(January 12, 2012 at 9:42 pm)Rhythm Wrote: So, your god has finally decided that harming people wasn't fun? Well, I suppose it only took a generational curse, attempted xenocide, a few ethnic cleansings, innumerable stonings, and his own subsequent torture and execution to see the light.
The problem isn't God, it's getting people to behave in a way that's beneficial to them. None of the rules Moses got applied to Abraham but the rules Abraham got applied to Moses. If on the other hand God had tried to impose JC s rules on either of the previous they would have been as popular as a fart in a elevator. Time and place has a lot to do with it. Like raising kids, we learn slowly bit at a time.
As I see it the whole situation is an on going process. People are getting uppity these days over things in the bible that happened in the bronze age, that 150 years ago (while shooting native Americans or native anybody for that matter) wouldn't have worried them. Some of the teachings of Christ are seen as natural built in despite there is no evidence of it. Christianity as a evolutionary force, probably been done.
I don't know what the end result will be, but it is far from over. Take thy shall not covet, everyone ignores that one the least of the commandments, yet our own economic system is hanging on a thread damaged by the politics of envy and the greed is good philosophy. Long way to go yet.
Well that's me off, things are getting busy here, good night.
