@BlueMetalChick considering how many innocent people were murdered, imprisoned, tortured in the name of it since this book was written, for and by men, and yes...it has been written over and over by many MEN....(how can anyone take it seriously)makes it quite evil ...religion is evil...that's my take on it
@BlueMetalChick [quote] such as when God instructs Joshua to round up the babies in Jericho and then smash their heads against the rocks by the ocean. [/quote]
@MissLlyn Yeah, there's a segment in the Old Testament when Moses is leading the Jews out of Egypt and back to the promised land. Moses dies along the way and so Joshua takes command to lead the group along the final leg of its journey. They reach the promised land only to find that in the centuries they've been gone, other people have decided to live there since it was empty. The city of Jericho now stands where the Jews were intending to return to. God speaks to Joshua and tells him to lead the group in a march around the city seven times and then blow a trumpet. He does this, and the walls of Jericho collapse before their eyes. God then tells Joshua that he and the rest of the group are to take over the city, round up all the residents, and bring any babies they find down to the seashore and "dash their heads against the rocks."
Fore serious cereal, though, I completely disagree with the statement that "acting with caution and wisdom does not indicate a lack of trust in God." On the contrary, it is affirmative proof that trusting in your deity is not enough to protect you from bad results.
There isn't really any other way to interpret that.
@YoungPoet345 [quote]I think you are generalizing all religious people into one big stereotyped blob.[/quote] And I think you are excusing a whole lot of bullshit being perpetrated by supposedly godly people.
Now what?
[quote]Originally, I did not know all parties here were atheists that hated “theists” so I mistakenly engaged in the conversation[/quote]
You poor, misunderstood victim! How dare we criticize theists and people who apologize for them? Truly, theists and theist apologists are the real victims here.
I am so sorry to have offended your sensibilities. How about you fuck off instead and keep your uninformed opinions to yourself? Is that too easy or something?
@YoungPoet345 [quote]I’m sorry it isn’t my hobby to have yelling matches on the internet and tear others down[/quote]
No, just to do a bunch of drive-bys, play victim and run away claiming moral victory because you were just trying to tell everyone how wrong they were.
@Fernie So is one beach bash. Or one sneezing in an elevator contest. Or any of the other asinine things that a few are doing. But that's not the majority.
@amethyst1 Well, it's a good thing that in Real America states that the theists are able to congregate and rub each other in that godly way so they'll still be able to infect others no matter what kind of preparations those others took.
