I hope no one posted this but I didn't have time to read through all 10 pages.
"Sir, I contend we are both atheists. I simply believe in one less God than you, when you understand why you reject all other possible Gods you will understand why I reject yours".
Forget who's quote that was, but It's so good.
And secondly this is rather leanghty but I thought it might do Christians some good:
God created evil (Isa 45:7, Lam 3:38), God is a deceiver (2 Chron 18:22, Jer 20:7, 2 Thess 2:11), Tells people to lie (1sam 16:22), makes false statements (Gen 2:17), Orders a man to become drunk (Jer 25:27), Rewards the fool and transgressors (Prov. 26:10), Is not all powerfull (Judges 1:19), Threatens to spread dung on people (Mal. 2:3), Makes false prophecies (Jonah 3:4 vs. Jonah 3:10, Gen. 15:13 vs. Ex. 12:40), God caused adultry (2sam 12:11-12), Ordered the taking of a harlot (Hosea 1:2, Hosea 3:1-2), God killed people justly and unjustly (Num. 16:35, Deut 32:39, 1sam 5:6, Psa. 135:10 etc. etc.) God ordered killings (Num 25:17, Ezek 9:6 etc.) Ignored his own advice (Job 5:2 vs. Deut. 13:17, 5:9 etc.) Is not omnipresent (Job 1:12, Num23:15, Gen 11:5), Is not omniscient (Gen 3:9, 2 Chron 32:31, Ezek 20:3, Psa 14:2), God repents (Ex. 32:14, 1sam 15:35 etc.), God is unjust (Ex. 4:22-23, Num 14:18, 1Chron 21:1, 21:7, 1sam 6:19), God plays favorites (Deut 7:6 etc. vs. 2Chron 19:17), God Promotes slavery (Joel 3:8, Deut. 15:17, 1Tim 6:1-2).
Ok Enough of that, I've got like two pages left and I don't want to forget about Paul and David...
If you ladies are looking for main reason women have had to struggle so hard for equal status. Look no farther than Paul the self proclaimed prophet, who contrary to popular belief actually had more to do with the new testement than Jesus himself.
1 Cor. 11:3 "I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the women is the man", also see 1Cor 11:7-9, Eph. 5:22-24, col 3:18. If you think those are bad you don't even want to know how badly women are degraded in the Old Testement.
Next we have David(You know David and Golieth)... 1Kings 15:5 "David did that which was right in the eyes of the lord", 1 Sam 25:28 says "My Lord [David] fighteth the battles of the lord, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days."
So what did David do?
He killed (1Sam 18:17), Ordered Murders (2Sam 1:15), Exposed himself like a Pervert (2 Sam 6:20), Displeased the Lord (2 Sam. 11:26-27), impregnated another man's wife (2 Sam. 11:2-5), Told his friend to lie (1 Sam 20:5-6), Committed bigamy and polygamy (2 Sam 3:2-3, 5:13), arranged for a man to be killed in battle so he could obtain the man's wife(2sam. 11:2-5) (And there is plenty more)
The reason I mention David is because Jesus' claim to being the messiah is dependent upon this unruly character being related to him.
(I've read the bible and I know it quite well but since I'm not in the mood to look up verses for hours on end I shamelessly copied quite a bit from
http://members.aol.com/ckbloomfld )
[This message has been edited by SolarFlare6 (edited 22 September 2000).]