(December 11, 2024 at 9:36 pm)TheWhiteMarten Wrote:Yes I am familiar with mental gymnastics theists use to square the circle so to speak, in trying to make the cobbled together books of this archaic collection of superstitions to appear as if they were ever meant to be one cohesive message. You also seem to have missed the irony in identifying such acts as evil only when they are aimed at Christians. Rathe than the truth which is that religions persecute people, their own, others, and anyone in between. The bible is a blueprint for such barbarism and cruelty after all.(December 11, 2024 at 7:33 pm)Sheldon Wrote: Shouldn't you all be just turning the other cheek?
Not at all - neither the Old Testament (quite obviously) nor New Testament ever advocates for allowing evil free reign to do whatever it desires -
Quote:that is infact a very counter-intuitive expectation.Blame the source, I didn't write it.