jayfox said:
tigersnake said:
I’m of the firm belief that people should be able to practice whatever religion they want, as long as it doesn’t negatively impact on others, and as long as they don’t try and foist it on others. I personally am an atheist. I believe we walk the earth, do the best we can, treat others as we want to be treated, then its over.
Hi TS, If we just live on the Earth and then die what is the point of life? And why do we mourn for people who commit suicide? If you are correct then they were going to die anyway and have just chosen to speed up the process.
tigersnake said:
As for this thread, and Jayfox’s comment about homosexuality being identified as a sin in the bible, that annoys the hell out of me. The bible says all kinds of strange things are sins. It says things like ‘if your wife runs away, pierce her ear with skewer so if she runs away again people will know she belongs to you’, and ‘if you have a bung eye, gauge it out’. The bible says a lot of weird kooky stuff, so if you adhere to the principle that ‘the bible says so’, you’re in for some strange times. My point is that Christians and Muslims of various pursuasions pick and choose what to abide by in their respective instruction manuals depending on expediency, pragmatism, politics, whatever.
These examples are very obscure TS and I would challenge you to find these actual examp0les in the Bible. THere are, however, many unusual occurances and practises contained within the Old Testament of the Bible. They were, though, very common customs of the Jewish people in those days (remember we are talking about hundres to thousands of years B.C.). Jesus came to Earth with new teachings that superseeded most of those old jewish traditions anyway. Hence the reason why they are called the 'Old' and 'New' Testament.
Re your first Q, I personally think that living on the earth is a lot of fun a lot of the time. Doing interesting things, meeting interesting people, its well worth it. I don't see why beleiving that there come a day when it finishes makes any difference. As for 'the meaning of life', I know what it is, if you send a check for $666.00 to P.O box 911, Managatang 3320, I'll send you a full rundown. I got to make a living after all.
I don't understand your question about suicide, we mourn them if they are good people don't we?
For me, beleivers don't really have to consider big philosophical questions, God did it, thats all you need to know.
Re. the second statement, you're reinforcing my exact point, Christains generally explain away any aspects of the bible that are inconveniently strange, and the examples I mentioned are in there, as antiquated or obscure, but the stuff they like isn't. That goes especially for the old testament, the 10 Commandments are Old Testament aren't they?
