RE: Christians celebrate rape, torture, slavery and genocide.
November 15, 2012 at 1:29 pm
(This post was last modified: November 15, 2012 at 1:38 pm by Kirbmarc.)
Quote:OK, apparently my discussion of confirmation bias and quantification was wasted on you.
I acknowledge your conclusion, but the evidence from history tells us that dogmatic ideologies (religions included) tend to be very harmful.
Quote:Jesus' harshest words were for the Pharisees, who were the religious right of the time.
Jesus may have criticized his religious rivals, but he also said (Matthew , 5: 17-18):
Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.
and (Luke,16: 16-17):
The law and the prophets were in effect until John came; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is proclaimed, and everyone tries to enter it by force. 17 But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away, than for one stroke of a letter in the law to be dropped.
so he was approving the morality of the Old Testament (i.e. rape, torture, slavery and genocide are morally right if your god says so). So he obviously thought that religious morality was right.
