Quote Originally Posted by Krogith
by following the bible you learn a peaceful life. and you learn that if all followed by the same rules we would all live a better life. so how is that so blind? I would love to live in harmony with everyone and live forever. all in peace and without greed.

Greed and hate have created this system we live in and not following what god has said got us here. you like this system of things?

You can learn peace without following the bible. Not to mention many evil acts have come as a result of relgion and the bible. The crusades?

Bush is a strong believer, it hasn't tought him peace? People shouldn't need this book to lead good lives. I think it bible is simply an old book. No different than Giglimesh or The Iliad. People shouldn't need the bible to teach them how to live a good life. Not to mention it fails at what you say. Priests molesting children, a god fearing president waging war, and the "head" of the Catholic Church insulting and provoking extremist muslims. Yes please, let's speak of all this good the bible as taught.

Religion is becoming outdated. I don't need a fear of God to treat my fellow man with respect. I have respect for my brothers because I live in a halfway civilized society, not because I'm in fear of spending eternity in the fire pit.

Religion was invented to control the populace and I firmly believe it is an evil and negative istitution. As for the bible, it shouldn't be needed to teach tolerance or peace.

Most Christians don't know how to treat others with respect. As I said I grew up around them. Look at the way's they view homosexuality... Yes I can see how great a job the bible has done teaching these people the meaning of respect and equality.