Maseroni said:-
" They then picked and chose each story and reformatted to fit the specific needs of their people. You can't say the Bible has set answers, they are stories meant to guide and educate. How far you want to read into each passage and come to a specific conclusion is up to you. Do you believe non-believers need to die then have at it. Do you think all people deserve a good life well there you go. Should I eat pig? Yes? No?"
Yes that sems very reasonable Maseroni, how most Christians - at least in the UK - conduct themselves. However many also take comfort in what they percieve as the certainties and unambiguous commands and laws in the bible, and anyone who has ever said "because it says so in the bible" or "the bible is very clear on this" cannot then take refuge in the "interpretation" defence that you have outlined.
Incidentally, are you sure you are an "ex-catholic". A poster in another atheist forum I read claimed to be that. He seemed to have no problem with the intellectual conviction that there are no Gods, but by his own admission struggled to leave behind the "God-shaped" hole that had been imposed on him from childhood.
Regards
Grimsy
" They then picked and chose each story and reformatted to fit the specific needs of their people. You can't say the Bible has set answers, they are stories meant to guide and educate. How far you want to read into each passage and come to a specific conclusion is up to you. Do you believe non-believers need to die then have at it. Do you think all people deserve a good life well there you go. Should I eat pig? Yes? No?"
Yes that sems very reasonable Maseroni, how most Christians - at least in the UK - conduct themselves. However many also take comfort in what they percieve as the certainties and unambiguous commands and laws in the bible, and anyone who has ever said "because it says so in the bible" or "the bible is very clear on this" cannot then take refuge in the "interpretation" defence that you have outlined.
Incidentally, are you sure you are an "ex-catholic". A poster in another atheist forum I read claimed to be that. He seemed to have no problem with the intellectual conviction that there are no Gods, but by his own admission struggled to leave behind the "God-shaped" hole that had been imposed on him from childhood.
Regards
Grimsy
