RE: My honest review of Christianity
October 18, 2014 at 8:12 pm
(This post was last modified: October 18, 2014 at 8:13 pm by Aractus.)
(October 18, 2014 at 9:28 am)Aoi Magi Wrote: And that's not pedophilia? And forget Joseph, he was never part of the equationPaedophilia is sex with a prepubescent child, so - no. Also Mary could have been 18, 19, 20, the bible doesn't say.
Quote:Yeh more leniency towards this also shows their standing towards the topic of rape. A slap on the wrist isn't good enough to prevent rape in any time-period.The point wasn't that they wanted to prevent it, but they had retribution. Also, fornication itself was a sin.
Quote:...Or the king just wanted to control his subjects. Just like Hitler and his concept of chosen people. Unification and control aren't really two mutually exclusive concepts, rather they go well hand in hand, and religion has been used for this purpose since before christianity was concocted.I think it's more likely that he wanted control over the religion.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
