02-08-2003, 12:41 AM
Quote:Goat, you seem to share the same faith as I do. The Bible should be viewed as a guide, not as concrete law on how to serve God.
Exactly. I think it was written with the intent to be a design for laws, again to keep people in line. Most people back then were skillful, but not very smart - he smart ones came up with a way to tell people what to do without directly telling them - have God tell them, and make it a cute little story so it's easily remembered. I'm not knocking the bible, it has it's good and bad points, but it's far from a book of rules as far as I'm concerned.
People have the use of freewill in their lives - this is what separates us from the animals (so it's been said). God gave us this free choice, but if we decide to do thing a little differently then he wanted us to, we're sinners. That makes no sense. "Here's a gift of choice for you, but if I don't like what you choose you'll go to Hell". Bullshit. If you live a good life, are respected by your friends and family, and honestly try to do the best you can - even if that means you fuck up along the way, you're good to go.