(December 2, 2008 at 6:12 am)lukec Wrote: Yes, it all seems rather pointless to bother being nice if that's the case, don't you think?
It isn't about being nice. You are far better equipped to more fully appreciate the meaning of the Bible if you drop all of the bullshit caused by Xianity. They adopted all of these pagan fables which transmogrified the and even obscured the real meaning of the Bible and it's teachings.
To fill that void and give themselves some desirable purpose they create a sort of pseudo morality that not only demonstrates their obvious hypocrisy but also keeps them from understanding one of the most important teachings of the Bible. The meaning and importance of sin.
They will cry out at the top of their lungs that we all sin but at the same time go on and on about how morally superior they are. Its bullshit.
David was beloved of God and look how he fucked up. Look at Solomon.
The Law of Moses was meant to instruct the people regarding the meaning of sin so that they would appreciate the Messiah and see what he was all about, but religious bullshit - which people cling so blindly to, got in the way just as it does again with Xians.
They miss the meaning for the religion. The Pharisee who prayed with head held high confident in how little he sinned missed the point while the sinner so humble as not to raise his eyes to heaven got it. That is why Jesus told his followers that the sinners might enter into the kingdom of heaven (which includes earth, for the record) first.
