Word up on that, yo. My favorite analogy is that the bible is about as clear as if you asked someone to translate Shakespeare's entire body of work from Arabic to Japanese, and it can't be longer than one paragraph. Also, the person doing the translating only speaks French.
That being said, I think God let it happen like that. Obviously, given the omnipotent, omnecient Christian God I believe in, God could quite easily clear things up. However, the way things are now, it forces everyone to actually think about what they believe, which is all God wanted in the first place.
I find it highly amusing that the same bible can give rise to Christians like me and Christians like Jerry Falwell. Of course, I think Jerry Falwell is a self-righteous prick who uses religion for selfish ego-boosting, but I'm sure he considers me an unreligious wanker who's going to hell anyways.
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Re: Zero: I Am Full Of Vodka
Date: 2003-10-02 10:46 am (UTC)That being said, I think God let it happen like that. Obviously, given the omnipotent, omnecient Christian God I believe in, God could quite easily clear things up. However, the way things are now, it forces everyone to actually think about what they believe, which is all God wanted in the first place.
I find it highly amusing that the same bible can give rise to Christians like me and Christians like Jerry Falwell. Of course, I think Jerry Falwell is a self-righteous prick who uses religion for selfish ego-boosting, but I'm sure he considers me an unreligious wanker who's going to hell anyways.