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Don't know why I added that ....
I guess the point is its not the religion, its a lot of the people who believe in it that I have a problem with.
Note the 'and Debate' why not of a religious nature. Most threads concerning the Middle East have contained religious debate.
Cheers. Unfortunately, political and religious doctrine has always been used and subverted according to needs of those who seek to control. Its human nature that is more at fault than the theories.
And these comments about the "Catholic" way to get into heaven and the "Protestant" way are not funny. I take offence to it.
Last of all, this thread wasn't pointless.
Thank you.
But what if he converted to Islam, Sikhism, Druidism or Hinuism? I don't think they'd be so sympathetic then.
I personally have no problem with any religion... but I believe that society should all be the same. I mean the media too... for example the psychic night that was on about a week ago where they tried to disprove spiritualist mediums... now if they would try to disprove God, there'd be a huge uproar.
Religious bias strikes again :rolleyes:
GAY.
If you didn't know homosexuality is strictly forbiddon in the Christian religon! It is condemned time and time again. First in Levicticous, then in the story about Soddom and Gomoragh ( I don't actually believe those cities ever existed by the way but think it was a story to illustrate what God thought about such things ) and finally by the Apostle Paul.
I know that a lot of things in the Bible are not true and I am not a fundamentalist, but on the question of homosexuality the Bible seems to be clear and concise in its message. There is just no way to bend the teachings of the Bible to make them say that homosexuality is OK. A lot of Christians would disagree, but there just seems no way the Bible teachings can provide evidence that God thinks homosexuality is OK.
the bible clearly states you have to pray only to god and only through christ?
Go away Steelgate you idiot.
You don't 'think' they'd be so sympathetic. How can you know this without canvassing wide opinion. I have heard many stories of people changing their lives through various means but I wouldn't condemn them if they chose another way apart from Christianity.
People also continually challenge the idea of God, as they do on here, without uproar. A Christian friend of mine tells me he has no problem with this as he is given the opportunity then to challenge this in a reasonable discussion.
How do you know a lot of things the Bible says isn't true?
Why?
That should be obvious. In some passages in the Bible it says for example that the sun revolves around the earth when this was disproved centuries ago. In another passage it tells the story of Adam and Eve who were supposodly the first humans, but if this story were true then it would mean the whole of humanity were produced by close relatives an incestous theory which goes against the Bibles' forbidding of incest.
The Bible was put together as a collection of seperate, books, letters and stories from various sources not all of which can be considered the infallable word of God. It was the Romans who decided what went into the Bible and many of the stories in it for example the story of Noahs' Ark predate both Christianity and Judaism and are found in as stories in other religons too.
I understand the Bibles sources and yes stories cannot always be considered the word of God but sometimes about the actions of God and/or Man.
Even the Bible's story of Noah predates Christianity and Judaisim, as it describes Abraham as the father of Israel and the Jews and Christ comes nearly 2000 years after Abraham.