Come to think of it. Here's what pisses me off about the whole, 'We must ponder the bible,' stuff.
If I had kept the post named, 'Great bible teachings' and what not and had filled it full of stuff like,
“Great men are not always wise”
"A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth."
"Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you."
people would automatically assume that I was actually defending the bible's teachings. Why? Because, you don't have to think too hard to realize that these teachings actually make sense. Do people actually contemplate the golden rule? I'd say most people who hear it for the first time think something like, 'Hey, that Jesus guy was onto something', or maybe, 'Wow, that sounds so right!' They don't say, 'Now, now. Don't buy into that without considering it first! Think of the rammifications of a world where people treated each other with respect and dignity! Don't just accept Jesus' words!'
No! Pretty well nobody says that. Yah, our first judgement isn't always the right one, but surpringingly enough our judgement is rather accurate most of the time. Now, when I'm reading a book and my bullshit meter is going off every 2 seconds I can't help, but put it down and think...'For real?'
Notice how kids in Sunday school aren't taught about the story where Moses tells his commanders to kill the captured women and children and keep the virgin women for themselves. (Numbers 31:5-20) You know why? Because kids wouldn't believe in the bible if they heard half the shit that was in there. No, instead kids are started off with the good stories in the bible. And I don't deny that the bible has some decent stories in it. But, it's setting them up for a lot of agony, because they're going to have to work their ass off and psychologically mess themselves up in order to defend all the bad stuff that's in there. Or, they'll just ignore it. That's the Christian way; "I'll hear what I want to hear and believe what I want to believe even though the God I believe in specifically told me to believe everything in his holy book."
If I had kept the post named, 'Great bible teachings' and what not and had filled it full of stuff like,
“Great men are not always wise”
"A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth."
"Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you."
people would automatically assume that I was actually defending the bible's teachings. Why? Because, you don't have to think too hard to realize that these teachings actually make sense. Do people actually contemplate the golden rule? I'd say most people who hear it for the first time think something like, 'Hey, that Jesus guy was onto something', or maybe, 'Wow, that sounds so right!' They don't say, 'Now, now. Don't buy into that without considering it first! Think of the rammifications of a world where people treated each other with respect and dignity! Don't just accept Jesus' words!'
No! Pretty well nobody says that. Yah, our first judgement isn't always the right one, but surpringingly enough our judgement is rather accurate most of the time. Now, when I'm reading a book and my bullshit meter is going off every 2 seconds I can't help, but put it down and think...'For real?'
Notice how kids in Sunday school aren't taught about the story where Moses tells his commanders to kill the captured women and children and keep the virgin women for themselves. (Numbers 31:5-20) You know why? Because kids wouldn't believe in the bible if they heard half the shit that was in there. No, instead kids are started off with the good stories in the bible. And I don't deny that the bible has some decent stories in it. But, it's setting them up for a lot of agony, because they're going to have to work their ass off and psychologically mess themselves up in order to defend all the bad stuff that's in there. Or, they'll just ignore it. That's the Christian way; "I'll hear what I want to hear and believe what I want to believe even though the God I believe in specifically told me to believe everything in his holy book."
Come my brethren and feast upon one another! (S)He who triumps and has eaten us all will be blessed with the knowledge of all those with whom (s)he has consumed!
