RE: Question for freethinkers
July 14, 2011 at 4:46 pm
(This post was last modified: July 14, 2011 at 5:08 pm by Godscreated.)
(July 14, 2011 at 4:20 pm)Epimethean Wrote: God didn't create evil, nor does god do evil, but enough religiously schizoid fucks ARE evil and DO evil in the name of their imaginary skywizard to keep the whole bullshit rolling.
In some ways I agree, there are religious people doing things that are evil, that is evil according to God, then there are those that do evil according to man and God ie. those who would kill abortion doctors. Let me make something clear here, I in no way support abortion, I do believe that it's murder, however the law of the land see's it differently and thus I must and do tolorate this law. Those who do murder abortion doctors should be punished for their crime and will be by God. NO one has the right to take the law into their own hands and this is also what is taught in the scriptures. Just because they do evil in the name of God that does not mean that God condone's it nor that most christians or religious people are like that.
(July 14, 2011 at 4:28 pm)Rhythm Wrote: A better translation will always be found whenever an uncomfortable objection is raised. No two believers are reading the same book, even if they only have one book between them.
Atheist and all nonbelievers are the worst when it comes to interpreting what the Bible says, translation is writting a book, paper or ie. from one language to another, you are talking about intrepretation not translation. Scientist often take the evidence and interpret it differently, so where's the difference, the difference is that the scientist are looking at the same wording and believers might not depending on the particular Bible translation they are reading. The King James is a good translation however it is not the best, the New American Standard is generally considered the best translation of the scriptures and if you want to see the more literal wording the Inductive Study version of the NAS is very good. As with all ancient languages we are learning more about them as more writtings are discovered.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.