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Starboard Tack

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13. Wrong! The bible is an anthology which contains many books

Tue Sep 15, 2015, 03:34 PM

Sep 2015

Some people pick isolated stories to justify their intolerance, regardless of their belief in a deity. Cartoonist is a prime example and if you agree with his outrageous statement, then you are another.

How does the NT support slavery? Give me a quote. How does Genesis support slavery?
Now, if you want a document that does support slavery, then you need look no further than your wonderful Constitution. In the 72 years between the election of George Washington and the election of Abraham Lincoln, 50 of those years had a slaveholder as president of the United States, and, for that whole period of time, there was never a person elected to a second term who was not a slaveholder.

Looks like slavery was OK back in the day. Should the bible be amended, like the Constitution? Should we edit all the books to change history? Or should we move on and deal with what folk actually believe today?

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Bernie on Francis and the Almighty $ [View all] Starboard Tack Sep 2015 OP

How long before they call Bernie complicit with the crimes of religion? rug Sep 2015 #1

Quick sanity check, I don't see any problems. AtheistCrusader Sep 2015 #3

He called out Christian hypocrites in their own house today. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #4

Trust me.... daleanime Sep 2015 #52

They already have. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #54

Now that is truly jaw dropping..... daleanime Sep 2015 #59

It's a reboot of 2008. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #60

people have already blamed the Vatican for creationism and Yezhov, sooooooo MisterP Sep 2015 #5

People blamed the Vatican for Stalin's head of secret police? muriel_volestrangler Sep 2015 #65

Bloody cannibals Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #7

That's a stretch Cartoonist Sep 2015 #2

Really? Wow! The entire rest of the bible. Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #6

It's a hate manual Cartoonist Sep 2015 #8

Sounds like you hate everything about it. Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #9

Suck on my library card. Cartoonist Sep 2015 #10

Your intolerance is noted. Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #11

Intolerance? You mean like comparing gay people who want to get married to animals and bicycles? beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #15

+1 AtheistCrusader Sep 2015 #18

And who think they have the right to lecture others about bigotry. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #19

Thanks again BMUS Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author Leontius Sep 2015 #21

Saying "The Bible supports slavery" is like saying the library supports slavery. AlbertCat Sep 2015 #12

Wrong! The bible is an anthology which contains many books Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #13

The bible is an anthology which contains many books AlbertCat Sep 2015 #14

You appeared to be getting the drift Albert. Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #23

Well.... AlbertCat Sep 2015 #41

"You really should stop preaching and listen to someone other than yourself for a change. " cleanhippie Sep 2015 #42

Here's the difference. AtheistCrusader Sep 2015 #17

Man, if false equivocation was an alternative energy source, you could power a medium sized city. AtheistCrusader Sep 2015 #16

This is not a story. Cartoonist Sep 2015 #20

Sounds like Texas Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #24

"We can't control people's thoughts, and we shouldn't try." trotsky Sep 2015 #25

Of course you should "engage" with them Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #26

Now you're contradicting yourself. trotsky Sep 2015 #27

Completely full of what? Where is the contradiction? Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #28

What you are calling "controlling thoughts" is simply the act of expressing opinions... trotsky Sep 2015 #29

Well said, trotsky. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #31

Oh trotsky, trotsky, trotsky Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #32

You couldn't persecute me if you tried. trotsky Sep 2015 #36

Here you go trotsky. Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #37

What the fuck do you mean "IF"!?!? trotsky Sep 2015 #40

Good. Keep up the fight. I support you in it. Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #43

You are in absolutely no position to lecture ANYONE, so don't even try. trotsky Sep 2015 #44

Thanks for proving my point. Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #45

Lots of hall monitors who think should be running the world, telling people how to behave... beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #47

I bet you were never a hall monitor bmus Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #57

No I was the one beating up bigoted bullies who called my friends names. beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #58

I knew we were kindred spirits. Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #69

Revisionist bullshit! trotsky Sep 2015 #72

Thanks for saving us all the trouble of finding the link Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #77

"Karma" is when you get locked out of your own thread. trotsky Sep 2015 #79

Posting homophobic statements on DU and calling the people who criricize you bigots... beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #81

Nice try but you're the one who called atheists "vermin". beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #80

"I would never call anyone vermin" Curmudgeoness Sep 2015 #48

A metaphor. Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #53

Really? A metaphor? Like this?: beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #55

Nice one BMUS Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #62

Nazis called Jews vermin, you called atheists vermin and I'm the one without class? beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #78

Maybe there are people who will believe it was a metaphor. Curmudgeoness Sep 2015 #61

I have no desire to offend you or anyone else Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #66

Link to you calling atheists "vermin" beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #50

Link to the group host stating he told you not to call atheists "vermin" again: beam me up scottie Sep 2015 #51

Spare me the ridiculous condescension and act like an adult. trotsky Sep 2015 #56

Hey buddy, you took that label on yourself. Complain to VNN's derision division. Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #63

Of course, we embraced your hatred. trotsky Sep 2015 #64

Except I don't hate you Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #67

It's not a laughing matter. trotsky Sep 2015 #68

I hope nobody alerts on you. I certainly won't Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #71

muriel_volestrangler and Curmudgeoness, to start. trotsky Sep 2015 #73

Post removed Post removed Sep 2015 #75

No one is making jokes at your expense, tacky. cleanhippie Sep 2015 #70

Are you saying trotsky is a liar? Check post 64. It's in englsh. Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #74

Buh-bye! cleanhippie Sep 2015 #76

Well, we vermin do that sort of thing, you see. AtheistCrusader Sep 2015 #82

Thought control is the baileywick of the RCC Lordquinton Sep 2015 #83

Thought control indeed. From another thread: trotsky Sep 2015 #84

Cherry Picking? Cartoonist Sep 2015 #30

Now, if you said "some of the bible" I would have agreed Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #33

So if the salad you eat Cartoonist Sep 2015 #34

AHAHAHAHAHA trotsky Sep 2015 #35

And Battlefied Earth is a great film... Act_of_Reparation Sep 2015 #38

Now that is pretty funny Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #39

"I don't eat or read the bible" - well that explains your ignorance on its contents. Warren Stupidity Sep 2015 #46

Yup! Starboard Tack Sep 2015 #49