Don't you just love the hypocrisy of religion.

[ignoramus]

Except for that fact that most Christians haven't read the bible - and have no inclination to do so...
Which makes it all the more bewildering?

Christianity certainly has morphed into an unrecognisable beast.

[Wyrd of Gawd]

It would be easier to acknowledge this hypocrisy if it wasn't so easy to point out actual inconsistencies and contradictions WITHIN the damn bible. The document itself can't make up its own fucking mind about practically anything so using any of it as a guide to anything is all the indication a person would need to determine that those who claim to follow it are certifiably nuts.

The committee that wrote the original Bible in 692 A.D. inserted those things to prove that it was a practical joke.  Once they put it all down in ink on vellum it became reality and no one was the wiser because there were no competing written stories.  Today we can easily identify all of the nonsense because we have computers to do search comparisons.  In the past people only read a little bit at the time and so the never saw the big picture.  And they didn't allow common people to read the Bible for about 1,000 years.  Today we can see that for every issue there is an opposite pov.  When it says don't kill the next story is a slaughter.

[Astonished]

It would be easier to acknowledge this hypocrisy if it wasn't so easy to point out actual inconsistencies and contradictions WITHIN the damn bible. The document itself can't make up its own fucking mind about practically anything so using any of it as a guide to anything is all the indication a person would need to determine that those who claim to follow it are certifiably nuts.

The committee that wrote the original Bible in 692 A.D. inserted those things to prove that it was a practical joke.  Once they put it all down in ink on vellum it became reality and no one was the wiser because there were no competing written stories.  Today we can easily identify all of the nonsense because we have computers to do search comparisons.  In the past people only read a little bit at the time and so the never saw the big picture.  And they didn't allow common people to read the Bible for about 1,000 years.  Today we can see that for every issue there is an opposite pov.  When it says don't kill the next story is a slaughter.

Already knew most of that, but it still doesn't change anything about my previous statement. It can't be taken seriously in the first place if you have to flip a coin about every issue since you can find justifications for and against every one of them.

[Wyrd of Gawd]

The committee that wrote the original Bible in 692 A.D. inserted those things to prove that it was a practical joke.  Once they put it all down in ink on vellum it became reality and no one was the wiser because there were no competing written stories.  Today we can easily identify all of the nonsense because we have computers to do search comparisons.  In the past people only read a little bit at the time and so the never saw the big picture.  And they didn't allow common people to read the Bible for about 1,000 years.  Today we can see that for every issue there is an opposite pov.  When it says don't kill the next story is a slaughter.

Already knew most of that, but it still doesn't change anything about my previous statement. It can't be taken seriously in the first place if you have to flip a coin about every issue since you can find justifications for and against every one of them.

The point of the biblical stories is to teach total obedience.  They are not really concerned with anything else.  If Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews and the God of the armies, tells you to gut and roast your son as a sign of faith in him you do it without any lip.  If you are in the military and you are commanded to charge a machine gun nest you do it without a second thought.  It's all about obedience in all matters.  Do as you are told to do, whatever it is.  Remember, according to the fairy tale your leaders were appointed by Yahweh so if you disobey them then you are disobeying him and will get tossed into the lake of fire.

[Fake Messiah]

Ken Burns recently blasted Evangelicals asking 'What Part of Donald Trump Reminds You of Jesus Christ?'

Here are some of his points source:

What part of Donald Trump reminds you of Jesus Christ? Trump lusts after his own daughter on national radio, talks about women's bodies and breasts in such a disparaging way, and mocks them. How is this in any way Christian? When you make the "other" the enemy, how is that Christian?

Well to be fair OT "Jesus" also lusted after women sex organs and since Christians do consider him "father" of everybody they were his daughters.

He shamefully took out a full-page ad in all of the New York dailies asking for a restoration of the death penalty for two 14-year-old, two 15-year-old, and one 16-year-old innocent children. While New York State laws would not have permitted their execution, just the fact that there was a rush to judgment ought to be complete evidence of how temperamentally unsuited he is for the office he now seeks.

