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Originally Posted by tecoyah
In my experience, there is no single "Christian" bible, but rather an endless version of interpretations. The beauty of these books is in the vague nature of them, and the ability of believers to choose what is said within, depending on what they already believe.
That said, Murder can be considered ok, or forbidden, depending on what you decide to read into the scriptures, and is therefor (like pretty much everything else) left in the hands of Church leaders. Really the only aspect of these texts which is not open to interpretation is the need to worship the entity purported to have written them.
Fortunately, Capital punishment is a function of the State, not the Church, and even the current administration is likely to keep this line intact.
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But isnt this the fundamental flaw of christianity? That one person can interpret it one way, and its ok, but another person can interpret it another way and its no longer ok to do. How is it possible to follow christianity in this manner? All that difference, and thats not even branching into the different catholic/lutheran/methodist etc..
Christianity confuses me to no end because its simply, you make it however you want to, which I can't understand.
Not to say its not cool for someone else, but its just not for me