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RCAlyra2004 · 02-27-2006, 08:53 PM

Jazz

You said:

By the way, how are your slaves doing? Have you beaten your wife lately? When was the last time that you sacrificed an animal to please God? All those are in the Old Testament. My point is that these texts are used to justify actions that people want to take anyway.

I SAY:
This is My point... the bible actually says these things are acceptable. Even though you and I do not want slavery now ( I know... "speak for yourself RCA"...) These religious texts will be used to justify Slavery again at some time in the future.

It is a darned good thing that scriptures do not say we should let snakes bite us as we worship a Christian God or someone would try that... what? it does say that... people in arizona do let snakes bite them as they worship? Yep.
I dare say that they actually do that ONLY because the Bible says so...

Jazz... I think we come at this from two different perspectives. Your prespective seems to be (correct me if I have it wrong) that people will Use any method to Justify anything selfish, including religion. In this you are quite correct! (if thats what you really mean).

What I am saying is ... People do use religion to justify just about anything.That is the danger of having Outdated and Dangerous texts at the central core of any beleif system. While we may disagree on the Salem Witch trials and on the issue of Israel, we both know that people are using scripture to justify their hatred of others.

02-27-2006, 08:53 PM	#28 (permalink)
RCAlyra2004 Crazy Location: North of the 50th Parallel	Jazz You said: By the way, how are your slaves doing? Have you beaten your wife lately? When was the last time that you sacrificed an animal to please God? All those are in the Old Testament. My point is that these texts are used to justify actions that people want to take anyway. I SAY: This is My point... the bible actually says these things are acceptable. Even though you and I do not want slavery now ( I know... "speak for yourself RCA"...) These religious texts will be used to justify Slavery again at some time in the future. It is a darned good thing that scriptures do not say we should let snakes bite us as we worship a Christian God or someone would try that... what? it does say that... people in arizona do let snakes bite them as they worship? Yep. I dare say that they actually do that ONLY because the Bible says so... Jazz... I think we come at this from two different perspectives. Your prespective seems to be (correct me if I have it wrong) that people will Use any method to Justify anything selfish, including religion. In this you are quite correct! (if thats what you really mean). What I am saying is ... People do use religion to justify just about anything.That is the danger of having Outdated and Dangerous texts at the central core of any beleif system. While we may disagree on the Salem Witch trials and on the issue of Israel, we both know that people are using scripture to justify their hatred of others. __________________ Living on the edge of sanity Last edited by RCAlyra2004; 02-28-2006 at 03:50 AM..