Pepper said:
John H, you calling your views on Christianity and the Bible "objective" is like me calling my abs "ripped."
Perhaps I should try that. If I post over and over and over again that I have ripped abs, perhaps I will have them.
How many moons orbit the earth in your world?
Hi Pepper,
I am not into the brainwashing of others. And anyone that tries to do that I feel is doing everyone a disservice at least. My statements ARE objective because I base them on ALL the information available from ALL sides of a "story". Sure there are some "Christians" that ARE "Christian" and DO live by what Christ is said to have said and they do not go around damning others all the time and running people down, are not well off themselves while others they profess to
" care about" those less fortunate.... and finding ways to put others into a mental and physical "prison". I believe LIFE is to BE LIVED AND UNDERSTOOD COMPLETELY from ALL aspects. Honorably, respectfully, etc. and that it IS SACRED. I also have no problem with anyone trying TO DO THEIR BEST as is humanly possible to look for answers to the unanswerable. We all have that right and I feel obligation. And certainly need.
You can "say" your abs are ripped and I would usually have no reason to feel that is not true but I will check them out for myself to see for myself if I see them, I will look. Same applies to religion. If you tell me something is "true" I want to SEE the PROOF - about the "ALL OF IT" not just a few things or selected things. And my search has turned up A HELL OF A LOT OF PLAIN "BS". I think people TALK THEMSELVES into believing things that are totally untrue and even radiculous. Now that is fine for them and if that is what "floats their boat" that is fine with me too BECAUSE they keep it to themselves and do not FORCE their issues on me BUT IF they try as so many "religious types" try to do - shove their "beliefs" to the point of even influencing the government (which "religion" should stay completely out of) into causing laws to be made BASED ON THEIR RELIGIOUS beliefs (REMEMBER there ARE THOUSANDS of "religions!!") and God HIMSELF and Christ HIMSELF have NEVER SAID ONE WORD ABOUT IT THEMSELVES - sorry, I will not subscribe to that because they then are no different than a dictator trying to dictate to others and ruling over others and wanting POWER OVER others - and the usual reason IS for monetary gain and mental cruelty towards others...
Quoting:
"Imagine a day ... when we build a moat, not to keep strangers out, but to welcome them in."
"Imagine a day ... when we forget how to fall."
"Imagine a day ... when your house enfolds you like a nest, rocking gently in the autumn wind."
"Imagine a day ... when grace and daring are all we need to build a bridge."
"Imagine a day ... when you can dive down through branches or swim up to the sun."
"Imagine a day ... when you don't need wings to soar"
"Imagine a day ... when autumn is a yellow canopy above you, a burnt orange carpet underneath, a road you have never ridden on before."
"Imagine a day ... when everything you build touches the sky."
"Imagine a day ... when roots drink up rivers, twigs tangle in clouds, and a tree is a ladder between earth and air."
"Imagine a day ... when the edge of the map is only the beginning of what we can explore."
"Imagine a day ... when the peace of a forest and the strength of a mountain become a cathedral for your heart."
- From: IMAGAINE A DAY, written by Sarah L. Thomson; Paintings by Rob Gonsalves; Published by Atheneum Books For Young Readers (New York), c2005, ISBN: 0-689-85219-3.
You see, LIFE is LIFE and IS to BE ENJOYED AND UNDERSTOOD AND LIVED not destroyed or damned or imprisoned. It IS SACRED and CERTAINLY a GIFT and to BE LIVED for the benefit of ALL.
Take Care, John H.