The Old testament was and is an first attempt at mankind really trying to figure out what God wants from us. Our rules and ideas were wrong and we got a translator, Jesus. He tried spreading the message of how to interpret those rules, then he died so we could have a fresh start. He left us with an internal translator, the holy spirit, that we can use to gauge our steps along the path. I'm not dismissing the OT. It simply was a primitive understanding, that's been corrected. I don't see how someone, who wasn't berrated by theese hell fire and brimstone evangelicals, and has read the bible (yes, even literally) and sums up the entire book as God is an amoral asshole, as so many atheists do. Please, I'm trying to see the other perspective, share please.
If you think being left out in the dark because you refused to come into the light is a punishment or is anyone's problem but yours, you're in denial of your personal accountability for your actions.
If you think self-sacrifice with a grander purpose other than just to die, isn't commendable, then what value do all the people who've died for your rights in wars have?
What exactly is primitive about doing unto others what you would have done to you and don't be afraid of a little self-sacrifice?
If you think being left out in the dark because you refused to come into the light is a punishment or is anyone's problem but yours, you're in denial of your personal accountability for your actions.
If you think self-sacrifice with a grander purpose other than just to die, isn't commendable, then what value do all the people who've died for your rights in wars have?
What exactly is primitive about doing unto others what you would have done to you and don't be afraid of a little self-sacrifice?
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
