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Avalon Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Lunar Base II
Posts: 3,093
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In the past 2,000 years...has there been even one church which was built on the solid rock of the Teachings of Jesus? The Words of Christ are heresy in the Christian Church...aren't they? Have you taken a careful look at the ethics (or lack thereof) in the Old Testament? If we accept the ethics in the O.T. we can probably justify all manner of conquest and atrocity. Why have Evangelical Christians supported the Bush administration and the Iraq Crusade? I desire a higher standard of ethics than that which is found in the Bible. The Bible should be studied for historical value...and for clues regarding life and theology...but all 66 Books should not be the standard of faith and practice in modernity. This creates a huge mess...especially when one adds all of the supposedly inspired and even infallible interpretations of these 66 Books. The principles and concepts derived from the words of Christ should be sufficient. Isn't this essentially Responsible Freedom?
Isn't that right Lucifer? Come-on Lucifer...smile! There's some bad blood between you and Jesus...isn't there? Why don't you two just bury the hatchet (and not in each other's backs!)...and reconcile? Neither one of you should have to bow down and worship the other...should you? Could the two of you agree to base the Solar System on the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights...infused with Constructive Competition, Positive Response Ability, and Constitutional Responsible Freedom? Why might this be a problem for either of you? Would 'Thou shalt have no Gods' and 'Thou shalt not be an @$$hole' be a problem? Would this be a problem for Orion and Draco (and who knows who else)? Come...let us reason together. Why does everything have to be so $crewed-up and stupid? Can't we clear this thing up on a sunny afternoon? Why is this so hard?
Last edited by orthodoxymoron; 09-21-2009 at 09:24 PM. |
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