(July 26, 2017 at 10:04 pm)Hammok Man Wrote:(July 26, 2017 at 8:20 pm)Astonished Wrote: Just be honest about Yahweh with them. The bloodthirsty genocidal psychopath that no one has any business lying to them about. That'll kill the illusion pretty fucking quick and you'll have done nothing but told them the truth. Might scar them for life in the process depending on which stories you read them...
I don't remember much about Jesus being a bloodthirsty genocidal psychopath.
I do remember the general theme of the sermon on the mount.
"Do unto others as you would have done unto you." I don't think Jesus was the first to say this but arguably he is credited with popularizing the idea.
I will agree that people have done some pretty terrible things in his name, but i am not sure that who ever Jesus was is responsible. My understanding is that there were quite a few messiahs wondering around Israel around 0 AD.
I am of the opinion that the Jesus we know through the gospels is a merger of several people.
Ah...I see. They got to you pretty good. Don't make that mistake with your wee ones.
Religions were invented to impress and dupe illiterate, superstitious stone-age peasants. So in this modern, enlightened age of information, what's your excuse? Or are you saying with all your advantages, you were still tricked as easily as those early humans?
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.