(August 9, 2015 at 11:25 am)Lemonvariable72 Wrote:(August 8, 2015 at 5:33 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I wouldn't do it. If God told me to do those things, then He wouldn't be the God I thought I believed in.The God you believe in killed almost every living thing on the planet if the bible is to be believed, so why would that be such a unlikely order?
Let me fix it:
...If everything in the bible is to be taken literally.
In which case I'd also believe that eating pork was a sin, clothes made out of wool were immodest, earth is just a few thousand years old, and the universe was created in 7 days.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
