(March 13, 2012 at 7:13 am)pgrimes15 Wrote: 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
I wasn't trying to defend Christians or any other faith. I agree that people follow these ,'unambiguous commands.' The issue is this list does nothing to convince me that any point has been made against anything and people shouldn't view it has anything more. I guess when I come into these pages I see these poorly conceived lists or explanations that people use to strengthen their point of view and it is either overly generic or just made up of incorrect assumptions.
Quote:"Recovering" from catholicism takes a loong time. They make it easier now by sodomizing children and failing to turn the offenders over for prosecution but it still takes a while to get the smell off the furniture.
I'm not sure what that has to do with anything. Again, I'm not defending it because there were a lot of cover ups. I agree it was wrong. However teachers molest kids, and when I was in school I was taught that the Indians welcomed us and were our friends and we were fair and gave them safe land to live on. That was a complete lie. Clearly the education is just as corrupt. I'd love to hear your ideas on what to do about the dangerous education system. What about that fun uncle that slips into your kids bed while babysitting because you trust him. What should we do about relatives and babysitters?
It must be hard to 'recover' from Catholicism amidst all of the other shit I'm having to deal with from my past :\
