Zone1 Calls for a "return" to Christianity are counterproductive. What we need to do is chuck the Old Testament

[hobelim]

Does chucking the OT means we chuck the entire 10 commandments?

According to ding it does. All anyone has to do to be saved is to confess that you are worthless piece of sinning shit and accept Jesus as your God and savior and then you can disregard the Ten Commandments, except for all that filthy fornication, lol, and remain an asshole and sin with impunity for life, and not die, as long as you throw Jesus, an innocent man, under the bus and celebrate his torture and death as a perfect human sacrifice who paid the penalty for your sins, woo hoo!, and then solemnly eat him on your knees every now and then on Sundays.

Yum!

Some people claim that's the way to eternal life but I find those 'beliefs' reprehensible. An innocent man being executed for my sins? No thanks. I can take responsibility for my own shit. Its not like a vile and degrading ritual can render karma null and void anyway. And I'm sure Jesus would not appreciate his believers irrational beliefs.

If Christ ever really did "appear" on earth again all those believers will surely find themselves in a world of trouble

 

[Rigby5]

Any religion that doesn't recognize Jesus as the son of God is bogus.

Wrong.
There were and are millions of people that Jesus never spoke to or had any impact on, so there is no reason for them to recognize Jesus as the son of God.
And in fact, so much evil was allowed in the name of Jesus, such as witch burnings, the Crusades, Inquisitions, Conquistadors, etc., that Christianity comes off as evil over all.
For example, we used nukes on Japan, but we would never have done that if they were Christian. So Christianity is fake.

 

[Rigby5]

Does chucking the OT means we chuck the entire 10 commandments?

Not, it means increasing them to thousands of laws, like not burning witches, not stoning for adultery, not taking slaves, etc.

 

[hobelim]

I don't see it. We were doing pretty well until the 60s rad freaks started having sway.

Yeah, those peace loving war hating long haired pot smoking truth speaking hippie sex freaks were really really bad. And their message of 'make love not war' was pure evil. They never even went to church. Those bastards!

And all of the progress in advancing rights for women minorities and workers really fucked things up for robber barons and con artists, the good old days when women stayed home, beating children was legal, "employees" worked for peanuts like slaves imagining they were free, living the American dream one nightmare after another..

 

[JohnDB]

The Old Testament and New Testament both have a single recurring theme amongst all the other themes that both collections of books, songs, poetry, and letters contain.

It gets ignored often. But that does not mean it does not exist.

And it's rather simple. The 2 greatest commandments are what the whole 66 books are focused upon.

Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, (emotionally , cognitively, and in action) Might,(with whatever power you have over people) and your strength, (physical strength)

Then
Love your neighbor as much as you love yourself. (Meaning don't be an a$$ to anyone...even including Democrats and Pakistani or Hindu men)

That's the OLD TESTAMENT.
Why would we throw it out as those two themes are throughout it. Israel got in trouble EVERY time they got away from these two commandments. They became evil and then repented and turned back into nice guys.

The rest of the Old Testament is all the nuances of how Israel Failed but God did not in spite of their behavior....and they were literally drug along to the goal kicking and screaming like a spoiled child the WHOLE time.

 

[Eman623]

Not, it means increasing them to thousands of laws, like not burning witches, not stoning for adultery, not taking slaves, etc.

Well the witches aren't going to burn themselves, for Pete's sake! What else are we going to do with all the witches?

 

[Correll]

Yeah, those peace loving war hating long haired pot smoking truth speaking hippie sex freaks were really really bad. And their message of 'make love not war' was pure evil. They never even went to church. Those bastards!

And all of the progress in advancing rights for women minorities and workers really fucked things up for robber barons and con artists, the good old days when women stayed home,....

I stopped reading here.

Your side is the side of war and racism and sexism today.

 

[hobelim]

I stopped reading here.

Liar.

 

[hobelim]

And in fact, so much evil was allowed in the name of Jesus, such as witch burnings, the Crusades, Inquisitions, Conquistadors, etc., that Christianity comes off as evil over all.

All that shit was perpetrated by the roman church who used brainwashed "believers" to do their dirty work.