The bible... why take it seriously?

[robvalue]

Well, no one does trust in the message of jesus. No one does what he actually says you should do. That's the problem. I don't know, maybe you do! I'd be interested if you compared your actions to jesus' instructions.

For example, jesus tells you to give all your money to the poor. If you actually do that, give all of it, you pretty soon find out this is not a good idea in the long run. You can help more by looking after yourself, and then helping the poor more over time. Unless you have some other framework in place (which is adding to the words of jesus, not strictly following them) you're going to be in trouble.

And that's just one simple example. He also tells you to rip out your eye if you see something that offends you. I don't recall hearing that happening ever.

I respect being able to have a sensible debate with you Michael That is usually impossible with a non-atheist.