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Originally Posted by tiberry
This is what organized religion has become...
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"Has
become..."? Don't you mean, "Has
always been..."?
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Originally Posted by tiberry
“God's word” - Empty syllables, more powerful than arrows, for no one dares stand against them. How simply the quick grasp power from fools! Man does not possess the ability, nor the right to claim responsibility for accurately transcribing God's Word - much less teaching it to others.
The words and teaching of organized religions today are not God's word - they're man's word assigned to God so that no one dares question.
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And yet, the three major religions (i.e. being the most influential on world history and events, as well as having the most numerous of followers) of Islam, Christianity, and Judaism share most of the books of the Old Testament as their foundation, and these religions have endured upon that foundation for thousands of years, up into the modern day. So, the Old Testament, at least, is made up of much, much more than "empty syllables". I mean, even if, veritably, the Old Testament is not of divine origin (i.e. divinely inspired, if not outright divinely transcribed), it is still one of the most incredible, fascinating and influential – if not
the most incredible, fascinating and influential – works ever written in human history. You may disagree with it and disbelieve in it, and you may even call for its disuse, but you shouldn't discount it all as empty nonsense.