Jesus gave Christians one commandment. "Love thy neighbor as thy self." That's it, that's the only rule. Does every Christian follow it to the letter, hell no. Some try harder than others, but you are only required to try, not to succeed.

I hope my neighbor isn't in to beating himself with chains.

Hello... he was talking to the Jews, telling them he wasn't going to spoil their party and they could do as they had in the past. And he didn't change the Jewish religion.

Ok, so help me get a clue here Bruce. Are you saying that christians believe the old testament wasn't the word of god? That doesn't make any sense to me. You're saying that the stories of Noah, Cain & Abel, Lott, Adam & Eve, etc... aren't taught as truth in christian sunday schools?

Doesn't really matter for my question though - I'm asking more about the god than the followers.

Narcanon is Scientology, BTW, and equally as screwed-up.

So, if the OT is out, then homosexuality is not an abomination in any way. (Romans was referring to Leviticus)

ok--who here has actually GONE to an AA meeting? Raise your hands.

I'm 43--I went to AA when I was 19. OBVIOUSLY it didn't fucking work for me and, personally, i hate those fuckers.

Now. Does that mean those who ARE successful in AA should give up and resume their alcoholic lives because Rkz says AA "doesn't work"-?
Fuck you rkz. You wouldn't know a your ass from a hole in the ground.

BTW--here's a read for you---I HATE YOU-DON'T LEAVE ME! check it out.

Look at a Bible, there are no chapters. The Bible is a collection of books, a library. Books that were written by different people over hundreds of years, and apply to a particular group at a particular time. The earliest were written many hundreds or even thousands of years after the fact. Written down oral histories of the Jewish tribes and what they perceived to be their relationship with God was.... which was on again, off again. Until the covenant was finally broken for good.

So Jesus comes along and offers a new deal to everyone, but even this wasn't written down for many years after because it was illegal. That new deal consisted of one commandment, not instructions on your day to day.

You can't put the Bible together into one continuous story, it's many stories, and most points of view expressed in any book have a diametrically opposed point of view in a different book. To quote a chapter/verse and say that's that is silly, because somewhere else it will say something else that doesn't agree or directly contradicts.

If you read the whole bible you still will have questions. The Bible scholars have wrestled with translations and interpretations forever. You can take it or leave it. It's called free will. But I still believe, "Love thy neighbor as thy self", is a good message and worthy of anyones consideration as a personal goal. I don't believe any group should be judged by the extremists every group has, or condemning the whole group unjustly.

Look at Wolfs thread about the wacko football fan. Does that mean all football fans should be condemned? Of course not, except Dallas fans.

I agree that the golden rule is a good one.... but why do you need all the rest of the crap in the bible to go along with it? All the rest of the stuff that seems to cause so much trouble in the world. Do unto others is much older and more universal than the christian bible.
As far as condeming others - I strongly agree with something Beestie said in a thread you started Bruce; Lawyers.... Yuk. Just exchange laywer for christian (or any other religious person for that matter).

Good point. Yes, I did violate that principle for an attractive headline. Thanks for pointing that out. I don't make an exception for myself and that was a gross error on my part.

Well, I still like you, even if I disagree with you sometimes, and I don't read nutty stuff into your posts.
I think people should get help where they don't want to indoctrinate them with crap that has nothing to do with getting over their addiction.
Wow, hate, whew.:rolleyes:
I have no trouble being alone, I enjoy it, to a fault and am as far from borderline as one can get. I am very forgiving, yet once one crosses the line they are dead to me. I do not tolerate chaos in my life.