The Old Testament forbids work of any sort on Sundays (or Saturdays if you insist). You're supposed to prepare the food the night before and do the washing up the day after. The Jews try their best but I don't know any Christians who obey that one.
In the New Testament Jesus says to give away all your worldly goods and that God will provide for you. If you own a car or a TV or a house or a cell phone or a gold ring or whatever then it's going to be as hard to get into Heaven as it is for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle (ie. impossible). I don't personally know any Christians (or Jews) who gave away all their worldly goods. I did once see some people in Rome who were wearing sacks (literally!) I guess they might get in so long as they manage to do all the other stuff as well.
In short... even by the very simplest interpretation of the rules 99.99999% of all Christians are going straight to Hell.
You mean like Jules in Pulp Fiction? One day a completely meaningless coincidence happens and you decide to base the rest of your life around that event, walking the earth like Kane?
So on the whole... if there is a heaven, and entrance is based on good behavior and actions, there's probably going to be more atheists there then Christians.
Luckily for us, all of those versions are available online. The site I linked to has 21 English versions and many foreign versions, maybe you can point out where the conflicts between the versions are...
Personally? I don't know the will of "god" and I don't believe the Bible is any more divine than Harry Potter.
What I'm saying is that what the the Bible refers to as the Ten Commandments and what Christians usually quote when asked what the Ten Commandments are are two completely different things, ie. that their belief is based on dogma rather than any form of reason or critical thinking.
I dunno, try reading the hardware specs for the Atari 2600. The Mac was a luxury machine by comparison.
I'm amazed anybody ever managed to write more than 'pong' on it. If I was handed that spec and told to write games I'd have laughed and thought it was a joke (and I've spent countless hours writing video games in hexadecimal on the old 6502/Z80 home computers). I would never, ever disrespect anybody who's written a working game for the Atari 2600 (the beer's on me in fact).
The Bible's pretty clear about which words were written on version 2.0 of the tablets.
Exodus34:27: Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel."
It's also very clear about which set of tablets are the Ten Commandments:
Exodus34:28: Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
I understand that Christians would prefer the other ones to be The Ten Commandments, but wishing it won't make it so.
The Bible actively encourages slavery.If 'people' take slaves, or sell their own children to other people as slaves, they're just following what god told them to do.
Homophobia as well, the Bible tells us to put homosexuals to death, it's not the work of 'people', it's a commandment from God.
Not true. There are faiths that believe that all other religions/holy books are manifestations of the same god and welcome any of them to speak at their temples (in fact they actively invite them...)
I don't know if that one deserves scorn, I usually reserve 'scorn' for the Bible.
I don't see how any person who claims to know what critical thinking is can base their life around the Bible. Harry Potter is more believable than the Bible and I think the Universal Declaration of Human Rights makes a much better moral code.
If the Bible didn't exist and was just published then nobody would get past the first chapter.
I guess you're a Bahá'í then? It's the only religion I know which pays more than lip service to science and reason, faith in any other religion pretty much precludes critical thinking.
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John 10:30: "I and the Father are one."
You can prove there's more atheists then theists in prison or that the Earth is flat? OK, go ahead.
PS: Note how all my posts have links to back them up but yours don't...? Hmmm.
Just get this: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=735
Problem solved.
I'm not familiar with Bahai, but you might not be familiar with all branches of Christianity
I guess not ... I just assume that if you believe in the Bible then you're not a critical thinker despite the label you put on yourself.
even that bastion of conservativism and traditionalism, the Vatican, invests quite a bit in science.
Only in the science which they find convenient, and mostly so that they can say "We're scientists too!"
The Old Testament forbids work of any sort on Sundays (or Saturdays if you insist). You're supposed to prepare the food the night before and do the washing up the day after. The Jews try their best but I don't know any Christians who obey that one.
In the New Testament Jesus says to give away all your worldly goods and that God will provide for you. If you own a car or a TV or a house or a cell phone or a gold ring or whatever then it's going to be as hard to get into Heaven as it is for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle (ie. impossible). I don't personally know any Christians (or Jews) who gave away all their worldly goods. I did once see some people in Rome who were wearing sacks (literally!) I guess they might get in so long as they manage to do all the other stuff as well.
