Originally posted by ROOKBOY
There is always one... if your going to quote scriptures then you must read the scripture in the context in which it is written... In those scriptures they are writing to a totally different society.. things were different back then.. back then slaves were servants and people treated there servants as family.. it was almost like a boss and employer relationship.
It is still SLAVERY.
Dictionary definition:
Originally posted by another user
a person entirely under the domination of some influence or person
Why wouldn't God just condemn slavery instead of just telling people to be nice to slaves?
And God telling people to be nice to slaves signifies that people were not always nice to them..
Originally posted by another user
So please take the time to do the research on something before you come to a conclusion, so you can really understand what is being written or said.
I read the whole ****ing bible, and I still believe it just a bunch of fairy tales and false hope for people. Many "Christians" I know haven't even read the whole bible.
Originally posted by Bowler
Christian: Roman Catholic
Guys c'mon, I know that 99% of you celebrate christmas which originaly came from Christianity, so if you celebrate it, that means that you have something to do with religion because Christmas is not just about giving gifts.
I celebrate Christmas as the beginning of winter. Easter with the start of spring, etc.
How Halloween originated
Originally posted by another user
The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France, celebrated their new year on November 1. This day marked the end of summer and the harvest and the beginning of the dark, cold winter, a time of year that was often associated with human death. Celts believed that on the night before the new year, the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead became blurred. On the night of October 31, they celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic priests, to make predictions about the future. For a people entirely dependent on the volatile natural world, these prophecies were an important source of comfort and direction during the long, dark winter.
Just because one celebrates Halloween doesn't mean that one believe ghosts of the dead return to Earth on October 31st.
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Only if Christianity never dominated and made all the holidays, then we could be flying cars and living in virtual reality by now.