Re: Raising the dead just takes practice
Yes I think you've gotten ahead of us here Ektor. I never said I upheld everything/defended everything in that book, I said quite the opposite. Also as far as the homophobia/genocide/murdering pagans stuff goes, as Malflick said, thats all Old Testament. The new testament was the new word brought by Christ to relieve people of the Old ways pretty much. You know, bringing in Yahwehs new commandments. So I'm not too sure if you've read the bible in its entirety but it's not 'ripe' with genocide, homophobia, war making, slavery or all sorts of bigotry. At least not more than any other period of time on this earth. Because you have to realize, the books of the bible are also documenting a time period. All the bad things happening in the book aren't always 'gods will' a lot of it is what was trying to be corrected.
Edit: I was ninja'd a little there so I'll read the above post and follow it.
Also masked, I'm aware he has the right to disagree as do all people. I also have the right to say he has no right to do those things. Of course I don't mean on the level of feds busting down his door and slapping on iron for disagreeing with me. All I mean is if he was in my home or near me saying things like that I'd prefer him not to. Not just Ektor, anybody who argues other peoples religions and their beliefs. But I understand his right to do it on a general scale.
Yes I think you've gotten ahead of us here Ektor. I never said I upheld everything/defended everything in that book, I said quite the opposite. Also as far as the homophobia/genocide/murdering pagans stuff goes, as Malflick said, thats all Old Testament. The new testament was the new word brought by Christ to relieve people of the Old ways pretty much. You know, bringing in Yahwehs new commandments. So I'm not too sure if you've read the bible in its entirety but it's not 'ripe' with genocide, homophobia, war making, slavery or all sorts of bigotry. At least not more than any other period of time on this earth. Because you have to realize, the books of the bible are also documenting a time period. All the bad things happening in the book aren't always 'gods will' a lot of it is what was trying to be corrected.
Edit: I was ninja'd a little there so I'll read the above post and follow it.
Also masked, I'm aware he has the right to disagree as do all people. I also have the right to say he has no right to do those things. Of course I don't mean on the level of feds busting down his door and slapping on iron for disagreeing with me. All I mean is if he was in my home or near me saying things like that I'd prefer him not to. Not just Ektor, anybody who argues other peoples religions and their beliefs. But I understand his right to do it on a general scale.
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