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Originally posted by chavos
and they didn't even bother to realize that Kings and Judges are the nearly duplicates....not to mention that listing the Song of Solomon as Porn on a board like this...an act so ironic subverts itself entirely.
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I quoted the entire thing directly from their board.
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So it's funny and all, but it really doesn't serve much of a point. Most of the other Christians i see on this board seem quite aware of the violence implicit in our tradition, and have consciously dealt with this.
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Many of them are examples of murder, cruelty from your very own God. It's mainly targeted to those who would cite the Bible as a source of morality while conveniently ignoring many of it's more ghastlier messages..
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I personally wonder if a book with less of these things could really encompass the human search for meaning...
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I personally wonder why anyone would follow a book that actively promotes slavery, racism, religious intollerance, misogynism, etc. etc.