From another forum, with thanks also for the comments.
His latest sermon is hilarious; someone had the temerity to point out things like the atrocities committed by crusaders, and instructions in the bible as to the best way to stone people to death
He says: .
Oh right, so stoning people to death had a best-before date on it, like supermarket cheese? And only in certain branches. But that can't be right, it's either infallible and for all time, everywhere, or it isn't.
If stoning-to-death, and all the other barbaric preachings in the bible, had a best-before date, then it isn't Divine or anything, it's just the ramblings of violent men justifying killing in the name of their sky pixie of the day.
His latest sermon is hilarious; someone had the temerity to point out things like the atrocities committed by crusaders, and instructions in the bible as to the best way to stone people to death
He says: .
As you know, or ought to know, if you've read and understood the Bible, the above two Bible verses in Deuteronomy clearly applied only to a limited area and for a limited time. They do not apply to Christian believers today as I'm sure you realise.
Oh right, so stoning people to death had a best-before date on it, like supermarket cheese? And only in certain branches. But that can't be right, it's either infallible and for all time, everywhere, or it isn't.
If stoning-to-death, and all the other barbaric preachings in the bible, had a best-before date, then it isn't Divine or anything, it's just the ramblings of violent men justifying killing in the name of their sky pixie of the day.
