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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Context matters, I'm sure. Do you know much about the bible? A list of random quotes doesn't tell anyone much, one way or the other.

Also, about that bee in your bonnet.[b] Some threads, like this one are inviting conversation on a topic to explore various sides of it[/b]. The thread that appears to have triggered you was the equivalent of someone saying "Happy Birthday" and you arguing about whether or not it was really happy, and why should it be, and how do we even know you were really born on this day no matter what the birth certificate says, and so on. Some things aren't asking for discussion and debate, like common holiday exclamations and traditional phrases like "happy birthday," "allelujah, he is risen," "merry christmas," "mazel tov," etc. They aren't arguments.[/quote]

I suspect OP is reacting to the many times when Christians told non-believers not to participate their discussions.   OP clearly stated "this thread is for people who believe the bible to be an immoral book."  Yet it seems CHristians feel a need to defend their book, knowing their opinion is not wanted.

How does it feel to have your point of view discounted in a public discussion group?

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Where are the Christians defending their book? [/quote]

Most, not all, of the quotes are from the Old Testament. Which means your audience is Jews as well as [b]Christians, who think the New Testament supersedes the Old[/b].

But I suspect most people think a bunch of quotes taken out of context do not prove it’s an immoral book. So they don’t think this thread applies to them and, as you requested, they’re ignoring you.[/quote]

Yet Christians quote the OT whenever it suits them and don't address how Jesus's Dad -- the God of the old testament - can be discounted.  I mean, he's the father in the holy trinity.[/quote]

You are creating a straw man by say "Christians" say or do this or that.  Its a very broad group of people with a pretty wide variety of views on how to view the biblical texts. So your complaints actually don't make sense to a lot of people who understand this and make you sound like you are an average 5th grader arguing in a PhD astrophysics class about something you read about in the kid's edition of National Geographic. I think these debates are great, but you are starting from a point of view that just doesn't exist (i.e., that all Christian's believe this or that and never debate or question anything.)[/quote]

+100[/quote]

So how do you know who's right, espeially on the big questions.  There's another thread in which a seminary president doesn't support the resurrection.  Is she right?[/quote]

You don't. It is philosophy. Which philosopher that you have studied would you say is 'right' about metaphysics?[/quote]

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