Polish popstar jailed for blasphemy

[deadly7]

so you throw out the parts that are in contradiction instead of throwing out the whole thing...

i'm always in favor of discarding religion.

[Joe]

so you throw out the parts that are in contradiction instead of throwing out the whole thing...

To which contradictions are you referring?

i'm always in favor of discarding religion.

I thought you were a vegetarian.

[rabbit]

so you throw out the parts that are in contradiction instead of throwing out the whole thing...

To which contradictions are you referring?

My favorite is "Thou Shalt Not Kill" and stuff like the Flood, Sodom & Gomorrah, and (my favorite) - Job.

[iago]

so you throw out the parts that are in contradiction instead of throwing out the whole thing...

To which contradictions are you referring?

My favorite is "Thou Shalt Not Kill" and stuff like the Flood, Sodom & Gomorrah, and (my favorite) - Job.

"Thou Shalt Not Kill" is meant for people, not for God.

Of course, the bible makes multiple references to people killing other people, too, so who knows?

[deadly7]

I thought you were a vegetarian.

Because it's SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO hard to have a set of ideals that don't involve a big floaty thing in the sky?

[Blaze]

so you throw out the parts that are in contradiction instead of throwing out the whole thing...

To which contradictions are you referring?

My favorite is "Thou Shalt Not Kill" and stuff like the Flood, Sodom & Gomorrah, and (my favorite) - Job.

"Thou Shalt Not Kill" is meant for people, not for God.

Of course, the bible makes multiple references to people killing other people, too, so who knows?

It's okay to kill people for god, or in the name of god[1].


1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusades

[rabbit]

so you throw out the parts that are in contradiction instead of throwing out the whole thing...

To which contradictions are you referring?

My favorite is "Thou Shalt Not Kill" and stuff like the Flood, Sodom & Gomorrah, and (my favorite) - Job.

"Thou Shalt Not Kill" is meant for people, not for God.

Of course, the bible makes multiple references to people killing other people, too, so who knows?

Catholic dogma says God is bound by the laws of the Bible.  Therefore, God is not allowed to kill.  GG, God.

[Sidoh]

so you throw out the parts that are in contradiction instead of throwing out the whole thing...

To which contradictions are you referring?

Well, the fact that the old testament and the new testament disagree, and that there is some ambiguity as to which rules should be thrown out, etc.

For others, see
http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/jim_meritt/bible-contradictions.html