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I wonder if he would have done the same thing if the mark of the beast was on his wedding Tackle

I'm sorry but in b4 flame war

 

 

 

all this thread is going to attract is the fundamentalist deists arguing with the strong atheists whilst agnostics put the occasional comment in the middle of the two extremes.

 

 

 

Besides, who takes the bible literally these days - ok there are quite a few fundamentalists who stick pretty firmly to it but few who do everything it says.

 

 

 

Anyway I won't bother typing anything long, just watch this thread degrade.

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The bible is good to have examples of good ethics, that would make the world a bit peaceful, and maybe even have that gentlemen hold the door open for you.

 

 

 

Can't live by the bible, but we can learn from it.

 

 

 

I wouldn't cut my hand off anyways, I'd rather go to a surgeon. -.-

Why so many religious threads these days? off-topic doesn;t necessarily mean biblical :wall:

Lolz when the homosexual thread came up i knew it was just a matter of time before the relegion one to pop up. #-o

 

 

 

I've read the bible before and I question everything I read. Theres alot of good in there too. Some people are just.. a bit extreem? Or maybe a chemical imbalance, as indicateing to that dude ^^.

I'm sorry but in b4 flame war

 

 

 

all this thread is going to attract is the fundamentalist deists arguing with the strong atheists whilst agnostics put the occasional comment in the middle of the two extremes.

 

 

 

Besides, who takes the bible literally these days - ok there are quite a few fundamentalists who stick pretty firmly to it but few who do everything it says.

 

 

 

Anyway I won't bother typing anything long, just watch this thread degrade.

 

 

 

The bible isnt ment to be taken litteral and you shouldnt anymore becuase of the alterations made. There were alot of other books left outta the bible by its creaters. The people that created the bible were not the ones that had anything to do with any profits or revolaters.

 

 

 

That said, Its full of stories about morals and what happens or what one can expect on some cases if not all if someone does something. Its about how one should behave to keep society sound, strong and in less conflcit with itself.

 

 

 

There will always be people that say what the bible says it what it means, but theres meny places were thats clearly not the case, but to ignore the morals of it brings the truth of the stated to life. as i said the bible is also made of meny books so that might not be true throught, alot of people think it was always a book, but meny of the books in the bible were made of meny centuries. Some could be literal while others theological and phychological.

 

 

 

Have faith If you wish, but dont have so much faith you cant see the sky as the sky, the ground as the ground and the sea as the sea.

What part of the Bible is OK to be taken literally?

 

 

 

How do you decide?

 

 

 

If you start picking and choosing parts to be taken literally, aren't you "creating God in your own image", that is, picking the parts of the Bible you take literally to match your own pre-conceptions of what "God" is?

I'm sorry but in b4 flame war

 

 

 

all this thread is going to attract is the fundamentalist deists arguing with the strong atheists whilst agnostics put the occasional comment in the middle of the two extremes.

 

 

 

Besides, who takes the bible literally these days - ok there are quite a few fundamentalists who stick pretty firmly to it but few who do everything it says.

 

 

 

Anyway I won't bother typing anything long, just watch this thread degrade.

 

 

 

The bible isnt ment to be taken litteral and you shouldnt anymore becuase of the alterations made. There were alot of other books left outta the bible by its creaters. The people that created the bible were not the ones that had anything to do with any profits or revolaters.

 

 

 

That said, Its full of stories about morals and what happens or what one can expect on some cases if not all if someone does something. Its about how one should behave to keep society sound, strong and in less conflcit with itself.

 

 

 

There will always be people that say what the bible says it what it means, but theres meny places were thats clearly not the case, but to ignore the morals of it brings the truth of the stated to life. as i said the bible is also made of meny books so that might not be true throught, alot of people think it was always a book, but meny of the books in the bible were made of meny centuries. Some could be literal while others theological and phychological.

 

 

 

Have faith If you wish, but dont have so much faith you cant see the sky as the sky, the ground as the ground and the sea as the sea.

 

 

 

I don't get how that applies to my post, sorry :-s

I don't need a book to tell me how to be a decent human being.

What part of the Bible is OK to be taken literally?

 

 

 

How do you decide?

 

 

 

If you start picking and choosing parts to be taken literally, aren't you "creating God in your own image", that is, picking the parts of the Bible you take literally to match your own pre-conceptions of what "God" is?

 

 

 

Some people believe in faith and direction from the holy spirit. Im not a catholic or a christian. But i do know some stuff. They feel like what they believe and feel the holy spirit is guideing them to feel. Also if they "feel" like relaxing marriage comitment laws then, I highly doubt its any spiritual force guideing them, used as an example but im shure you understand what i mean.

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The Bible is meant to be read contextually, not literally. Anyone who takes it literally is out of their mind. The Old Testament was written for a far less civilized people thousands of years ago, and while it can still contain good moral lessons, none of the literal instruction it gives is taken seriously by the Catholic Church, in recognition of the sheer impracticality and in some cases barbarity.

 

 

 

The New Testament revolves around the far more recent and factual life of Jesus. However, still the only aspect to be taken literally is the existence of Jesus, and his works if you are inclined to believe them. The culture was still radically different and less civilized than today, and anyone who takes an instruction on what to do based on the perceptions of the Middle East 2000 years ago is, once again, an idiot.

@ The Religious Bashers:

 

 

 

An insane man cut off his hand... This proves nothing. Dear Lord, the ignorance on this forum is stiffly.

 

 

 

@ The Christians: Do you realize what some of you are saying? The Bible isn't meant to be taken literally? Are you kidding me? What about "Loving thy neighbor as thy self"?

 

 

 

The Bible is full of symbols. If you are too ignorant to realize this you are too ignorant to hold an intelligent conversation.

A topic like this can only breed flaming and hateful messages. Good point that not all things should be taken literally.

 

 

 

You can't judge a religion by 1 insane man literally removing his hand based on what a book tells him to do, though. That could apply to almost any religion with more-or-less bizarre requirements that reasonable adherents choose not to obey.