Toto

I have split out The abomination of un-Biblical marriage and The abomination of cross dressing.

Please keep this thread on topic, if there is anything more to say.

Dave Roberts

Hope that I'm not stepping on your toes Toto, but in response to the original statement regarding Chistians and thier picking and choosing what they see as enforceable laws. My response to their "Oh but that was before Christ died for our sins." Is to follow with "Do you believe that Christ was God?" They of course will answer yes. Then when you ask them if thier God makes errors , they'll say no. Then you can ask them if God would have made ANY laws for man that he would later overturn, and if he did wouldn't he be acting in error, then you can strike with Luke 16:17, I believe it is, where Christ says his "not one tittle of the law" answer. They usually get very confused at this point esp. if you have a Bible handy, and SHOW them what it says.
Hope I'm keeping on the subject

Sven

Since it is no longer the last page of the thread and I had to search a bit myself, I thought it would be welcomed to have a link.

Atheist_Mama

Yes but with a 50% divorce rate in America(at least) I somehow doubt that all of those divorces are due to adultery.

That's easy, just open the bible and point to something.

That's always the argument, well such and such was acceptable back then. But if the bible was inspired by a perfect and fair god you would think he would know that slavery was unnacceptable even back then. If anything verses like this proove to us who was making up the rules for what was acceptable and not acceptable, not a higher power who believed everyone was equal, but so called "prophets" and other creators of the bible who were basically bigots.

No I don't but the part that annoys me is how they hold everyone else(non believers) up to this high standard but if one of their own does it, it's fine. Also when I see christians doing certain things like saying so and so is going to hell when their own book says that god is the only judge, I have to point out their hypocrisy. The way they pick and choose which laws to adhere to and which ones are just for history aggravates me. It would be one thing if they just minded their own business but this religion spreads like a disease and has promoted violence, hatred, sexism, and intolerance for centuries.

Chris Weimer

:rolling:

Of course, but even today there are some people who think slavery should be reinstated because of God's approval of it in the OT. Hypocrisy at it's finest.

Welcome to the club! :wave: Many of us here share your point of view about the extreme hypocrisy of Christians. Get used to the standard apologist view of "Well, they're notreal Christians."

Gullwind

And of course, anytime they use the old "you have to understand that it was common practice at the time" argument means that they are saying that the culture defines what is moral.

Just ask them what things in today's culture should be "moral" because they are common now?

Atheist_Mama

good point!