In short ... even by the very simplest interpretation of the rules 99.99999% of all Christians are going straight to Hell.
You mean like Jules in Pulp Fiction? One day a completely meaningless coincidence happens and you decide to base the rest of your life around that event, walking the earth like Kane?
The Bible says what steps were taken to create the Universe and in what order.
Even if god just made the rules and then let everything else sort itself out it couldn't have happened exactly as stated in the Bible.
There's far more religious people in prison than Atheists.
Also far less crime in countries with high rates of Atheism.
And murder rates seem directly correlated with Christian belief, not inversely as you might expect.
Christians are also much more likely to divorce than Atheists
So on the whole ... if there is a heaven, and entrance is based on good behavior and actions, there's probably going to be more atheists there then Christians.
Luckily for us, all of those versions are available online. The site I linked to has 21 English versions and many foreign versions, maybe you can point out where the conflicts between the versions are...
Which version of the "Ten Commanments" should we follow?
The unnamed set of rules listed in Exodus 20 or the explicitly named commandments given in Exodus 34?
Yet we're told to obey it or go to hell...? I dunno, seems to me like getting into heaven is a bit of a crap-shoot if it depends on the Bible.
If heavenly entrance depends on good works and deeds towards your fellow man then I'm betting it's full of Atheists.
I'm sure the forthcoming book will make it clear.
If not ... wait for the movie.
Personally? I don't know the will of "god" and I don't believe the Bible is any more divine than Harry Potter.
What I'm saying is that what the the Bible refers to as the Ten Commandments and what Christians usually quote when asked what the Ten Commandments are are two completely different things, ie. that their belief is based on dogma rather than any form of reason or critical thinking.
I dunno, try reading the hardware specs for the Atari 2600. The Mac was a luxury machine by comparison.
I'm amazed anybody ever managed to write more than 'pong' on it. If I was handed that spec and told to write games I'd have laughed and thought it was a joke (and I've spent countless hours writing video games in hexadecimal on the old 6502/Z80 home computers). I would never, ever disrespect anybody who's written a working game for the Atari 2600 (the beer's on me in fact).
Killing all Christians and burning all churches = wet dream of every slashdot anti-theist.
No, the wet dream (if we have one) is for them to get a fucking clue, then start actually being the people they thought they were in their delusions.
The Bible's pretty clear about which words were written on version 2.0 of the tablets.
Exodus34:27: Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel."
It's also very clear about which set of tablets are the Ten Commandments:
Exodus34:28: Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
I understand that Christians would prefer the other ones to be The Ten Commandments, but wishing it won't make it so.
Nope, take another look.
The Bible actively encourages slavery.If 'people' take slaves, or sell their own children to other people as slaves, they're just following what god told them to do.
Homophobia as well, the Bible tells us to put homosexuals to death, it's not the work of 'people', it's a commandment from God.
Not true. There are faiths that believe that all other religions/holy books are manifestations of the same god and welcome any of them to speak at their temples (in fact they actively invite them...)
I don't know if that one deserves scorn, I usually reserve 'scorn' for the Bible.
I don't see how any person who claims to know what critical thinking is can base their life around the Bible. Harry Potter is more believable than the Bible and I think the Universal Declaration of Human Rights makes a much better moral code.
If the Bible didn't exist and was just published then nobody would get past the first chapter.
I guess you're a Bahá'í then? It's the only religion I know which pays more than lip service to science and reason, faith in any other religion pretty much precludes critical thinking.
Huh? Where does it say that's one of the Ten Commandments?
The only place in the Bible where it says "Ten Commandments" is Exodus 34:28
Remind me again which verse tells me not to murder...I just read the list and it's not there.
Read the list again ... it's just the antonyms of the parent post.
PS: You're right about the Ten commandments though.
Modded: 'troll/flamebait'...
Run out of oil, sure. Coal...? Not so much.