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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 12:05 AM Original message |
I dislike the old testamant but enjoy the teachings of Christ |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
1. A polytheist? |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. It's ok. thanks n/t |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 12:09 AM Response to Original message |
2. Well read? |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
3. Confused? |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 12:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. No, not trolling. Confused mostly. n/t |
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COStorm (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
67. Is it trolling? |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
4. At least 10,000 times smarter than any Fundie n/t |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
5. interested in moral philosophy? |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 12:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I agree. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
6. Well, I'd probably start with "ignorant" and proceed from there. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 12:46 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. The OP is discussing his SPIRITUAL OUTLOOK, not the history of religion. |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 12:50 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Thanks Kestrel. Maybe my question came off as trollish.n't |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 01:08 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. The more I learn about religion, |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 01:24 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I miss John. |
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Sophree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 01:33 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. My Dad used to play Beatles albums for us |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 02:01 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Yes. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 06:24 AM Response to Reply #10 |
30. Spiritual discovery without factual knowledge? |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 12:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. My "grounding" comes more from direct mystical experience than dogma |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 03:21 AM Response to Reply #11 |
29. There is much in the New Testament that contradicts Old Testament |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Jesus was suppose to uphold the OT laws |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 08:54 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. You're wrong. He himself was the new Word. The writers of the New Testament |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-23-08 07:57 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. It is not about telling what Christians should believe |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-23-08 08:30 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Thank you, you're correct |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-23-08 11:08 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. If Biblical quotes don't work |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-23-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. As I said in post 31 |
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TheCML (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-23-08 02:28 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Are you a Christian? |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-23-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. "Cafeteria christian" is a term used to describe christians |
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TheCML (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-23-08 03:43 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Its not a basic as that. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-23-08 04:16 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Sure it is. |
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TheCML (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-23-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Im not agitated. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-23-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. So why are you offended by the term cafeteria christian? |
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TheCML (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-23-08 05:56 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Everyone who claims to be a Christian |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-23-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. It has to be black and white |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 01:19 AM Response to Reply #54 |
61. Allergory |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 09:44 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. So the ENTIRE bible is allegory? |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 01:17 AM Response to Reply #40 |
60. Well said. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #60 |
64. I use the term because it is an accurate description |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-23-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Jesus broke the law when he healed the sick on Sunday. |
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Sophree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-23-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. That's exactly what I was thinking of |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-23-08 09:16 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. In strictly a political sense, wasn't he killed for "bucking the system" |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-23-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. That's one story |
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Sophree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-23-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Same God |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-23-08 02:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Jesus broke the law when he healed the sick on Sunday. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-23-08 11:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
55. There are those that disagree with you. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 03:18 AM Response to Reply #6 |
28. What? Just because the poster finds the New Testament more accessible or |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
13. Listen to music instead ... metal, goa, classical, jazz, blues, trance, |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 12:59 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Hey there, autorank |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-23-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
47. Hey Artie |
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moobu2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
14. There you go |
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Sophree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
15. Think of the Old Testament |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 01:07 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. So when Christ added his commandments |
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Sophree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 01:24 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. The best I can answer is yes and no... |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 01:32 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Thank you very much. |
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Sophree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 01:35 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Sure. |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 01:43 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Christ Jesus didn't "add any comandments" n/t |
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COStorm (31 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-07-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
66. Oh yes He did... |
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exboyfil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
22. Read closely the Old Testament |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 01:48 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Yes |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-23-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #26 |
49. Heh, I'm an Atheist and I find it interesting as mythology. |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-22-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
32. Thank you all. I should have written that ASPECTS |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-23-08 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
53. It makes you FREE. |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 01:49 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Jefferson Bible and Gospel ofThomas essay: |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-26-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. And Isaac Asimov's Guide to the Bible. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-27-08 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
58. People focus on the "wrath of God" passages in the OT, but there's much more than that |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
59. A Methodist? |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-30-08 04:55 AM Response to Original message |
62. I'm assuming you mean the positive stuff Jesus said. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-06-09 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
65. To me the Old Testament God is like a raving maniac and/or an abusive |
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dcsmart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
68. Jesus was a Jew and taught from the "old testament" |
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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-10-09 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
69. I can't stand the OT, either. All those bloody animal sacrifices and for what? |
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