Leviticus 19:31 “‘Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God. [Spirituality & Religion]

@JohnRing That's right. That is what God said to the Jews because he did not want them to follow other Gods.

@JohnRing So much for "thou shall not kill."

@Carazaa Basically, he/she/it is afraid of a little competition.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow Pretty sure thou shalt not kill is a mistranslation of thou shalt not commit murder.

@GerOttman Lol. "it's a mistranslation so I don't have to do it." is the number one excuse for cherry picking.

@GerOttman And another fun fact "I killed him because my book says so" is still murder.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow well you seem pretty sure of your narrative, so whatever you say must the gospel of the day. all hail you and your infinite wisdom!

@GerOttman Nice projection. I am not the one making the argument that they have all the answers because their book says so and it is right because their holy book says so.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow It does not say that. You don't know your Bible. It says [b]"you shall not murder"[/b]. Killing is permitted in war!

@Carazaa Lol, now we are reinventing the defintion of war to justify contradictions and murder for wrong think.

@Carazaa [quote]Killing is permitted in war![/quote]
Of course, your god approves of war.

@Sharon Our God is a God of war, he says (against evil)!

@Carazaa [quote]Our God is a God of war, he says (against evil)![/quote]
So it fights against itself then. According to its word (the bible) it creates evil (Isaiah 47:7) and sends evil spirits (1 Samuel 16:14).

@Sharon more people have been killed in the name of God than in any other war I think.

@Sharon God blesses and he curses, God gives, and he takes. Blessed be the name of the LORD!

@Carazaa You can believe what you like but don't expect me to believe your god even exists.

@morrgin [quote]more people have been killed in the name of God [/quote]
I'm sure you're right. They all claim to have god on their side.

@Sharon Well thank you that I can believe what I want! 👍

@Carazaa Thanks the difference between Atheists and christians. Atheists are content to allow others to live their own lives as they see fit; christians attempt to dictate how others (especially non-christians) live their lives.

@Sharon And if it's any comfort to Carazza, atheists are hardly likely to believe in the whisperings and mutterings of "mediums and spiritists"; even though such people are still allowed to whisper and mutter in countries that equally comfortingly for her, you and I alike, allows religious freedom. The freedom itself being a concept those Levites obviously could not have prophesied, but would presumably despise.

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(Actually the third quote in her random [i]Thought For The Day[/i] may explain the first two, suggesting the Hebrew priests were no better than petty theocrats enforcing their own religion over existing ones that possibly included ancestor-worship. Ironically theirs was itself based largely on older faiths, particularly the dual-deity Zoroastrianism, which survives, but now in a very low-key way.)

@ArishMell [quote]whisperings and mutterings of "mediums and spiritists"; [/quote]
From an Atheist's point of view, they're no different from the whisperings and mutterings of christian priests. Why should we believe either?

@Sharon Or the difference is that Christians repent, and atheists don't.

@Sharon I don't believe either priests or mediums, only the Bible.

@Carazaa Atheists don't need to.

@Carazaa [quote]I don't believe either priests or mediums, only the Bible.[/quote]
LOL! They're the ones who wrote it!