Again Jesus asked people to be killed for stuff we wouldn't even see as crimes, like collecting sticks on the wrong day.

[Astonished]

Already knew most of that, but it still doesn't change anything about my previous statement. It can't be taken seriously in the first place if you have to flip a coin about every issue since you can find justifications for and against every one of them.

The point of the biblical stories is to teach total obedience.  They are not really concerned with anything else.  If Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews and the God of the armies, tells you to gut and roast your son as a sign of faith in him you do it without any lip.  If you are in the military and you are commanded to charge a machine gun nest you do it without a second thought.  It's all about obedience in all matters.  Do as you are told to do, whatever it is.  Remember, according to the fairy tale your leaders were appointed by Yahweh so if you disobey them then you are disobeying him and will get tossed into the lake of fire.

Well, yeah, I mean it's not like it's actually capable of teaching morality, is what I was getting at. Plus the morality it does try to teach is, as you pointed out, derived entirely from an assumed authority not meant to be contemplated or questioned. It's transparently phony in so many ways, not the least of which being that the only unforgivable sin is disbelief.

[vorlon13]

Ken Burns recently blasted Evangelicals asking 'What Part of Donald Trump Reminds You of Jesus Christ?'

Here are some of his points source:

What part of Donald Trump reminds you of Jesus Christ? Trump lusts after his own daughter on national radio, talks about women's bodies and breasts in such a disparaging way, and mocks them. How is this in any way Christian? When you make the "other" the enemy, how is that Christian?

Well to be fair OT "Jesus" also lusted after women sex organs and since Christians do consider him "father" of everybody they were his daughters.

He shamefully took out a full-page ad in all of the New York dailies asking for a restoration of the death penalty for two 14-year-old, two 15-year-old, and one 16-year-old innocent children. While New York State laws would not have permitted their execution, just the fact that there was a rush to judgment ought to be complete evidence of how temperamentally unsuited he is for the office he now seeks.

Again Jesus asked people to be killed for stuff we wouldn't even see as crimes, like collecting sticks on the wrong day.

Donald's apparent distaste with women's periods is echoed in scriptures.

After her flow stops, a woman who was menstruating must count off seven days before she is considered clean again. On the eighth day, she must present two birds to the priest for an atonement for having had a menstrual discharge.

[The Grand Nudger]

Except for that fact that most Christians haven't read the bible - and have no inclination to do so...
Which makes it all the more bewildering?

Christianity certainly has morphed into an unrecognisable beast.

Nah, it's just returning to it's illiterate roots.  

[Minimalist]

The committee that wrote the original Bible in 692 A.D.

I'd still like to know where you are getting this stuff from?

[Astonished]

Ken Burns recently blasted Evangelicals asking 'What Part of Donald Trump Reminds You of Jesus Christ?'

Here are some of his points source:

What part of Donald Trump reminds you of Jesus Christ? Trump lusts after his own daughter on national radio, talks about women's bodies and breasts in such a disparaging way, and mocks them. How is this in any way Christian? When you make the "other" the enemy, how is that Christian?

Well to be fair OT "Jesus" also lusted after women sex organs and since Christians do consider him "father" of everybody they were his daughters.

He shamefully took out a full-page ad in all of the New York dailies asking for a restoration of the death penalty for two 14-year-old, two 15-year-old, and one 16-year-old innocent children. While New York State laws would not have permitted their execution, just the fact that there was a rush to judgment ought to be complete evidence of how temperamentally unsuited he is for the office he now seeks.

Again Jesus asked people to be killed for stuff we wouldn't even see as crimes, like collecting sticks on the wrong day.

Donald's apparent distaste with women's periods is echoed in scriptures.

After her flow stops, a woman who was menstruating must count off seven days before she is considered clean again. On the eighth day, she must present two birds to the priest for an atonement for having had a menstrual discharge.

Again, how the fuck does a person's mentality accommodate the notion that it's perfectly okay for this god to condemn a person based on HIS OWN FUCKING DESIGN STRATEGY?!!!!!!!!!