What I'll never understand is why people insist that I love and worship God "or else." They never seem to understand that I don't want to worship any deity which would threaten me with eternal punishment. Christians always like to either hint at or outright threaten the eternal torture awaiting unbelievers and believers who sin, but yet they just never understand that this sounds like the ultimate abusive relationship. Look up the characteristics of controlling behavior in a relationship and then apply it to Christians. He forces you to do what he wants, he tells you you're worthless, he blames you for his terrible behavior, he limits who you can be friends with (in some religions), he threatens you if you leave the relationship, etc.
They only say this when it comes to eating shellfish, wearing clothes of mixed fibers, offering up sacrifices, or other inconvenient passages, but they want the ten commandments posted everywhere and that thing about putting gay people to death still stands.
(September 24, 2013 at 2:04 am)gilbertc06 Wrote: I've heard Christians say that before. That the OT somehow doesn't count.
They only say this when it comes to eating shellfish, wearing clothes of mixed fibers, offering up sacrifices, or other inconvenient passages, but they want the ten commandments posted everywhere and that thing about putting gay people to death still stands.
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
