(February 22, 2015 at 4:57 pm)Drich Wrote: If 'religion' doesn't follow what the bible says, then is the God of the bible who commands us through the bible obligated to follow the precepts in a given religion?
Rather is he obligated by what non biblically relevant priests/leadership says concerning who goes to heaven?
Or does God retain full authority despite what a given religion says and follow through with what he has told us in scripture?
Thought crime rephrase:
In mat 5 (where Jesus identifies thought crimes) he only does so to show the futility of trying to follow religious law. He is making it impossible to be found righteous according to the law. Which show point a good Jew to the second part of the law. Atonement. Once you have atonement for sin 'thought crime' becomes a non issue.
The bible is the only source of anything we know about your god, so if there's something in the bible that doesn't fit with what he wants, he's obligated to fix it. As it stands, there's no way to know exactly what he wants because the holy text is faulty.
Normally if we see someone making a scenario that other people can't escape from, and punishing them for not following in line, we call it evil. setting a standard too high for people to reach, and saying they're wretched for not being able to meet it is wrong.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html