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Originally posted by breathesgelatin
A wonderful point.
I've always noted that the Bible is definately uncensored literature. Lots of crazy violence, language, anti-social behavior, etc. Makes you wonder why so many people are so squeamish about things.
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Because people that profess to base their lives on the Bible have most likely not read the book in its entirety. If they have, they certainly chose to ignore some sections.
Leviticus for example has some great stuff in it
I think there are a great number of Christians out there that do not understand where their Bible came from. Hell.. it wasn't even assembled until HUNDREDS of years after Christ was dead. Wasn't written by him, instead by men who interpreted Jesus' actions through highly biased eyes.
The Church's political ambitions are also written into the Bible. For example, the way the Church wanted to demonize women in an effort to stamp out paganistic tendencies. Did you guys know that just recently, the Catholic Church recanted its age old teaching that Mary Magdelin was a whore? The whole Eve thing being the reason for the fall of man, etc... It's not in there by accident.