[i]Dear Drich sir,
What the ___ are you talking about? I was raised Christian since before I could walk, spent my entire lifetime as a Christian, and I have no frigging clue what the ___ you are talking about. Thou shalt not kill. Period. He who is without sin cast the first stone--Jesus could've thrown that stone supposedly, but he did not. It is never, ever condoned by your god to murder. Ever. Nor would murder be moralistic if said god ever did tell you to kill, and Esquilaxs' diagnosis of you being a religious murdering tyrant should you ever start hearing voices (which does happen medically), is highly accurate. Simply put, you are frightening.
The moral contradictions in the bible with regards to murder and punishment (particularly Old Testament verses) only concreted my beliefs that the bible is either a sad misrepresentation of the creator--or there is no creator, whatsoever. Mainly for the fact that an all-knowing god would know better than to throw such blatant "weapons" in the hands of humanity of all things, knowing damn well there's people who will interpret it as you have.
It's frightening that you're here, representing your religion actually--for Christians and non-Christians everywhere, I ask you to at least concrete your beliefs on a subject by reviewing them with others of your faith, rather than ranting on and on only causing more harm to your cause, than good. If you can't and don't do this, I am going to conclude that you're definitely not here to 'minister' to the godless, and that you're here for your own selfish needs and wants. I highly doubt you genuinely have god in your heart and can represent your beliefs accurately, and until you decide to make sense, please stfu. Thanks.
~Missy~
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[quote='Drich' pid='385692' dateline='1358102975']
any and all 'personal revelation' must first be verified in scripture.
~As a sane human being, I am going to say that even if the bible did say go ahead and kill someone for some reason: doing something because a book says so, is EXactly how genocides happen. Old testament laws are null and void, anyways. I find it funny you would bring up the Nazis, but hey.
[quote='Drich' pid='385692' dateline='1358102975']
It is the bible that would keep me from killing anyone even if I thought for sure God told me to.
~You just contradicted your own point, there.
What the ___ are you talking about? I was raised Christian since before I could walk, spent my entire lifetime as a Christian, and I have no frigging clue what the ___ you are talking about. Thou shalt not kill. Period. He who is without sin cast the first stone--Jesus could've thrown that stone supposedly, but he did not. It is never, ever condoned by your god to murder. Ever. Nor would murder be moralistic if said god ever did tell you to kill, and Esquilaxs' diagnosis of you being a religious murdering tyrant should you ever start hearing voices (which does happen medically), is highly accurate. Simply put, you are frightening.
The moral contradictions in the bible with regards to murder and punishment (particularly Old Testament verses) only concreted my beliefs that the bible is either a sad misrepresentation of the creator--or there is no creator, whatsoever. Mainly for the fact that an all-knowing god would know better than to throw such blatant "weapons" in the hands of humanity of all things, knowing damn well there's people who will interpret it as you have.
It's frightening that you're here, representing your religion actually--for Christians and non-Christians everywhere, I ask you to at least concrete your beliefs on a subject by reviewing them with others of your faith, rather than ranting on and on only causing more harm to your cause, than good. If you can't and don't do this, I am going to conclude that you're definitely not here to 'minister' to the godless, and that you're here for your own selfish needs and wants. I highly doubt you genuinely have god in your heart and can represent your beliefs accurately, and until you decide to make sense, please stfu. Thanks.
~Missy~
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[quote='Drich' pid='385692' dateline='1358102975']
any and all 'personal revelation' must first be verified in scripture.
~As a sane human being, I am going to say that even if the bible did say go ahead and kill someone for some reason: doing something because a book says so, is EXactly how genocides happen. Old testament laws are null and void, anyways. I find it funny you would bring up the Nazis, but hey.
[quote='Drich' pid='385692' dateline='1358102975']
It is the bible that would keep me from killing anyone even if I thought for sure God told me to.
~You just contradicted your own point, there.
If I were to create self aware beings knowing fully what they would do in their lifetimes, I sure wouldn't create a HELL for the majority of them to live in infinitely! That's not Love, that's sadistic. Therefore a truly loving god does not exist!
Dead wrong. The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.
I say again: No exceptions. Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it. As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.
Quote:The sin is against an infinite being (God) unforgiven infinitely, therefore the punishment is infinite.
Dead wrong. The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.
Quote:Some people deserve hell.
I say again: No exceptions. Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it. As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.
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