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[quote=Anonymous]I was raised Catholic and have never taken the bible literally. It was written by fallible men and preached and shaped through oral history by fallible men and women.

I take the commandments seriously and I take the message seriously.

God love humans but we are flawed. We should do our best with our time on this earth to help and love other humans, regardless of their faults or foibles and we should not be distracted from these good works by temptations like money and notoriety. Personally I think that a lot of 'new' Christians, the ones in these big evangelical churches, wear their devout bible reading like a coat of armor and use it to defend against any claim that they are, otherwise in their life, not particularly charitable (not just $$ charitable but time and kindness of spirit charitable as well).

There is a certain group of people who think that studying and knowing the bible absolves them of the requirements to love all people and to be kind and without judgement.

[quote]“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.[/quote]

No earthly person can fully claim to be without sin, so no earthly person should judge. They should offer help and kindness. Full stop. I don't understand how evangelicals claim to be the most devout but are the quickest to elevate themselves to the place of God and cast judgement on their fellow men and women. [/quote]

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