DarkD said: The way I see it, if you believe in the religion, you should follow the original text of the bible "precisely". Its not giving you advice, it's giving you the word of God.... So why the hell do people keep trying to find loopholes in it. Personally I'm atheist, but what I don't understand is that if this is the word of God, how can you possibly say "Ok I like this rule ill follow that one. I don't like this other one because it's inconvenient to me, so I won't follow this one." As far as im concerned 99% of the worlds population are secret atheists who refuse to admit it. |
The whole bible isn't as straight forward as the 10 Commandments. The English version is a translation of a translation. Most of the new bible is stories meant to teach a lesson about how to treat each other or how to be more like God. The new testament replaces many of the teachings of the old testament.
Different churches interpret it differently. It's not a matter of finding loop holes or picking and choosing. It's a matter of deciding what it means to you.
The religious people of the world are not secret atheists. They are just regular flawed people who have faith. That just doesn't make sense to you because you don't have that faith.