Scripture is for faith and devotion.. not for the complete erasure of logic and scientific method

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You, obviously, are a sick, perverted, selfish and evil – traditional of so called christians – person, while I really can’t call you an animal, that would be saying bad of the animals which are most definitely better than you and many like you!

Since day one when christians escaped Europe to get away from the persecution, they brought it with them along with all the pleasure of war, murder, deceit, and more! Condemning so many people that have beliefs other than their own, which they/you will never agree with or understand with your sick, closed minds. Open up and get an education, you might just learn something for a change! Come out of the cave or hole you’re in!

Pastor Steve

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Various groups have tried to do this (The Mormons, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Fundamentalists, etc.) and they have only succeeded in giving religion a bad name, just like the Islamic Fundamentalists are giving Islam a bad name. Of course, everyone in this camp believe they are right . . . but of course, noone can be totally correct.
There are too many examples of why the Bible cannot and should not be taken literally i.e.

I do believe that God meant for us to use our brains and hearts to find truth, and I don’t believe the ultimate truths are found in one book put together by a group of fallible men.
You are a good candidate to read Earl Doherty’s book entitled, “Challenging the Verdict; A Cross-Examination of Lee Stroble’s, ‘The Case for Christ.”
In his book, he makes a very good case for the fact that a) the Bible is clearly not to be taken literally because it contains many OBVIOUS contradictions b) Jesus did not exist as an historical figure
Just for the record, I use to think I had it all figured out, too. I went to Bible College, Seminary, and was in ministry for a few years. I now realized I was only given one narrow view and that it was false. I wish that the Jesus story were true, but the evidence is simply not there.
It seems obvious to me that the Jesus story was created by putting together a series of MANY ideas that were popular and accessible at that time. Horus is only one of them, and is actually very minor.(Google Donysus (Bacchus), Dionysos, or Mithras to see parallel’s with Jesus). Acharya S’s book, “The Christ Conspiracy,” outlines many more parallels and also how points out where some of our biblical stories came from i.e. the mythical Peter . . . at heaven’s gate (ever wonder where that story came from . . . not in the NT)
I left the Catholic Church, when I was 18. I still remember being told by my Protestant brethern that I had left paganism. They pointed out that the worship of Mary was an adaptation of the worship of a the goddess Isis, and that there was even a phallic symbol(also a symbol for the mythical Peter) in the middle of the Vatican, that the Vatican itself is built upon the papacy of Mithra, and the Christian hierarchy is nearly identical to the Mithraic version it replaced, etc. What my Protestant friends didn’t mention was that even the story of Jesus and the characters in the NT are taken from pagan roots.
Earl Doherty sums is up nicely when he states:

“TAKEN TOGETHER WITH THEIR SACRAMENTALISM, THEIR RITITUALS OF BAPTISM AND SACRED MEALS, PLUS THE WORKINGS OF THEIR SALVATION SYSTEMS, CHRISTIANITY AND THE MYSTERIES CAN BE SEEN AS CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTH.”

(The only defense for the influence today is that the devil invented all these traditions in the various religions before Christianity as a counterfeit to the real thing . . . few people would believe this, but then again, some people believe the world is flat and that smoking is not bad for you)

Had I known where my thoughts were going to lead me a few years ago, I would have been afraid. Afraid of “losing my salvation” and of being without God. What I am finding is that I have been “set free.” I not only feel better for myself, I feel relieved for the billions of people who never had a chance to be fundamentalist Christians. I see how each person is a child of God and has God in them (okay, there are some exceptions, but I don’t think we can judge!)
On this Father’s Day holiday, I would like to think that my children can approach me because of their love and respect, not because of their fear of me. This is developing a relationship that is much closer than one based on fear and authoritarian rule. I think God wants the same.
Having said all this, I am still open to being corrected or enlightened. I would love to find a book or an article which refute Doherty or Acharya’s views in a credible manner. All I have seen so far is vague accusations that they did not really give the other side a chance to present their views and that their sources are too old. I would like to see discussions focusing on specific points.