Verses that I actually like deal with how to treat the poor. Jesus said basically that if a person mistreats the poor and do not actively feed and clothe them then he would not know them in heaven even if they called him Lord on earth. That is pretty powerful and if Christians focused on actions as a requirement to be part of their religion then they would probably do less damage in the world. However, like Brian pointed out, Christians focus on believing in Jesus and many of them ignore the fact that their founder told them to do certain things.
Here is an analogy from the bible that I like for its overall screwiness. God basically goes for a walk and finds an abandoned baby. He saves the child and when she enters puberty, he makes her his wife but she cheats on him and he is pissed. It is such a weird analogy about Israel's relationship with god especially the image of god deciding when he can sleep with his young adopted daughter.
Ezekiel 16
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Here is an analogy from the bible that I like for its overall screwiness. God basically goes for a walk and finds an abandoned baby. He saves the child and when she enters puberty, he makes her his wife but she cheats on him and he is pissed. It is such a weird analogy about Israel's relationship with god especially the image of god deciding when he can sleep with his young adopted daughter.
Ezekiel 16
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Quote: On the day you were bornyour cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to make you clean, nor were you rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths. 5 No one looked on you with pity or had compassion enough to do any of these things for you. Rather, you were thrown out into the open field, for on the day you were born you were despised.
6 “‘Then I passed by and saw you kicking about in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, “Live!”[a] 7 I made you grow like a plant of the field. You grew and developed and entered puberty. Your breasts had formed and your hair had grown, yet you were stark naked.
8 “‘Later I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for love, I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your naked body. I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Sovereign Lord, and you became mine.
