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cleanhippie

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1. The bible, Harry potter, twilight, etc.

Reply to Thats my opinion (Original post)

Mon May 21, 2012, 03:56 PM

May 2012

To the nonbeliever, these all have the same amount of relevance to reality. If one wants to find meaning in these, or any other text, fine by me. The problem lies when those that do, attempt to legislate based in their beliefs in these texts, and their tendency to vilify those that do not.

So my question to you, TMO, is what separates your interpretation of your religious texts and your desire to see a society based on that, from those that differ from yours?

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What the Bible is really about [View all] Thats my opinion May 2012 OP

The bible, Harry potter, twilight, etc. cleanhippie May 2012 #1

I guess I do not rate a response. cleanhippie May 2012 #6

The bible; Harry Potter; Blackstone's Commentaries; the Justinian Code; LTX May 2012 #16

If my point isn't already clear to you, nothing I say will change that. cleanhippie May 2012 #26

Nice exit. n/t LTX May 2012 #27

Wish the same could be said for your entrance. cleanhippie May 2012 #30

I like to point out a few problems with the "God wrote every word" interpretation. JoePhilly May 2012 #2

Right on. Thats my opinion May 2012 #4

A few thoughts ... JoePhilly May 2012 #18

True this. daaron May 2012 #20

At the end of the book I mentioned ... JoePhilly May 2012 #22

"Freelance deist"... I like that. daaron May 2012 #24

Karen Armstrong has done a marvelous job working with religious thought. Thats my opinion May 2012 #28

I had a suspicion you were familiar with her work. JoePhilly May 2012 #31

"A culture steeped in chauvinism and bigotry will produce a similar religion" laconicsax May 2012 #3

If you look at the examples, they were all profoudly "counter-cultural." Thats my opinion May 2012 #5

You can't have it both ways. laconicsax May 2012 #10

"[no need to] agree with me, but only to take seriously what is going in the religious world." xfundy May 2012 #7

Your difficulty - The only source for your faith is the Bible intaglio May 2012 #8

The only source for the faith LTX May 2012 #17

Can of worms here intaglio May 2012 #19

Interesting that you discount entirely LTX May 2012 #23

Point by point intaglio May 2012 #33

You are so full of it. LTX May 2012 #34

Some saint, whose name escapes me said, Thats my opinion May 2012 #29

However it is the only source intaglio May 2012 #36

What I would like to see rrneck May 2012 #9

It's funny how everyone who gets up to say exactly "what the Bible is really about"... trotsky May 2012 #11

It's almost like they're "replicating in religious language" their own opinions... laconicsax May 2012 #12

I thought only conservative fundamentalists did that? trotsky May 2012 #13

No, but they are the only ones who will try to change the laws to force you to abide by their JoePhilly May 2012 #32

I'm telling you what the best Biblical scholarship has been saying for along, long time. Thats my opinion May 2012 #14

And yet you're saying it in the same way the rigid fundamentalist does. trotsky May 2012 #15

So you want to hold the Bible up to the same scrutiny as science? Goblinmonger May 2012 #21

"inciteful" nt :) daaron May 2012 #25

Except that you regularly discount "Biblical scholarship" skepticscott May 2012 #35