Quote Originally Posted by hazetwostep
ssw.. i don't believe there is anything for me to re-evaluate. i have delved deeply into studies of the bible and christianity. i am not saying the bible should be wiped off the face of the planet. there are some good principles mixed into it like the beatitudes and such. it shouldn't be destroyed but placed in the FICTION section of the library along with other pieces of literature like Clancy, Shakespeare, and Graham Greene that are meant to be read in a fictitious manner and not literally.

as far as pretending that it is some magic book inspired by god.. well, the world is complicated enough without adding religious fairy-tale. think about it. why do people "believe" the bible is the word of god? ummmm... because the bible says so? it is blind dedication to logic like this that is truly holding the social evolution of humanity back.


Yeah man, i completely understand what you're sayin', but i consider all of reality to be a work of fiction, so EVERYTHING is under scrutiny at all times .


I consider jesus = neo = luke = frodo = thor = etc.


They are the epitome of the hero of heroes. the role model of role models.

Regardless of fact or fiction, their stories should inspire righteousness and good deeds, without expectation of compensation.

I merely posit that all fictions bear grains and threads of truth, that regardless of the credibility or actuality of religious doctrine, regardless of the actuality or credibility of scientific record, these things are available to us to learn from and grow as persons.

Keeping in mind that all parts of the whole bear equally real opposites, religion and science are both equally important and factual, as well as equally fictional and misleading.

Remember not to take the bible literally, when reminding others not to take the bible literally :rastasmoke: