(August 30, 2015 at 12:16 pm)deep thinker Wrote:What is the basic rule in the Bible (and also in the Koran)?(August 26, 2015 at 6:37 am)Alex K Wrote: You better show Him some love, or you'll get fried. See? Love.I love how Atheists are not capable of deep thinking. They take everything so literal without ever defining their own belief system. I am a Christian and I'm not afraid to share my belief system. I believe the word of God has a deeper meaning then we are capable of comprehending. For example, for all we know, hell does not really exist but is described in the scripture for other reasons. Maybe hell is simply used as a teaching tool? Or maybe hell does exist but is only meant for pure evil...someone like Hitler? Maybe it was never intended for someone who simply doesn't believe in God but has a clean soul?
I love how Atheists love to attack the beliefs of other people without ever defining their own beliefs. I suppose Atheists are superior to people who believe in a creator because science has obviously proved that matter has existed forever with no beginning. Your belief system has absolutely no scientific evidence to support your claims. It is not superior to any religion so do not be so quick to waste your life away attacking religion.
The basic rule is that a person must believe and obey without exception. All of the biblical stories are about that and they show what happens when people don't comply. When the God character told his minions to go and slaughter everyone did he commend them for showing mercy? No, he was pissed that they didn't do as they had been ordered to do.
In the sermon on the mount did Jesus tell the local yokels that it was OK for them to do things that they thought were good to do? No, he told them that if they did not do exactly as he told them to do that he would toss their butts into the lake of fire.
Why was Cain not punished for killing Able? Because God had never told Cain that he shouldn't kill him.
Why was Adam & Eve punished? Because they didn't believe what God had told them and they did something that he had told them not to do.
Why was Abraham rewarded for gutting and roasting his son and spending his lifetime screwing his sister? Because God told him to do it and he believed and obeyed.
So the basic rule in the Bible and in the Koran is to believe and obey without exception or else God (or Allah) will toss you into the lake of fire. They won't let you decide for yourself what is right or wrong. You have to follow what they say is right and wrong. So no shrimp or pork chop dinners.
