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| Bible Believers Ignore And Never Follow Hundreds Of God's Laws While 'cherry-picking' Only Verses That Support Their Hatred And Prejudice As Leviticus 18:one Verse. |
| Bible believers of today ignore and never follow God's laws for them as "children of God" but they pick up verses or parts of paragraphs and verses to support their hateful prejudice against certain groups of people...the New Testament approved having slaves, condemn divorce, condemned liars, gossiping, 'back-biters', hating one's enemies, did not say the Sabbath was changed to Sunday... The O.T. Said, "never work on God's Sabbath', be separated from others during menstrual, OK to sleep with brother in law (Ruth), don't eat bacon, don't eat shellfish. Why not be consistent? |
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Yet you will have to admit that non-Bible believers never follow THOUSANDS of God's laws. |
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Yes, in that as a sequential mind, you are looking for some reason in the chaos; some sort of
accountability, and perhaps justice, and even perhaps you are seeking CONSISTENCY from the
faith-based religious community.....?
One would think that consistency is a desirable trait from a person of faith.
Perhaps we of faith, should try to do better.
I think that trying, is about all anyone can achieve, faith-based person or not.
"All, have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God".
(Romans, NT). |
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They're not "cherry picking". Those people are properly called salad bar christians. The
funny thing is, if all the rules of Leviticus were applied to all christians, almost none would
survive.
- Name a single Christian who has a haircut like an orthodox jew (long at the temples).
- How many christians wear mixed fabrics (e.g. Cotton/polyester)? Leviticus says such people should
be killed.
- How many eat shellfish (shrimp, clams, etc.)? Yep, another stoning offence.
And that's only a partial list. If all of the buybull's rules were applied to christians, there
wouldn't be any left.
But then, the christians never ask to apply their rules to themselves, do they? They want to
impose buybull rules on non-believers and believers of other religions, and commit violence against
those who won't comply.
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If Christians don't follow the bible to the letter then they are cherry-picking as you say. Either
you follow something or you don't. You cannot go through life being a hypocrite.
Also, why haven't all the Christians on this site sold their expensive computers and given the
proceeds to charity as Jesus said to do?
"One thing you still lack; sell all that you possess and distribute it to the poor, and you shall
have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me." |
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I'm pretty sure "cherry-picking" is rooted in the type of cynicism that seems to give bible-toters
the same branched off sense of power that gun-holders have. So many insinuations in what is such a
clear accusation. "Yes, the bible is not followed to the letter."
That isn't saying that it shouldn't be though... You're topic is trying to tackle too much that's
why that fngrbngs guy leaves comments like that... He's trying to help you despite his less than
opaque opinion that you won't value the tone of his comment...
The bible wasn't put here to be argued on the Internet. Thank god we have the Internet to argue it.
We have come so far. |
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It never ceases to amaze me how hypocritical most of these christians are. Jesus was a pacificst. He
advocated turning the other cheek. But most of these bible-thumpers are crazily militaristic. They
advocate wars abroad and the death penalty at home. It never seems to occur to them that Jesus would
never support the same things. And most of them support the republican party which institutionalizes
selfishness and proclaims it as a virtue, embodying a contempt for those who are less fortunate. |
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I haven't met ANYONE who practices EVERYTHING they preach, and I think that's what this post is
about. I'll agree that plenty (and that's an understatement) of people who tout their religions are
hypocrites, but let's not just say it's only one group. |
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All Christians cherry pick the Bible. I don't see any of them out there killing witches or taking
unruly children to the edge of town to be stoned, etc. Sure, you'll get them claiming that the OT
isn't applicable anymore, but they sure trot out the Ten Commandments any time they want to make a
moral claim.
It's hypocrisy pure and simple. |
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People hear only what they want to hear. Selective observation. |
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The argument posted here for debate is a valid argument and one that so-called Christians should pay
close attention to. This post is not a minority point of view. It is a point of view held by many
outside the understanding of the Christian faith. Christians should take this and try to learn from
it, because these arguments are based off of some truth.
Try to take this misunderstanding and find understanding from it. Education is the key. |
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LOL. You obviously have no idea what you are talking about. Especially about the slave thing. Every
time the word "SLAVE" is mentioned you get all of these oohs and ahs about it. Take a class. You
would know that a New World slave were the most brutally treated slaves in human history. Many
times, the slaves regarded to in bible times lived much better lives then what you may imagine. They
were allowed to marry, were fed and often would lead a much worse life otherwise. Some of them were
given to choice to be freedmen or remain slaves, and chose the latter. Of course there are
exceptions but about all that other stuff, Christians are not bound by the law that is why they are
called Christians, they are SAVED by grace, and the laws of God are then written on the tablet of
their heart. If you want to know what that means, then hit me up.... |
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We need to be careful not to generalize here. Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans, Presbyterians,
Methodists, Baptists, Evangelicals, the Eastern Orthodox and countless others all see themselves as
bible-believing Christians. Yet the reason that they form separate churches is because they all seem
to get something rather different out of the Bible.
You can't view any single verse in the Bible in isolation, nor can you follow what is written in
most verses down to the letter. The Bible is, after all, an incredibly complex collection of books
and letters written by different people in different times, within a Mediterranean cultural context
and for different audiences. Some verses are meant to be interpreted symbolically, but others are
seen as presenting unchanging, literal truths.
The key is to accept the larger Christian message, as presented in the Bible, as passed down through
tradition and as interpreted by theologians. As I see it, this focuses on the concept of
forgiveness for any and all trespasses--great or seemingly small-- offered by God to all humans and
an embrace of social justice. |
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As far as the inconsistencies go from the two books, I think you have to remember what the times
were like when God gave us these rules to live by. For example, the whole shellfish, bacon and
menstrual comment mentioned in this debate could be a sign of the times when these laws were laid
down to earth. Back then, people may not have know how to properly clean shellfish or meat so that
it was edible. Women also may not have been able to keep themselves clean while menstruating. It
would not have been healthy to disobey God's laws at that point. Having said this, I feel that God
is always up to date. Meaning that He has given us rules to live by that are relative to the times
that we live in. I think that it is important to remember that we as people are self-centered and
are sinners. None of us are perfect and some of us are more or less perfect than others. To say
that ALL Bible Believers pick and choose and cherry pick the Bible is just not true and unfair.
Categorizing all Christians and saying they are 'cherry pickers" because of some right wing orthodox
Christian belief is unfair. Yes, there are many people that do this, but to say all Bible believers
do this, i feel, is wrong. And yes, all Christians are going to break the law's laid down by God
because we are all sinners. However, it does not make us hypocritical because we are not Jesus. I
don't think the growth in Christianity today is for prejudice and hate toward certain groups of
people. It's actually quite the opposite. Read the word of God and interpret it for yourself,
don't listen to anything anyone has to say and take it to heart. |
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