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Notice how people rarely rip me, eh? It's because we all have better things to do with our time.

Firstly, a note: some of you have complained about the use of "historical context," but that is exactly what is required to appropriately understand these verses, like it or not. ...

And, I don't think you understood? St. Paul didn't want to start a violent revolution. Ah, but there's a huge difference between condemning an act, and starting a violent revolution. ...

BadNarrator>> How do you deal with the majority of abolitionists being Christians? :? As were a majority of European slave traders and owners... EDIT: Just to clarify my position, I ...

Can you imagine how much suffering would have been prevented if the bible had actually said slavery is bad, instead of condoning or being silent on the subject?

No.

We should be far more scared of Brave New World than of 1984 .

Sooooo are we agreeing that christians suck then? Not in the slightest.

To me it just seems disrespectful. Maybe it is, but it's not fair to call out one group for something, then ignore the other groups who are doing it.

These people are the ones who are always up in arms about anything that even vaguely resembles a religious topic. I mean look at how they felt the need to ...

So, some 'followers of jesus' don't like being associated with christians because christians suck? Is that what we're saying? I don't know if it's common, but I have seen it ...

Nothing special.

Also, God did not say that women couldn't share the word, but not to be a leader(pastor) in a church, that is all he ever said. Yes... I fail to ...

Hm. Color me interested.

Well, the bible's kind of like poetry; Everybody interprets it differently. Which brings up an interesting question, if the Bible was really given to humanity by an all-powerful being, so ...