Some very pertinent questions posed to Bush (and the christian coalition)...

[95Batmobile]

Originally posted by Blazing_Firebird:
I should've clarified. I'm aware that it doesn't say to persecute gays, but when I go by churches that support gays and see Christian Coalitions waving signs like "fags will burn in hell" and such...

Not so much good Christians.

I should've specified that people take it out of context and persecute it. It's a sin. Everyone sins, big deal.

I couldn't agree with you more. majesky [img]smile.gif[/img] .

I think you have seen the perfect example of how organized religion is not what it used to be [img]smile.gif[/img]

[GrigoryRasputin]

No, its exactly what it used to be. Or maybe its gotten slightly better over the course of several hundred years...

[staticpike]

First off - it's old testament, doesn't apply here. It would be like taking Kerry out and burning him at the stake cause he lost the election. Some stuff we just don't do anymore. Old testament serves primarily as a historical guide for the new. Nice arguement though, kinda funny if I wasn't better educated.

Why is the bible such a threat to people? Even if you not a christian or believe in god, why is something that gives a good backdrop for MORAL OBLIGATION such a bad thing? Is it something about rules and authority? Even have been written 2000 years ago, it's not so much the letter of the law as it is the spirit behind it...

[95Batmobile]

Originally posted by GrigoryRasputin:
No, its exactly what it used to be. Or maybe its gotten slightly better over the course of several hundred years...

In my personal experience, as a child organized religion was about the religion.

There are many organizations now-a-days that have turned religion into a corporation.. on top of that, the people have changed. I have never been to a church like the one I went to when I was young, with people who didn't look down on you, etc..

[GrigoryRasputin]

Originally posted by staticpike:
First off - it's old testament, doesn't apply here. It would be like taking Kerry out and burning him at the stake cause he lost the election. Some stuff we just don't do anymore. Old testament serves primarily as a historical guide for the new. Nice arguement though, kinda funny if I wasn't better educated.

Why is the bible such a threat to people? Even if you not a christian or believe in god, why is something that gives a good backdrop for MORAL OBLIGATION such a bad thing? Is it something about rules and authority? Even have been written 2000 years ago, it's not so much the letter of the law as it is the spirit behind it...

I completely agree - however, unfortunately there are many... we call them fundamentalists, that dont. Thats what the article was about - not taking the Bible as word for word literal truth, but instead knowing what the spirit is behind what is being said.