wow - thread gone bad!!! it's heating up in here!
No kidding! Damn political people highjacked my poll!!!!
At least Moi was trying to keep it on-topic.
Oh, well, when in Rome....
Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexuals 10nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
Sooo, every person in heaven has never said a bad thing about anybody, never gotten drunk, and never had sex for fun? Sounds like a fun place. So, basically, it's Jesus and Mother Teresa hanging out up there?
Point is, I understand people wanting to take the Bible as the be-all, end-all word of God and account of his teachings because it is the only real source there is. But, folks need to realize that the Bible was passed on for many many generations orally before it was even written down. Try telling a friend a joke, then that friend tells it to another friend, then that person tells you again, it will more than likely not be exactly the same as when you told it. In addition, it has been written and translated many, many times, and most of these translators and writers were working for the rulers of societies, isn't it possible that they maybe snuck some things in that the rulers wanted, perhaps in order to keep the people in order through fear of God's wrath? I could be wrong, but it is a possibility.
Sorry, it just irks me when people throw these Bible passages around all the time (I heard one Christian tell me the above was his favorite Bible passage
). It just seems to me that maybe Christians should try spreading the good things about God that are in the Bible (isn't that what Christ said was the purpose of Christianity?) rather than spreading these negative ones. Jesus' preachings certainly didn't include a nice, pat list of all the people that weren't going to heaven, he said that anyone could get in.
