The book is a book written by humans without any hint of divine inspiration and it shows in a big way.
The basis of the commandments is what's important, you know, being a good person? Anything further meaning is disguised by the men who wrote it, 2000 years ago, for people living 2000 years ago
Edit - Can we not get a religion thread? It's an interesting discussion after all. Has as much validity as a paedo thread does.
Edit again - In fact, we could incorporate the two. I bet with a swift google i could find some paedos in the bible.
To be fair. If there is some sort of a god (to be clear, I don't think there is) then you can't really blame the dude for the bible, seeing as it clearly is just a load of shite made up by humans. At least if religious people would acknowledge this I'd give them a bit more respect.
Edit - Can we not get a religion thread? It's an interesting discussion after all. Has as much validity as a paedo thread does.
Edit again - In fact, we could incorporate the two. I bet with a swift google i could find some paedos in the bible.
Being a good person is in the 10 Commandments? Really? Unless you're a woman apparently cos they're still property along with the slaves. The 10 Commandments are useless as moral guidelines. Don't rob, don't kill. Fair enough. Bit basic - even by the standards of the time - but won't argue. The rest are essentially: Worship ME worms!!! and stuff. And the 10 Catholic Commandments ain't the same as the standard model anyway. Y'all removed the "craven images" one cos it'd mess up the decor![]()
It would be brilliant to have a religious thread.
Jesus (sorry), what a cop out that is. By "cop out" I mean "load of shite made up now that people can see some parts of the bible are pure evil". Even you can't deny that a fair amount of the bible is really bad. "Thou Shalt Not Kill... unless god tells you to kill errrrrybody".
Tell me how this could be made out to be anything but evil with the help of the holy ghost.
It's OK to beat fuck out your slave as long as they survive for a day afterwards. That can't be interpreted any other way.
It wasn't Gods will for any killing to be done.. remember the beginning bit in pararadise ' dont eat the apple you'll die'.
SHambles said he wanted one too Swedger.
The people of Samaria must bear their guilt, because they have rebelled against their God. They will fall by the sword: their little ones will be dashed to the ground, their pregnant women ripped open.
— Hosea 13:16
Yup. He lied. Snake was right on the money though :D
There's a whole school of thought that says just that, PTCH. That the snake is actually the true god of the Bible and the one that's all shouty and wrath and hellfire and brimstone is actually the devil.
And ya, there's no getting around the fact that "god" is a genocidal loon. No way to get around it other than "he works in mysterious ways" really.
Mysterious, psychotic, jealous, murderous ways.
I'm into this "the snake was the real god" shout. Never heard that before. Does the snake have a name or anything? Or is it just the mad garden snake?
BOW DOWN TO THE SNAKE OF EDEN. EAT ALL THE APPLES.
The snake was definitely a good guy. He gets a bad name. Bloody snake hating Bible writers. I'm down with the snake.
Will check that BL thread in a bit
I've never heard that line of argument before SHambles. I'd like to see you develop it some time.
Yahweh or Jehovah or Jah means I AM or I AM THAT I AM. simple .. I am Jesu is ( french)
The thread is pretty useless tbh. It's certainly not helping me on my quest to create The Church Of The Eden Serpent anyway. Although it did throw up this video, which I found pretty hilarious. Particularly the end
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1tg46ScP8w