The Bible?, historical acocunt or a political agenda Options

[sadolakced acid]

we all know this book. we've at least seen it in hotel rooms. this is the book with tissue-thin pages, the book that was first printed. this is a book that people rally to.

and it is a political agenda.

in the early years of christianity, there were many, many sects that called themselves chistian. one sect decided they were the real christians, and condemned the rest as false sects.

this sect evolved into the church. In order to make all other sects wrong, they edited the bible. they threw out the parts they didn't like, added parts they liked. The bible is a manual for how to live your life- so, why not add in a bit about who you should give money to?

over the years, the bible evolved as it's editors saw fit. It was changed, in the case of the king james bible, to help conquer ireland.

It was rewritten to support values the political leaders wanted supported.

want a reason to allow slavery? put in a bit about cain and able.

want to be able to get precious farmlands in the middle east? put in a bit about that being the holy land.

the bible, it seems, is nothing more than a written propoganda tool; too far edited from it's original text to be considered anything more than a pamplet that's designed, not to ensure truth of history, and that all sides are protrayed, but to get the godless heathens to convert to christianity.


now; you can either flame me and tell me how i couldn't understand, and cite bible quotes and give me something to laugh at,
or you can prove me wrong with a bit of rational debate.

i'd enjoy it emmensly more if you'd pick the first one, although the second is nice.

have a nice day!

[sadolakced acid]

ghandi goes to hell?

darwin goes to hell?

galelio goes to hell?

you know, hell sounds like a better place; considering

hitler goes to heaven
the crusaders go to heaven
timothy mcvegh goes to heaven.

you know what, i want to go to hell

[fameONE]

ghandi goes to hell?

darwin goes to hell?

galelio goes to hell?

you know, hell sounds like a better place; considering

hitler goes to heaven
the crusaders go to heaven
timothy mcvegh goes to heaven.

you know what, i want to go to hell

Without denouncing my faith, I'm agreeing with your viewpoint.

Personally, I believe you have to make beliefs your own. There is no way you can whole-heartedly believe in something unless you understand how it connects with your daily life.

I don't care about JOB, Jeremiah or Daniel.I care about if I'm a good person and contributing to the greater good of society and mankind. The Bible is merely a book to me.

Christianity is just a basic guideline for me to help better myself as a person. I have sex, I swear from time to time (more so on the internet, douchebag) and I support someone's decision to be a homosexual because no one should have control over how someone feels or a decision they make.

In the eyes of many, especially those who follow the bible word for word, I'm a goin' to hail. I'm not so self-righteous to believe that I'm not and going to heaven, I really don't concern myself with such thoughts of nonsense. My concern is being a good; son, brother, friend, boyfriend, human being.

I could care less if you worship Spongebob, pray to Geore Lucas or don't even believe a benevolent omnipresent exists. If you're good people, you're good people. And every good person is rewarded some way or another.

"Yo Don, so how are you a Christian?"

Thats a damn good question. Its partly because I have an interest in uncovering certain biblical "truths." Like Noah's ship that's supposedly buried in Mt. Arrarat or walking the path the Jesus supposedly' walked before he was murdered.

Still, I don't "put things in God's hands," I put things in my hands. {Christian Humanism}

Now, you all can see why I tend to argue with both Christians and atheists. I feel like people get too caught up in the politics of it all analyzing everything instead of living their lives with some sort of hope that maybe there is a God, or that we do have guardian angels or a spirit of a passed loved one who has our back and watches over us.

Well, I'm going to wrap this up before I start to ramble. Thats my standpoint on religion, Christianity and all. I'm sure I'll get plenty of PMs from Christians calling me a satanist and a traitor, but I don't care because they can all kiss my black ass.