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Originally Posted by Steve00007
Not really because you make some assumptions that are very questionable.
Why should Christians take anything you say seriously when you accuse them of talking out of their ass, hatemongering, and ignorance? I suspect this is the real reason you don't expect an answer to your post.
Then tell me when you've read this bible you respect so much? Tell me how you did that? Studied Greek for many years, did you?
I think you, and others, when you quote the bible, don't have any idea what you're doing. You probably think you've read the bible, and not an opinionated translation. You may even think the bible was written in english (what % of US christians know it wasn't?)
And what's more, even if you admit (because you must) that you've never read the bible, only opinionated, political interpretations, then you'll nonetheless deny that this cripples your ability to use the bible as authority.
Do you understand? No one can intelligently cite the bible as authority because no one, not even someone who can read poorly-written ancient Greek, can do anything other than interpret the bible. And if it can only ever be a matter of interpretation, then you can't say anyone's interpretation is right or wrong.
So, if I can interpret the bible to promote, say, gay marriage, and someone else can interpret it to oppose gay marriage, then the bible can't not rationally be used in the argument for or against gay marriage. Or anything else, for that matter.
IOW, the bible can not fairly be used in argument. So, please, stop. You degrade Jesus.
As to the "hatefulness" charge, that's easy. Christianity (in most of it's political interpretations, afaik) claims that non-believers will go to hell. And that belief is pretty much as hateful as a belief can be.