Thread: The End of The World?

Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

I thought our laws were dictated by morals?

And which version of the bible should i be reading?

I need to get caught up on the correct way to live my life, just in case i'm doing it wrong.

btw, jesus was a bit too progressive and liberal for me. Gave out too many handouts.

This is from a Biblical Perspective so bear with me.
1) Morally it is ok to spank your child and pray in schools and teach children truthful facts. However, the law says spanking your child where your child get a bruised behind is child abuse and can throw you in jail. THe law says you can't have prayer in schools (with the exception of the great state of Mississippi) because it will offend someone and yet the US is a largely Christian nation. They also teach students that the Civil War was fought over slavery, and now the parents and teachers themselves are so stupid that they believe that.
2) The New Revised Standard Version is the most accurate translation if you are one of those obsessive compulsive personality types. Unfortunately the Catholics held out many of the books of the Bible including several gospels. You can get them now though if you are concerned about your Bible being incomplete.
3) I never told anyone how to live their life. I know more about biology and evolution than many on this forum, and the perfection of the inter-workings of the cell is enough for me to see that it did not happen by accident. I will add this, there either is a God with Heaven and Hell or there isn't. Its a 50/50 toss up. However, for the the 50% chance of burning in hell is enough for me to consider eternity. My point is that there is no down side to believing in God or Jesus. Amazingly, many great scientists were believers in God including Einstein and Darwin.
4) Yes, Jesus gave out handouts, but not from the government. His idea on welfare were based on people helping eachother. Jesus despised government and saw it as an evil entity due to its corruption. Hence in the old testament, God new when the Jews asked for a king that the king (kings) would grow corrupt (with exception to Asa) and stray from God. Hence our government is straying further from God and ultimately to its downfall. This is why I propose more states rights, that way the more liberal states can do what they want, and the conservatives the same. Besides the sooner it falls the better, that way we can begin to rebuild.

We conservative Christians are easy to manipulate and criticize, but just because we believe in something greater than humans, does not make us less intelligent. Just remember the country you live in was founded on Christian principles and belief that government could be sustained through the virtue of its people. Had it been founded by many people like today with no concrete values other than "if it doesn't bother me I'm ok with it", it would be nothing and no one would want to live here.
BTW to all that hate the US, live outside it a few years and your appreciation will change (good or bad), besides we would be a lot better off if more people would move out.