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Originally Posted by AreYouReady?
You reek frog. There was no need to embolden her words.  |
Awww... it's OK...
Really I am not a bible literalist and I find a lot of the OT beyond horrifying and gross. It was one of the reasons I came to hate the Pentecostal church we went to... Stories like that one... and others... People can say it is 'the law' all they want but you have to balance that with "I am God, I change not."... No I can not love or even respect a God like that so I believe that the OT is a collection of stories and Jewish history... some true, some... not so much.
The church we attended had several overtly battered women who all had been advised by ministry that they should stay in their marriages... one beaten so badly that her eye was knocked out of the socket. It's that kind of stuff that drove me from church... and really I don't see ever going back... I'm so much happier without it
And really this place has kind of lost it's fun for me too. It seems that anywhere people debate religious stuff or political stuff there is just never ending contention. That is why the other side almost always wins... because 'Christians' have as many views as there are people under that banner and they all want to speak for God or use Him as their weapon. At this point I have really even quit using the term and simply call myself a follower of Christ since there is such negative connotation with the label....
I also find internet things get very stale after a while... too one dimensional. So I've decided on an internet sabbatical except for business emails which can never be gotten away from.... and maybe my farm board. Farm people are relaxed and happy for the most part.
You guys enjoy yourselves while I'm gone.
Hybrid Mode
