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Originally posted by MrIzzz
the bible was written by man, and these are all examples of what the authors thought suited the times. just like the pope today with his stance on genetics or abortion.
these are the religious opinions of men.
however, christianity itself is a positive religion teaching others to conduct themselves in society to seperate us from being animals. trying to bring order to life.
so i repeat, i do not find anything wrong with religion, but when people misinterpret it things go awry.
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So you believe in religion "itself"... something that exists independently of the religious books?
Let me enlighten you. Christianity holds that the Bible is the actual word of God. Something similar goes for Islam and Judaism.
That's the whole problem of religion. It almost always follows a set of rather random and often outdated dogmas. That is a problem not caused by people misinterpreting religions, but by the very essence of most religions.
As for something to "separate us from being animals"... rationality does a much better job at that than religion.