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Reply 17 of 71 (Originally posted on: 03-21-03 07:48:12 PM)
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Quoted from Coca-Cola: To tell you all the truth, I've never actually read or even really skimmed the Bible. Somehow I don't want to put it down as I've been taught for so long that badmouthing the Bible is really wrong. I don't believe everything it says, but when I hold a bible in my hand I feel like it's something special and powerful.
Im not religious, but I won't deny that the bible and the church serve a great purpose to society. Knocking the bible as it is taken literally is understandable but for the most part the bible teaches many moral lessons that shouldn't be ignored just because you don't belive in God. The church and faith in God whether he exists or not has served many purposes, rahabilitation and things of that nature. Finding God personally has turned around SOOOO many people it is a miracle within itself, so it has it's place because if that's what it takes to heal people of their unlawfull ways, it's good enough for me. The bible does its best work when it isn't taken literally, but the lessons and morals are learned. I do belive the term "the good book" is accurate on the whole.
The other side of this religous fence, the negative side lies in people who think they have the right to force their belifes on others, and it goes farther than just religeon, racist belifes, superficial belifes, anti-war or abortion belifes. Make your point, you have that right, but when you are literally forcing these belifes on others you are in the wrong. You can judge people aswell, if it is your personal belife that black people are inferior to white people you can shout it off the mountain top and I don't care, good for you, you have an ignorant opinion, just keep it within the law and stay within your rights or piss off. And then we come back to good 'ol homosexuality. If you belive homosexuality is wrong, rock on man, hell in the grand scheme of things it may be, you have the freedome of speech and are intitled to whatever horseshit opinion you want to have, but the second you break the law by opressing these people, or assaulting them or anything of that nature you are immediately in the wrong.
So is it right or wrong? Fuck if I care, all I know is that it's more wrong to physically attack or opress someone for being what they are. When two gay men get together, and are out for a date, they deserve in no way to be assaulted or abused or even INSULTED. There are no victims to this "CRIME AGAINST NATURE". We are all created equal, so lets act like it. Amen?
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