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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder if an athiest would start a Favorite verse of the Koran thread?

Is it only politically correct to be an ass to Christians, or do you get your jollies insulting other faiths as well?[/quote]

How is it being an ass to quote scripture on a thread about scripture?

Let's see -- some of the stuff in the Bible is not so nice -- Horrific, in fact.  Can't blame atheists for that.

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Yes it is  -- some of it is bad. But, in reading the Word, it is good to know the difference between what God and Jesus said and what Man is saying...and the context of the times. It is also good to know what version of the Bible you are reading -- so that you understand that the current interpretation and translation of the word may not be the definition that was intended and used when the Word was written. Take for example "submitted" -- it meant 'under one's mission', it did not mean -- I am your boss. So yea, you have to know what you are reading -- you have to study.[/quote]

You'd think, god, being all powerful, would have done an update, so people wouldn't need professional assistance to understand what he's trying to tell us.

First we had to translate it from hebrew and greek, then to Latin and then to modern languages, then figure out what it meant in the context of the times, etc, etc.[/quote]

Or he could just put the divine equivalent of a microchip in our heads, the way you tlk. Fortunately, however, that's not how it works. He gave us intelligence and free will, and he wants us to use them.[/quote]

How do you know?  Because it says so in the bible?  How about all the awful stuff?  what to do about that/

Imagine a computer manual or a child care book that had some carefully explained, excellent instruction and advice, interspersed with a bunch of misinformation and terrible advice, written in a confusing style, in part because it had been translated from ancient languages by numerous authors.  Would you actively use such a book, sifting through for the good parts, when you could get similar information elsewhere without the bad stuff thrown in? [/quote]

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