by punkofnice 6 Replies latest watchtower bible
This is not meant to be a slag off the Bible thread.
I had a question asked me the other day and it was: 'Do you live by anything from the Bible?'
I had to think about that one because I was force grown in the filthy, disgusting cult of the paedophile loving watchtower(R).
You know what? I really don't know if I just naturally am a great bloke or if any 'nice' bits in the Bible influenced me......or has western culture been influenced by the Bible for good and bad?
Yes, I live by the Bible's wonderful standards:
I treat my slaves well
I hate anyone who doesn't serve my god
I support genocide against all people but my own
I sold my daughter into slavery but got a very good price
I sacrifice an animal everyday, because god likes the smell of burning flesh
I don't touch the skin of a pig by playing football
I make sure all of my clothes have the correct fringe sewn on them (and I never mix two different kinds of fabric together- never!)
I never shave the hair around my temples
Double thread Punk........ooops Kate xx
The bible has so much contradictory stuff in it that you'd be hard pressed not to live in accordance with one part or another. You can justify almost any action with the bible, so almost any action could be said to be 'living by the bible'
In short, yes. Keep in mind that many teachings in the Bible predate the Bible and are accepted by mankind since we began to walk upright. Don't murder; check. Don't steal; check. Treat others as you would have them treat you; check.
Like ADCMS implied, the people who live literally by the Bible rules are the worst of all. This includes the Quran, which is a spin-off of the Old Testament.
People like Boco Haram, ISIS and Taliban, who slaughter others on the basis of faith, who treat women like domestic cattle (or worse), all those people are people who live literally by their holy book. It is misleading to call them religious extremists: They just DO literally what their Book says. As a matter of fact, the moderate religious people are more hypocrites, since they cherry-pick whichever passages of the Holy Book make them feel comfortable (or are allowed by the law) to follow.
Not to leave Christians outside of this: The Amish and the JWs are examples of people who follow lots of their Bible instructions literally, and genarally are worse than the average secular person. Worse in an ethical sense (shunning, forbidding of normal sexual activity, blood etc.)
The only reason Christians like JW and Amish don't do 100% literally what their Bible says, e.g. killing apostates instead of shunning them, is because the Law of their countries forbids it. When the secular law allowed it (from 400 AD to to almost 1800) they did it, and they did it plentifully (remember the witch trials, not of the Dark Ages, but of the New World in 1600 and 1700s). The Islamists still do it (the killing) because their theocratic states still allow them to.
Double thread Punk........ooops Kate xx
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