[/quote]The primary problem with Christianity is that 'Christian's' are not teaching from the bible any more. They are telling people what they want to hear. The problem there is that when the people being told what they want to hear, find out what they have been told is not true, they feel betrayed and want to seperate from the church.
I am not one who will say something just because people want to hear it.
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THe problem is that the xtians NEVER actually taught from the bible as a whole. They did and still do pick only certain passages - put a spin on those -= and ignore the fact that the bible is a terrible book
But today - there are better reasons not to teach from the bible
1 - Most people can read the bible - and clearly see ALL of the mess that is in it.
2 - WE are constantly finding more and more things in the bible are simply not true - not supportable - and/or contradictory. Since people can actually read the bible - it is hard to deny to them what they actually read for themselves -and "spin" won't help most of the problems.
3 - IT is clear that the bible is NOT the inspiration of an all knowing god - and once you accept that much of it is myth and legend - then it is easy to conclude virtually all of it is.
4 - Of course - it is also clear to thinking people that religion does not actually work. Prayer has no statistically significant effect beyond chance. Theists are NOT more moral or ethical that non theists. These are simply FACTS.
I am not one who will say something just because people want to hear it.
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THe problem is that the xtians NEVER actually taught from the bible as a whole. They did and still do pick only certain passages - put a spin on those -= and ignore the fact that the bible is a terrible book
But today - there are better reasons not to teach from the bible
1 - Most people can read the bible - and clearly see ALL of the mess that is in it.
2 - WE are constantly finding more and more things in the bible are simply not true - not supportable - and/or contradictory. Since people can actually read the bible - it is hard to deny to them what they actually read for themselves -and "spin" won't help most of the problems.
3 - IT is clear that the bible is NOT the inspiration of an all knowing god - and once you accept that much of it is myth and legend - then it is easy to conclude virtually all of it is.
4 - Of course - it is also clear to thinking people that religion does not actually work. Prayer has no statistically significant effect beyond chance. Theists are NOT more moral or ethical that non theists. These are simply FACTS.
