Anybody see this fundamentalist movement on cnn?

[Kokujin X]

But why have the tree in the first place? Why not just have norml apple trees? It just seems like an all knowing being would have seen that comming.

For all we know, it could have been an apple tree, I actually doubt the fruit its self had any special properties to it. What gave them the knowelage of good and evil was the act of sinning, not obeying God. This act in its self instantly made them realize what they did and then knew what evil was, falling from their perfect state to sin.

To make an example, it would be the same as God saying "Do not eat a blade of grass or you will surly die". It could have been anything he said not to do, it wasn't the fruit or blade of grass its self.

[halo]

Well I have to say, when they talk about God hating fags, they're just being honest Christians. It's in the Bible, is it not?

"Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination." â??Leviticus 18:22

"If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them." â??Leviticus 20:13

Don't all demoninations of Christianity publish this in their books? If they wanted to get rid of the idea that being gay is wrong, they'd stop printing in their books that it's okay to kill gay people. It would be like me distributing copies of Mein Kampf to my followers and wondering why some of them have become anti-Semites. Hate literature spreads hate. If you want to stem the spread of hate, stop spreading hate literature. I can't think of one good logical reason to keep those two passages in your Bibles if you don't believe in discriminating against gays.

God hates sin, but loves the sinner.

In other words, according to the bible, God hates homosexuality, but doesn't hate homosexuals. God loves all of his children equally. Don't say that God hates fags cause he hates homosexuality.

[halo]

Also, in respond to your other posts oneironaut, God does not change his mind on things, we gain a better understanding of what God was trying to say. God did not write the bible. Man wrote the bible. Back then someone could have interpreted God saying,"Homosexuality is a sin" as "Kill all homosexuals". Of course now most of us realize the error of the ancient's ways and have a deeper understanding of what God has said.