To those who believe Bible is not literal...

[Captain Scarlet]

Your knowledge and understanding is indeed deeply lacking anna.

okay then Let me give you an example, lets say I was a knight from the middle age who served to ecclesiastical court. And I killed many woman becouse I thougth they were witch. But I did this just for the god. What will happen to me?

You were mistaken in thinking that you were doing the will of God, because it clearly goes against Christ's teachings. How did you come to convince yourself of this fallacy? The question of your innocence lies there.

I would happily concede that you have greater insight to me in this. So I tentatively give a response, but...to be fair Frods my personal view is that the teachings of Jesus of Nazereth are not clear. They are infact anything but, just one example:

In Matthew 5:9 Jesus declares, "Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God." But in Matthew 10:34 he says, "Think not that I am come to bring peace on earth. I came not to bring peace, but a sword." So much for peace making. To underscore this statement, in the very next verse Jesus makes a truly reprehensible declaration, "For I come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law." This passage is repeated practically verbatim in Luke 12:51-53. It should be noted here that in Proverbs 6:16-19 there is a list of the things God hates, one of which is anyone who sows discord within a family!

So that leaves me very confused. If I were a Christian am I to go out and smite people OT style, and piss off the mother-in-law (mmmm beginning to sound attractive this Christianity lark!). Or am I to be a concilliator looking for the good and healing family discord?