The Bible
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Penn
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Depending on your beliefs. . . . .
Number 3 and 4 are the most applicable.
In my church, St Pauls Methodist UMC in Lusby, we are in agreement that the Bible is an excellent guide for life; although not everyone can be the Christian we'd like to be. We try, but we are not perfect. The Prophets and Saints, and of course, Jesus Christ, dedicated their entire lives to these beliefs.
I feel the Bible was and is the living Word of God, as well. People were inspired by God to write down those laws, prophesies, parables, and guidelines that has had so much to do with how we live our lives.
penn
Number 3 and 4 are the most applicable. In my church, St Pauls Methodist UMC in Lusby, we are in agreement that the Bible is an excellent guide for life; although not everyone can be the Christian we'd like to be. We try, but we are not perfect. The Prophets and Saints, and of course, Jesus Christ, dedicated their entire lives to these beliefs.
I feel the Bible was and is the living Word of God, as well. People were inspired by God to write down those laws, prophesies, parables, and guidelines that has had so much to do with how we live our lives.
penn
SxyPrincess
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I think of the Bible as a good way to live your life.
J
justhangn
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New rule Penn, Ignore her post since no one is allowed to question her opinion due to it being some kind of a conspiracy!!
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Christy
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I think 1-4 about sums it up for me. I believe there is a bit of "the living word of God" in it, however, I believe it's been mistranslated and taken out of context of it's original message over time.
I watched an interesting show in the History Channel with several sides arguing the "virgin birth", apparently what was translated into "virgin" from the original language was actually something like "young girl" (or something similar to that).
It doesn't much matter to me if Mary was a virgin or not, I fully believe she bore the son of God.
What happens in religion is that everyone gets into a p!ssing match over the minute details of the bible and forget the overall message. JMHO
And Penn, Cari is an Atheist, and simply expressing her beliefs as such. Cut her some slack.
I watched an interesting show in the History Channel with several sides arguing the "virgin birth", apparently what was translated into "virgin" from the original language was actually something like "young girl" (or something similar to that).
It doesn't much matter to me if Mary was a virgin or not, I fully believe she bore the son of God.
What happens in religion is that everyone gets into a p!ssing match over the minute details of the bible and forget the overall message. JMHO
And Penn, Cari is an Atheist, and simply expressing her beliefs as such. Cut her some slack.
Penn
Dancing Up A Storm
You're right JH. No one is allowed to question Cari's opinion, you immediately catch a flame if you do. The reason I stated my question as I did, was that I knew it could open up a can of worms, and that I really did not want to do. I was hoping to avoid the kind of response that I received. I only wanted to get an honest, candid opinion and what I got was a "What has that got to do with you" reply!If that is not offensive, then I don't know what is!
But, I should have known better.
penn
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justhangn
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Originally posted by penncam
penn
I'll give ya a can of worms....
I have a hard time believe everything written in a book that was written by people that thought the world was flat at the time.
IMHO, the church is there ONLY to help you interpret the bible, not preach to you what THEY THINK you should interpret from it.
K
Kain99
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Gosh, I hope not! Not a pretty mental image!
Christy
b*tch rocket
See what religion does? It always starts a fight! 
And Penn, you have to admit, you started it with your first post aimed at Cari telling her you didn't want to start a pi$$ing contest. Which, if someone posted that out of the blue to you (or me) you'd be like "WTF"?
Lets get back on topic boys and girls! 
I'm always interested in religious debate until it gets ugly.
And Penn, you have to admit, you started it with your first post aimed at Cari telling her you didn't want to start a pi$$ing contest. Which, if someone posted that out of the blue to you (or me) you'd be like "WTF"?
Lets get back on topic boys and girls!
I'm always interested in religious debate until it gets ugly.
J
justhangn
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Originally posted by Christy
Lets get back on topic boys and girls!
See my post!
Nah, bluto, I'll think I'll leave that to you. You seem better suited for a rendezvous like that!watercolor
yeah yeah
I picked number 4
I'll give you a flame, Penn! Just because you want to try and start a fight by judging someone else's beliefs, don't try and pass that off on Cari.
Back to the subject, I agree with Just - why take the writings of just a few as Gospel? The authors of the Bible were caught up in their own little world - they make no mention of anything else that was going on in the world at the time, probably because they'd have no way of knowing. The Bible was written and interpreted by man, and therefore fallable.
Still a good read, though, and it won't hurt anyone to follow the teachings of Jesus.
Penn
Dancing Up A Storm
Whoa, wait , hold up!
Did you not read my other post as to why I started out the question like that? Maybe I'm guilty of a poor choice of words, but I guarantee to you, it wasn't because I was out to judge, ridicule or make light of some one else's opinion. If you've formed that opinion, then I say to you - you're wrong!! It was not my intention. Now, let's get back to the issue.
penn
:razz2: You can "Duh" yourself, vrai! Where do you get the gall to say I was out to JUDGE another's opinion?Originally posted by vraiblonde
I'll give you a flame, Penn! Just because you want to try and start a fight by judging someone else's beliefs, don't try and pass that off on Cari.
Did you not read my other post as to why I started out the question like that? Maybe I'm guilty of a poor choice of words, but I guarantee to you, it wasn't because I was out to judge, ridicule or make light of some one else's opinion. If you've formed that opinion, then I say to you - you're wrong!! It was not my intention. Now, let's get back to the issue.
penn