Sure, but in the New Testament all that archaic nonsense is sort of undone.
More than anything, I think you bring up an excellent point that's overlooked. Hold Christians accountable for picking and choosing what rules to go with. And ask Jewish people why they can't eat shellfish but they stopped stoning their kids for back talking.
I like this line of thinking. Also, I didn't mean to imply the Bible was the only ancient text encouraging moral behavior. There's amazing teachings from all over the world, and no discredit was intended.
Fair point. I just think people use the Bible how they want to, and unfortunately there a some passages that don't line up with modern thinking.
But a lot of that was written thousands of years ago, and it's a big book with a lot of good things in it, like teaching that murder is wrong, and that respecting and loving others as you love yourself is good.
Seems like a shit deal to have a few passages out of a very large and eclectic text result in total condemnation because of the way some very turned around people choose to act on it.
I'm not one to defend crazy hateful zealots that disrupt the our political system and cause undue strife to so many, but blaming the Bible might be a cheap shot.
It's essentially a two part book about the history and laws of the Jewish people and sequel about the most liberal and accepting figure in human history.
I think what the hate-filled bigots show you is something darker, that some people are naturally hateful and fearful and look to create divisions to feel "safe" in their own personal context.
Instead of shooting up a Pride parade or whatever, they needed a socially acceptable way to attack and exclude others while patting themselves on the back for how good they are in the eyes of an unseen, unheard supreme being.
Organized religion is a great vehicle for that, which is how these extremist Christians have come to stray so far from the source material. Though it's an extreme parallel, Nazism was another great example of an institution used to commit acts that would have otherwise been considered unacceptable (this word choice is admittedly a massive understatement, and it was likely a bad idea to even include the Nazi thing, but I'm on a wave and I'm going to ride it in.)
My point is it's a little unfair to take a shot at the Bible like it's the cause for those maniacs, because that would be like blaming piano wire for strangulation. There's a lot of Christians out there fighting for the same things I feel like most of the members of this site believe in, you just have to look a little harder.
Oh yeah, but this show is dumb and will undoubtedly result in some absurd argument about abortion or taxes or gay sex.
The guy who made it is Hugh Atkin, he made the Barrack Roll'd video in 2008. For Kelly, this is how he did it: http://thetrainingfarm.tumblr.com/post/19630997202/how-its-made-the-real-mitt-romney-video
Actually, can't believe I'm interjecting here, proton torpedoes are a Star Wars weapon, like what Luke used to destroy the Death Star. Photon torpedoes are more common in Star Trek.
"And that, fellas, is a line I like to call 'The Panty Dropper" - One guy at a Star Trek Convention in 1984.
Why is there a camp for teen moms AND musicians? Aren't musicians probably responsible for most teen moms in the first place? Does Yo-Yo Ma wear vests?
Old Guy:"Being in this commercial makes me wish I had died in Korea like all my other friends who didn't have to endure watching the culture of the nation the gave it all to defend unfurl into clusterfuck of underage pale people having sex with animals"
Idiot Girl: "I think that makes you team Edward for sure."
...and the vapid, empty space normally filled with war-mongering, skewed judeo-christian "logic" and wet dreams about Ronald Reagan provides an endless chasm to soak up any amount of moisture, no matter how active your lifestyle...
I'm waiting for the PSA series "This is your rectum, and this is your rectum after Curtis 50 Cent Jackson pounds you out for two hours because you can't pay for drugs."
There seems to be a lot of emphasis on connection between dirty carpets and shitty music -- in which case Fred Durst must live in the trash chute from Star Wars.
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