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Permalink Reply by Jon Heim on October 19, 2010 at 10:22pm

it would still be breaking a commandment. not one of the ten, but one that was made between God and the people of Israel.

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Permalink Reply by Seth B Rollings on October 19, 2010 at 10:46pm

Well, what if you are not of Israel? (: then what?

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Permalink Reply by Jon Heim on October 19, 2010 at 11:32pm

The people of israel wrote the commandments for everyone to follow.

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Permalink Reply by Atheist Exile on October 19, 2010 at 10:33pm

Hi Seth,

God clearly is a jealous God. And pretty vindictive too. He has repeatedly killed (or arranges the deaths of) people and even whole cities for worshiping any other god. So I think your interpretation of the commandments might put your soul in peril of eternal damnation. :-)

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Permalink Reply by Seth B Rollings on October 19, 2010 at 10:46pm

Well, seeing how he obviously isn't real....I think i'll take my chances.

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Permalink Reply by jij on October 19, 2010 at 11:05pm

hahahh.. awesome comment

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Permalink Reply by Adam Weber on December 16, 2010 at 5:41am

Where has God killed people? 

or are you going to quote people who blamed their God or gods for rain, hail and snow?

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Permalink Reply by Denis C on December 16, 2010 at 8:21am

Give the old testament a quick thumbing through and you can find an answer to this. One big one comes to mind that being the flood.....If you really take anything in the holy books as truth.

 

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Permalink Reply by Adam Weber on December 16, 2010 at 5:07pm

I look at the bigger picture. I dont get my theology from people who talk to burning bushes. We have to be careful today it is either true or false, but the ancient world was completely different, they were open. Did God really write the commandments with His finger? or is that a symbol the ancients would of understood as being very important, you dont mess with these rules?

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Permalink Reply by Radu Andreiu on December 16, 2010 at 8:30am

"Gods don't kill people. People with gods kill people."

 

So no, your god didn't kill anyone, but the mythology presented in the Bible says he did. Don't worry, he's not a special kind of god for doing that. In many mythologies, gods are known to kill people for various reasons.

 

Now, according to the Bible, your god killed people in Sodom, Gomorrah and everywhere on the Earth in the giant flood story. There are other cases, in which this god targets a specific person, or kills less at a time, but I think it's enough for now.

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Permalink Reply by Adam Weber on December 16, 2010 at 5:16pm

Thank you James. First of all I have to say I am heretic, I do not believe in hell, well the 21st century Christian hell which is a very similar form to a pagan idea of hades. And I do not believe that one has to be a Christian to be saved. Jesus died for everyones sins, not just Christians or the Jews so our default position is 'saved' When Jesus tell His disciples 'to go and tell the whole word' He never says, 'save the world' He already did that on the cross.

I find it amusing today that Chtistians believe that they have to save the world and what was done on the cross is nullified.

I believe in a loving God who accepts us for who we are and if we live by what we consider right and to the best of our abilities we will get to heaven. Being a 'Christian' does not get one to heaven. Romans 2 talks about Gentiles who do not know the law and will be judged by their hearts.

So those are my thoughts, which I believe are backed up by the Bible in an exegetical manner.

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Permalink Reply by Jtrottier on December 16, 2010 at 9:42pm

HUH? seems like you are just picking and choosing what you like? One question do you believe the bible is infallible?

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