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Originally posted by ZombieX
I do, however believe that if interpreted correctly, it can provide good morals and teachings to carry into life. I believe it should be read with an objective viewpoint and not taken literally. After all, it is an ancient piece of work, and can't handle today's issues such as abortion, cloning, genetic modifying etc.
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I disagree. I wouldn't trust any of the messages in the bible as far as I could throw it. Not even as far as I could throw a crate of bibles...
There is just too much in there that can be misread and abused. Yes, Jesus was a very nice guy, but the twisted versions of what he said in the Bible have been altered too much by people who want him to have said what they themselves believe, and I doubt that there is a shred of Jesus's original teachings left in that book. Come to think of it, most of it was probably totally made up, since Jesus wasn't a religious man, and so probably didn't say much in the way of teachings...
I'm not very coherent today, sorry. Basically, there's just too much dangerous bullshit in the bible to justify sifting through for good teachings, and it has undoubtably done more harm to the world than good.