Date: Mon, 15 Feb 1999 15:21:21 -0600
From: jholden-AT-ies.net (Holden, John)
Subject: re:the bible


>I remember my philosophy and religion teacher saying once, not too long ago:
>"The bible is not a scientific work, it's *literature*... no one expects
>literature to be exact, it's the meanings that count."
>To quote old goat: nuff said
>
>Diversity and Unity
>
>Marius
>------------------
It's not liturature, it's the direct word of God. Is it not? There are
tenents that the religion is based upon, just like anarchism, for which you
can not waver and must take a stand. 
Here's a quote:

"If you take the cruel passages, the verses that inculcate eternal hatered,
verses that writhe and hiss like serpents, you can make a creed that would
shock the heart of a hyena.
It may be that no book contains better passages than the New Testament, but
certainly no book contains worse. 
Below the blossom of love you find the thorn of hatred; on the lips that
kiss, you find the poison of the cobra. 
The Bible is not a moral guide."
Robert Ingersoll

Hlden