the so fallible Bible

[Fidel_Castronaut]

Whoa dude. You have some serious issues to address within yourself. All beliefs aside, talking like that isnt going to get any conversions to your Christianity. I think you should take a step back and gather your thoughts because you are either extremely desperate for attention, or your brain is baked from all this discussion and that evil book you call the Bible. I cant even imagine being a non-believer and coming with a sentence like that. Youre a vile person

I think you need to step back and read the entire conversation. I was merely applying his own standards to him. He's the one who initially said that if you don't love unconditionally you're like a father who beats and rapes his children.

Of course, now that you know it came from an atheist, it won't be so vile.

No, I wasn't, you idiot.

Learn to read. You're the one making a false equivocation between a god who supposedly invented 'love' and 'is' love (or whose facet is love) an a human who is in no way claiming perfection. I specifically applied the murdering raping god analogy to your version of god, not a human who by definition would find it impossible to meet tr presumed standards that a god (whatever that is) would have.

Again. Learn to read, it's not that difficult. Please desist in misrepresenting my posts. Look! I'll even quote it for everyone to read, bearing in mind we're talking about your version of god which supposedly invented love:

Come along John, then I was talking about the reality of a multifaceted, complex interwoven system of structures that contribute (and/or exacerbate) cyclical poverty.

Here we're talking about whether to take a statement in a fairy tale prima facie or not. So you'll forgive me (because you're full of love for your fellow man) for not seeing the equivalence.

regardless of whether you 'see' it or not, my (and several others) interpretation of the bible is that it says god is love. I've had a lot of theists say that of their version of god, regardless of what it is (many Xtians).

Interpretation is key. It's the only thing that one can rely on on the bible. But if you're saying your god only uses love when it sees fit, then I'll take your word for it. Sounds bit like an arsehole, though. Like a father who beats and rapes his child.