(March 3, 2014 at 5:02 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote:(March 3, 2014 at 2:03 pm)Deidre32 Wrote: So, since we hear lots of folks tout how the US was founded on Christian principles, is that why slavery and the oppression of women lasted so long?
Christian principles. Yep.
Let's not forget those "contributions."
Non Stamp Collector has an excellent video on this topic. If God really did come down in the flesh, you'd think he'd have been a little more progressive and clear.
...or the NT is the product of its time and the authors were only human which is why apologists must twist themselves into knots trying to reinterpret scripture to say, "oh yes, it really said this all along."
Anyway, here's the video:
Lol Yes.
I think that at the very least, the Bible is a compilation of hearsay and fables of what one sect of people thought of, in terms of their own "interpretation" of a Deity; at the worst, it is a book that was designed to control the masses, none of it at all even being hearsay, but rather a diabolical approach to governing people by teaching them to fear a Deity.
It's just a book worth keeping around for any positive purpose. It would be more productive to analyze "To Kill a Mockingbird."
