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Following the lessons in the bible to their intent (not to the letter) will very likely make you act in a moral fashion. But being good has little to do with loving God, whomever that may be.
As Christians describe him God is both jealous and vain. If there is a God, I sure hope that's not him.
As Christians describe him God is both jealous and vain. If there is a God, I sure hope that's not him.
Actually Christians seem rather schizophrenic...one minute they're calling God forgiving and the next minute they're saying if you don't do what he wants, your ass is grass. Perhaps this is just to test our behavior, but more likely it was just a bunch of priests trying to make their own ideas seem like something God said.
Think of a committee....
Think of a committee composed entirely of poets...
The King James translation was put together by a committee of poets.
Think of a committee composed entirely of poets...
The King James translation was put together by a committee of poets.
And then there's King James himself. Naming a Bible version after him is like having the Wilt Chamberlain version or the Madonna (Ciccone) version. But I digress.
The Biblical account of God paints God as someone who IS forcing us to love him. If it's a gift, well......when you give someone a gift, do YOU say "Accept this or you're dead meat?" It makes God seem more like the Godfather. An all-powerful deity would be able to come up with another entirely satisfactory way to do the same thing, like....oh I don't know...... just flat out forgiving someone instead of making an innocent person suffer.
The Biblical account of God paints God as someone who IS forcing us to love him. If it's a gift, well......when you give someone a gift, do YOU say "Accept this or you're dead meat?" It makes God seem more like the Godfather. An all-powerful deity would be able to come up with another entirely satisfactory way to do the same thing, like....oh I don't know...... just flat out forgiving someone instead of making an innocent person suffer.
got some interesting stuff to say about this but won't try posting it until we get ISP fixed as it usually won't let me - trying through netscape to see if it works any better but I doubt it'll be consistent anyway.
oh btw for your info there is a new bot creator place. I think it is kinda cool. It is based on the *gasp* alice bot but it is way easier to use. The url is http://www.pandorabots.com/pandora and no it is not my website.
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