...he's simply been fooled...like a lot of others have too.
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After re-read this entire thread I am left with these thoughts.
Men cannot accurately record today's news and its readers all walk away with different interpretations. And yet here we are debating the ancient history, the Bible, etc and yet we know that corrupt men corrupt trying to retain history on their side
And so history provides their version of the story (Spartans-Athenians, Calvary-Indians Protestants-Catholics Confederate-Union Armies)
The ubiquitous questions on every human beings mind are "who made us" what is our purpose" and the like
And for every philosophical question that creates a vacuum someone is there to fill it.
Religion is in my view good. What is bad are those who would distort religion for their selfish purposes.
I did not need anyone to tell me I am spiritual, Its instinctive. i alwyas knew it and felt it
I did not need anyone to tell me to reject homosexuality. It was instinctive and in my view unnatural.
I did not need anyone to point out that people different than me are both good and bad, just like people like me.
I did not need anyone to tell me that some of the teachings by my church didn't fit. and as a side bar was sorry they made the decision to forego the mass in Latin. I was an altar boy and learned the prayers in Latin. what a beautiful language
I viewed the teachings of the Bible more as important lessons in human behaviors and admonitions. I'll leave the divinity issues, etc to more scholarly people.
People can argue to and fro but if every human being followed the 10 Commandments not based on their divinity but simply their instruction this would be a much better world.
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Exactly...there is NO WAY that it was all recorded from oral stories 50+ years later accurately. It's propaganda...made up...to collect a 10% tithe.
Remember...the word is "His-Story". It's not "Factstory".
Yes they are...and they'll gladly accept a 10% tithe for their "answers".
Islam is "good"? For whom? Not me. Not anyone I know. Or...did you mean just Christianity?
Yes...but some "races" have MORE "bad people" than others. Compare blacks and whites...compare how they live, how they act, how they treat others. I'd rather live with whites thank you. I've NEVER seen/heard of a "black villages" or anywhere CLOSELY comparable...have you? If not, HOW can you say they are equal? It's like calling a master carpenter and a ditch digger "equal". One can create works of utility and beauty...one can't. They are hardly equal and shouldn't be considered equal. If you were forced onto a deserted island...which would you take? So, they are NOT "equal"...are they? One has far more value than the other. White people are carpenters...blacks ditch diggers.
Well then...practice relativism...start your OWN sect...that AGREES with YOUR thoughts. You won't be alone...there are over 5,000 Christian sects to choose from...or, as I said, you can always start your own. Because YOU know "God's mind", what he REALLY meant....right? THAT part of the Bible is allegory...not meant to be taken literally?
But people take it literally as God's word. It's not? Is what's in the Bible is just a "suggestion"?
Which ones? The very FIRST commandment is..."I'm the ONLY "God" have NONE but me". Should THAT really be FIRST? Really? Second...is "No images", no "idols"? Third is "don't take "God's" name in vain. Fourth, Keep the "Sabbath" day holy. The top four "commandments" are all about him. Why not START with the others...no murder, no adultery, honor parents...etc? Your "God" seems to be "all about me".
I had hope for Carl until I read all his religious bullsh!t. He's as brainwashed as the rest.