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Tophat665 · 02-02-2005, 05:05 AM

So God hates Shrimp and Cigarettes?

Lebell, I understand that the God in the new Testament is running under different rules that the God in the Old Testament. New Covenant and all that sort of thing. What bugs the heck out of me is the number of folks running around claiming to be Christians who haven't figured that out.

According to Bill Moyers quoting a recent Gallup poll, a Third of the American electorate believes the Bible is Literally True. (<a href="http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/5211218.html">Here's the link</a> to the Star Tribune piece that I am drawng on.) One Third.

Look at the person to your right and the person to your left. If you don't believe the Bible is Literally true, chances are that one of them does. This is a major failure of our educational system, and it leads to, among many other things, homophobia - or, more generally, xenophobia.

Well, things run in cycles. I'll just hope I survive until the '60s and '70s come back around.

02-02-2005, 05:05 AM	#46 (permalink)
Tophat665 Minion of the scaléd ones Location: Northeast Jesusland	So God hates Shrimp and Cigarettes? Lebell, I understand that the God in the new Testament is running under different rules that the God in the Old Testament. New Covenant and all that sort of thing. What bugs the heck out of me is the number of folks running around claiming to be Christians who haven't figured that out. According to Bill Moyers quoting a recent Gallup poll, a Third of the American electorate believes the Bible is Literally True. (<a href="http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/5211218.html">Here's the link</a> to the Star Tribune piece that I am drawng on.) One Third. Look at the person to your right and the person to your left. If you don't believe the Bible is Literally true, chances are that one of them does. This is a major failure of our educational system, and it leads to, among many other things, homophobia - or, more generally, xenophobia. Well, things run in cycles. I'll just hope I survive until the '60s and '70s come back around. __________________ Light a man a fire, and he will be warm while it burns. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life.