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Anyways some of you are way over looking the point that guy was trying to make. A lot of these crazy Christians say we should follow the bible word for word. He is simply pointing out the crappy kind of world we'd live in if we did.
Bro watch your wording. That is Jewish not Christian.
"as an observant Orthodox Jew"
However most like deathbank pick and choose, which you can tell by looking at his reasonings for it.
Deathbank, why do you pick and choose things of the bible. Not being around things like blood and dead animals was common sense than. Back in the same days, there was a big problem with population, people died off quickly and died of many things we can stop today. So as you can see, it was beneficial to reproduce quickly, hence why the bible / church / whatever doesn't appear to like "homosexuality". Fast forward to today, overpopulation is a huge problem. Why can't this rule be changed too? It's no longer needed nowadays.
Why must you start sh*t? Great mod work there...
The bible was written a long time ago yes. But it talks about things that didn't happen then but happened AFTER it was written. When you figure that out then tell the people who studied why the world stood still for a whole day and can't figure why. Yet the bible talks about it.MY 2CENTS
The Bible is a set of "rules" (which I think behave more as guidelines) that was written hundreds of years ago. Those "rules" reflected the society of that time. Chris has pointed out the complications that it holds today.
My conclusion: At some point, religions that follow specific "rules" such as Christianity will die. They cannot handle the stress of an evolving society. Based on this, I think I made the right choice by choosing Deism.
Again. This is talking about Jewish not christian.. parts of which are the same. But not ALL.
I'm not sure I understand your label of "picking and choosing". Are you referring to me of picking and choosing personally preferred examples out of the Bible? It'd be a rather long post if I gave EVERY example I could find so therefore I use the simplest amount I can. You're right, people did die off very quickly and God's rules and laws in those Old Testament chapters were observed to sustain longer life. Not to sound like some of those apocalytpic hardcorists but the reason you stated about the earth becoming over-populated is an indirect sign that the end is coming. Nothing survives forever, and I doubt the human race will. Marriage was not meant for reproduction, or specifically for sexual acts (Im not saying you view it that way either), it was a form of being complete with another person along with God. A sign of a top-notch relationship designed for men and women. Man was alone, so God's solution was to create woman, not another man. Adam and Eve.
"A lot of these crazy Christians say we should follow the bible word for word. He is simply pointing out the crappy kind of world we'd live in if we did."
The New Testament preaches love, respect, and kindness to one another. I fail to see how if everyone followed this word for word, how our world would be crappy.
It's lasted for about 2,000+ years so far... I'd say we've got some momentum.
Once again. I agree with the person everyone likes to bag on.
Half of these are so immature its not worth responding to
Jesus died for us therefore anyone living after he died need not make animal sacrifices
Why would you want to touch a dead pig?
In Bible times salves were common and the bible instructs they must be treaded fairly - rather like a butler or maid - the word 'slave' has a different meaning to us today since the african slave trade etc.
Thank you!