iGene
04-05-2007, 12:23 AM
Bible
Lets look at traditional Christian values that are listed in the bible that most people have forgotten. As an atheist and reading parts of the bible, I found some disturbing and others very good. If someone followed all that was in the book, I don't what kind of person they would be. But, if people followed what was good, then this world be much more open, advanced and just a better place to live.
*for this post's sake I will leave out everything that is wrong with the bible and just put what I found that is good*
"Honor thy father and thy mother." 20:12
"Thou shalt not kill." 20:13
"Thou shalt not commit adultery."
"Thou shalt not steal."
"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour." cough...McCarthy...cough
Be kind to strangers, widows, and fatherless children. 22:21-22
Value the truth; don't lie. 23:1
Be kind to your enemies. Do good to those who hate you.
Treat the poor fairly.
Be honest. Don't kill the innocent.
Don't mistreat strangers.
What is stolen or wrongfully acquired should be returned to the owner.
Don't gossip.
Don't hate people.
"Love thy neighbor as thyself."
Respect your elders.
Be kind to strangers.
Do not oppress one another
"Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof."
those are just some..
War in Iraq
Good:
"Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof."Bad:
Do not oppress one another
Don't hate people.
"Love thy neighbor as thyself."
Be honest. Don't kill the innocent.
Don't mistreat strangers.
"Thou shalt not kill." 20:13
"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour."
Value the truth; don't lie.The hard-core republicans, who want the ten commandments up in all government buildings, are the ones who support this supposed war on terror and yet it seems as though neither God nor Jesus would support it.
Killing
Another thing I would like to ask is how the bible can say "thou shalt not kill" and yet support the murder of all gays and other ppl that don't agree with christianity. Jesus was about forgiving, and being kind to your enemies. I just don't understand that... How people can just pick and choose what they want to follow in certain circumstances.
Handicapped and Gays
Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. (21:17)
For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous (21:18)
Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded, (21:19)
Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them. (21:23)
Apperently, God didn't like the handicapped. And God didn't like Gays....
Lets look at traditional Christian values that are listed in the bible that most people have forgotten. As an atheist and reading parts of the bible, I found some disturbing and others very good. If someone followed all that was in the book, I don't what kind of person they would be. But, if people followed what was good, then this world be much more open, advanced and just a better place to live.
*for this post's sake I will leave out everything that is wrong with the bible and just put what I found that is good*
"Honor thy father and thy mother." 20:12
"Thou shalt not kill." 20:13
"Thou shalt not commit adultery."
"Thou shalt not steal."
"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour." cough...McCarthy...cough
Be kind to strangers, widows, and fatherless children. 22:21-22
Value the truth; don't lie. 23:1
Be kind to your enemies. Do good to those who hate you.
Treat the poor fairly.
Be honest. Don't kill the innocent.
Don't mistreat strangers.
What is stolen or wrongfully acquired should be returned to the owner.
Don't gossip.
Don't hate people.
"Love thy neighbor as thyself."
Respect your elders.
Be kind to strangers.
Do not oppress one another
"Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof."
those are just some..
War in Iraq
Good:
"Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof."Bad:
Do not oppress one another
Don't hate people.
"Love thy neighbor as thyself."
Be honest. Don't kill the innocent.
Don't mistreat strangers.
"Thou shalt not kill." 20:13
"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour."
Value the truth; don't lie.The hard-core republicans, who want the ten commandments up in all government buildings, are the ones who support this supposed war on terror and yet it seems as though neither God nor Jesus would support it.
Killing
Another thing I would like to ask is how the bible can say "thou shalt not kill" and yet support the murder of all gays and other ppl that don't agree with christianity. Jesus was about forgiving, and being kind to your enemies. I just don't understand that... How people can just pick and choose what they want to follow in certain circumstances.
Handicapped and Gays
Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. (21:17)
For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous (21:18)
Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded, (21:19)
Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them. (21:23)
Apperently, God didn't like the handicapped. And God didn't like Gays....