Jesus spoke in figurative language a lot. Immediate context of the sword quote determines that he is speaking of the division following Jesus would cause for all. A sword divides and causes disruption not peace. It was immediately true for those that heard, but they knew Jesus wasn't advocating for violence against others.

Sorry to butt in! Leaving now!

But that is the actual point. Theists use circular logic for their justification of the theistic view point. - So using an argument from absurdism by using their own tactics against them is just taking the piss.
I.E. I wasn't being serious in the slightest.

Yeah, nah. Anything that can be asserted with zero evidence, can be discarded with zero evidence.

Good question... I mean. There is actually evidence for dictators existing. - However... Dictatorships tend to have a horrific record of abuse, so maybe that could be why?

Basically you have taken the a-typical apologetic point of view... However, we need to remember that there are plenty of Theists that believe in a literal interpretation of the Bible.

If I am to read a book, any book, I will take it as a literal interpretation from what is laid out in black and white, and not twist things around to suit any kind of view.

The Bible for instance does state that Homosexuality (Amongst many other sins) is deserving of death, no way around it, yet there are those who discard that view. - So who is right? Who is wrong? Doesn't matter. You can only read what is written in plain black and white.

If you have to twist things around, then you might as well write a new book that discards such transgressions to start with.

Fact of the matter is, at the end of the day... If the religious cannot agree about everything in the Bible, then why should an Atheist like myself care about it?

http://www.evilbible.com/ is a bit of an eye opener to be honest. They don't play games with the wording.

Well it was pretty tough to pick up on that if that was indeed the case. I can't help but take it that since there was no serious reply, the best we could say is that neither is anybodies best guess?

So much like the answer above?

Well if God exists in the form many believe, all powerful and ever living, then they also have a pretty horrific record of abuse, so why should they be worshiped as you said?

If some of the many books are known to be fiction and you take all words in the story to mean what is laid out as is, then your worldview would be out to left field.

All day everyday in life we have to try and ascertain what was truly meant based on what was said or written, since human beings aren't walking fact machines or dictionaries, so you can't just take everything as how it seems or you will eventually pay for it in many ways. You even said yourself that you weren't being serious when you said "if Jesus was a God, then he couldn't die anyway, making his sacrifice a useless affair". Then you implied that the point was that I shouldn't have taken it seriously, when there really was no clear indication you were joking. Should I still assume you were serious?

I always enjoy a good science vs religion debate. And even though the topic wasn't explicitly asking for that debate, it's going to happen since the question implies the existence of the man-god Jesus.
But once the debate devolves to circular reasoning and repetitive stances, it loses its luster.
Frankly, this subject inevitably devolves, because of one main issue. One side is using argumentation that is built on a set of rules (logic and philosophy) while another side is basing what they call arguments on faith, so all the rules of proper argumentation can be thrown out the window.
It's like saying you are playing someone in chess, but you use the rules of checkers. In reality, you're not playing the same game at all, so you never had a chance of winning. However, since you're so out in your own world that you'd resort to playing by your rules instead of those belonging to the game, there's no convincing you that you lost.

Mental illness?

Exactly!

If the Bible is supposedly a "historical" account, then the Religion has a brutal and bloody history... And I cannot possibly support it... And I honestly don't think anyone should.

Well. It's like having a conversation with someone, you take them at face value until you have the evidence that says otherwise.
You have to give them the benefit of a doubt.

Same goes with the Middle-Eastern, Abrahamic Religions like Christianity, Islam and Judaism, you need to take their statements at face value and not twist things around to be something different.

Sarcasm is a bit different.
But you are correct, that in any serious context you need to take it at face value until you have the evidence that says otherwise. (Like myself stating I am not being serious.)

I wonder if most christians on this site are American cause in many European countries christianity has been in decline for a long time.
But yeah remember good words do not solve much, it is good deeds that do.

LOL omg im dying!!!! LOL

The reason why people still believe in one has many reasons. Most of them have an beneficial background which can be provided in the form of paradise. Something like that can only be given by a god. People who hold such reason are seen as false believers by me. But that last remark is besides the point. 

Dictators use fear as a motivator to control their people. In god's case it would be the fear of eternal torture in hell.

So, will a god be worshipped who gives neither, a reward nor a punishment?

Humans are selfish people who mostly act on something that can be beneficial to them. That's how we evolved and that's how we live.

You guys waste a lot of time talking about a stupid religion. Look at all that text. Prob could have cured cancer already with that devotion. Enjoy wasting your time till you die and then really find out.

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