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KansDem

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11. It's the "Buffet Bible"

Wed Jul 9, 2014, 07:48 AM

Jul 2014

I've never understood Christian Fundamentalists and I never will. They insist on the most strict interpretation of obscure bits of the Old Testament and rationalize away much of what seems to me to be the perfectly clear teachings of Jesus regarding forgiveness of sin, generosity to the poor and his denunciation of greed.

They simply take what they want and leave the rest for others...

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How America's Biblical Ignorance Allows Christian Right to Use 'Religious Freedom' For Own Agenda [View all] xchrom Jul 2014 OP

Spot on. safeinOhio Jul 2014 #1

How the kNOw nothings have come to rule Bortman33 Jul 2014 #2

It's far worse than that. They use bad science, too. longship Jul 2014 #3

I don't think the higher ups are ignorant. I think they're cynical. merrily Jul 2014 #9

Or outright lying. longship Jul 2014 #24

They know, IronLionZion Jul 2014 #4

Yeah, it's always a bad moment when... Jerry442 Jul 2014 #10

can;t be said enough, for those people, Religious Freedom = religious privilege KG Jul 2014 #5

Thou shall not eat hard-shell crabs and shrimp either...but no one cites this. kelliekat44 Jul 2014 #6

Actually, they do cite it, but explain it away. merrily Jul 2014 #12

The NT says women should remain at home raising children, silent in public, modestly dressed Bluenorthwest Jul 2014 #33

I'm not sure it's ignorance--the Bible is like a Rorscach test--you see in it what you want to see. bklyncowgirl Jul 2014 #7

It's the "Buffet Bible" KansDem Jul 2014 #11

I don't think they want to leave anything for others. merrily Jul 2014 #14

I suppose they would say the same thing about "liberal" Christians bklyncowgirl Jul 2014 #15

+1 Enthusiast Jul 2014 #20

I agree to a point, but it's REALLY hard to miss the stuff about merrily Jul 2014 #13

I am sure it is ignorance...and I have been saying it for decades. zeemike Jul 2014 #18

Actually following teachings of Jesus will not give you a club to beat up on others. bklyncowgirl Jul 2014 #25

Well that was of course my point. zeemike Jul 2014 #30

Excellent post! Great insight into the "some Christian" condition. Enthusiast Jul 2014 #19

And they use it to make god in their image. FiveGoodMen Jul 2014 #38

These people are getting more and more power... yuiyoshida Jul 2014 #8

They would take every last bit of the power, given the chance. Enthusiast Jul 2014 #21

K&R! These fuckers don't know shit about the bible. Enthusiast Jul 2014 #16

Actually, the Bible does describe the ingestion of an abortafacient mnhtnbb Jul 2014 #17

Seems pretty clear to me. Enthusiast Jul 2014 #23

Really. mnhtnbb Jul 2014 #35

Gosh, the knowledge of human reproduction represented in this Holy Text - simply amazing! hatrack Jul 2014 #26

I wonder why this didn't come up during the court case perdita9 Jul 2014 #32

I think it stems from that "be fruitful and multiply" part Marrah_G Jul 2014 #22

K&R Solly Mack Jul 2014 #27

Huge K & R !!! WillyT Jul 2014 #28

We give the religious folks power gladly out of fear rurallib Jul 2014 #29

Numbers, 5, 19-28 supports abortion perdita9 Jul 2014 #31

Did they even know what abortion was at the time? kwolf68 Jul 2014 #36

The road to the demise of America will be paved with religion. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2014 #34

there's actually numerous old, respectable, robust schools of interpretation MisterP Jul 2014 #37

Actually it does make one small mention of contraception. Onan. CBGLuthier Jul 2014 #39