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Old 03-03-2004, 11:48 PM   #12
Radar
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Join Date: Dec 2002
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Some Christians think the new testament invalidates the old or somehow erases it. They act as though the Old Testament weren't even part of the bible and they ignore the many gaping holes in the bible.

I've had a few Christian fundamentalists try to tell me how dangerous Muslims are and they claimed the Quran teaches hate, and to kill Christians and they mention some harsh punishments under Muslim Law. When I mention the harsh penalties in the bible such as death by stoning for adultury, disobedient children, beastiliaty, or even planting more than one crop in the same field, they say "that was the old testament" as though the old testament were not in the bible.

Luckily for us, The United States of America is not now, now has it ever been a Christian nation. It was founded by Diests and Unitarians who believe in a generic natural higher power that was called a "god" for lack of a better word. But they certaily didn't believe in the judeo-christian mono-theistic concept of "God" with a capital G.


"The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion." -George Washington
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