Just one point, as there's too much rubbish to hit point-by-point:
Firstly, I'm not sure that being printed on the bottom of a cup at 'In and Out Burger' is a particularly strong argument in favour of your interpretation of this verse.
Secondly, this is the most notorious bit in the Bible. Here's what it's really saying: 'For God so despised intellectual honesty, freedom and free thought that he has declared that anyone who does not love Jesus to the exclusion of all else is doomed to eternal misery and torture for the unthinkable crime of having the temerity to use the critical reasoning skills that God has provided.'
Any Christian who thinks John 3:16 is an expression of God's love for humanity should be ashamed of themselves.
Boru
Quote:Even the most famous verse in the whole Bible, whose reference is written on the bottom of the cup at “In and Out Burger.” It’s so famous. Everybody’s heard of it: John 3:16. “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life.”
Firstly, I'm not sure that being printed on the bottom of a cup at 'In and Out Burger' is a particularly strong argument in favour of your interpretation of this verse.
Secondly, this is the most notorious bit in the Bible. Here's what it's really saying: 'For God so despised intellectual honesty, freedom and free thought that he has declared that anyone who does not love Jesus to the exclusion of all else is doomed to eternal misery and torture for the unthinkable crime of having the temerity to use the critical reasoning skills that God has provided.'
Any Christian who thinks John 3:16 is an expression of God's love for humanity should be ashamed of themselves.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
