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I haven't read every post here, so my apologies if any of this is repetitive:
1. A basic Christian tenet is that Jesus died for our sins, and that God is loving and forgiving. However the Catholic spin on this seems to be one of control through fear of an eternity in hell. These two ideas don't jive, as the Catholics would have you believe that God is vengeful (like in the Old Testament) and not forgiving (like in the New Testament).
2. Every religion (besides Mormonism, Scientology and a few others) is based on "rules" and viewpoints that are thousands of years old. I find it hard to reconcile this with my own life, as so much has changed over the years. Why hasn't God written any more chapters of the bible in the past 2000 years?
3. There are literally hundreds (if not thousands) of things that the bible considers sin. Most of these are laid out in the book of Leviticus (thus, Levitical Law). Christian Fundamentalists tend to pick out the convenient laws to forward their own agenda, while ignoring others. Abortion, masturbation, homosexuality.....what they concentrate on. They ignore the laws about keeping slaves, sacrificing animals, wearing garments of mixed cloth, etc.
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