Hello All

[TaraJo]

Sure its a nice story.

Actually, it isn't.

It might be more accurate to say that there are parts that are nice. Jesus whole message of compassion, brotherhood, charity and general kindness, yeah, those all sound good. Then, if you finally turn a critical eye on the Bible, you see some of the stuff that's either just absurd or horribly barbaric.

In the end, the Bible and religion are just like any other man made tool: it's only as good or as bad as the person using it.

Anyway, welcome to the group from a Texas girl.

[Minimalist]

Jesus whole message of compassion, brotherhood, charity and general kindness, yeah, those all sound good.

The message has not survived contact with modern xtians....and ancient xtians pretty much sucked at it too.

They are a tribe with a dogma they think makes them special. There actually is nothing special about that.

[pocaracas]

Welcome from Portugal!
Enjoy, have fun, and keep an eye out for POEs.

[Annik]

Welcome-welcome.

[TaraJo]

Jesus whole message of compassion, brotherhood, charity and general kindness, yeah, those all sound good.

The message has not survived contact with modern xtians....and ancient xtians pretty much sucked at it too.

They are a tribe with a dogma they think makes them special. There actually is nothing special about that.

True. Part of the problem is that a good message props itself up on its own merrits. Bad messages are the ones that don't get very far without supernatural backing.

[Darkstar]