(June 27, 2014 at 10:19 am)archangle Wrote:(June 27, 2014 at 10:08 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Well the problem there is that people disagree widely on what parts of the Bible to take literally and which parts are just metaphor. Also, I wouldn't say the Bible is "fine" if we don't take any of it literally, because there are still some pretty immoral statements in there.
hey, a normal response.
I agree with ya. The topic is also "having some mertis". But it is also not "evil". when we take it as a book written so many years ago. For a collection of old books, remember no internet, they did pretty darn good.
As far as immoral. I don't see immoral. I see laws doing the best they could in the times they were formed. And, as humans do, we screwed the pooch. Look at the USA alone. We are as immoral as they were.
Well the reason I asked the OP is because I want to be sure about what we're talking about with 'merits'.
And as to your other points, I'm not sure how you can't see immorality in the Bible. Just because it was 2000 years ago doesn't mean they get a free pass, unless you're advocating for pretty high moral relativism. Additionally, aren't the people in the USA 'doing the best we can in the times we've been formed'?
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
- Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson
