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How do you define the "wild and crazy shit" that went on in the Old Testament? Who deems it's "wild and crazy shit?" As I've mentioned in another thread, interpretations such as mine see what the main point of the messages were despite such harsh language. Then there are others who only see the "bad" stuff in the passages. It's all interpretation. So whose right?
The point is, there really is no such thing as religion does, is, or teaches something. It's all people. Whether it's good, or bad, it's all people who decide how to utilize what is there. It's as if we're given a gun. We can use it for good purposes, yet we can also use it for bad purposes. Jesus and other Biblical prophets have shown us their teachings, it is up to use how to use it best (and of course, the teachings were meant to be for good purposes but as we all know, sometimes it doesn't turn out that way.)
The point is, there really is no such thing as religion does, is, or teaches something. It's all people. Whether it's good, or bad, it's all people who decide how to utilize what is there. It's as if we're given a gun. We can use it for good purposes, yet we can also use it for bad purposes. Jesus and other Biblical prophets have shown us their teachings, it is up to use how to use it best (and of course, the teachings were meant to be for good purposes but as we all know, sometimes it doesn't turn out that way.)
Then wouldn't you agree that its absolutely ridiculous for people in religion to deem me a heathen since I don't believe in Christ?
Just yesterday on campus, there was this guy who was standing in the middle of some busy intersection and he was wearing a huge sign saying something about infidels are going to hell, I can't remember exactly. But the thing is he would be preaching to people telling us that we were all damn to go to hell and that we must repent immediately. This is the type of person most people would most love NOT to see around. This is very un Christ like.
If someone does not Believe in Christ, we usually are not suppose to look at them any different than we would with a fellow Christian. As Jesus said, we are to love each other as our Father in Heaven loves us. The whole point of evangelism isn't to force or ask people to convert, but to show to the world what Christ has done for us and to carry out his deeds. The conversion is usually an indirect affect, not a direct one
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