Earlier I asked a question about why the Old Testament God condones terrible sins. I was told it was untrue (actually, it is true), that I should read the Bible (I have), that the horror in the Bible is not literal truth (we'll why do so many preachers say it is?).
Why do so many religious people insist the world would be a better place if only we'd all live by the Bible, when it is full of a God demanding burnt human offerings (Genesis 22:1-18) God demanding whole civilizations be annihilated (Deuteronomy 13:13-19), that women be kidnapped and raped (Judges 21:10-24), that people stone people for collecting firewood on Sunday (yes he did, look it up), that parents kill their kids (Abraham and one other), that girls (but not boys) be strangled if not virgins on their wedding night (Deuteronomy 22:20-21), homosexuals should be killed (Romans 1:24-32) .
The list goes on, and on, and on ...
The Bible as an example of how we should live our lives today. You have got to be joking?
2006-11-29
19:56:48
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