Richard Dawkins: One Fact to Refute Creationism Richard Dawkins Compares Creationism to Holocaust Denial Bible passages that conflict with modern morality. Bible themes Menu Sponsored link. Quotations: Special note: Of the many thousands of essays on this web site, we regard those in this section to be among the most important. Almost everywhere else in our essays dealing with Christianity, we compare conservative and liberal Christian points of view. Some of the early Christian groups, including many in the Gnostic tradition were so offended by what they viewed as profoundly immoral actions by Yahweh that they rejected the entire Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament) or even lowered the status of Yahweh to that of a demiurge -- an inferior deity.
The purpose and intent of this section is to show there are some profoundly violent, immoral and unethical passages in the Bible when it is compared to today's secular and religious ethical systems. Solving this problem is difficult. TalkOrigins Archive: Exploring the Creation/Evolution Controversy. Did Jesus really exist? Is there any historical evidence of Jesus Christ? Question: "Did Jesus really exist? Is there any historical evidence of Jesus Christ? " Answer: Typically, when this question is asked, the person asking qualifies the question with “outside of the Bible.”
We do not grant this idea that the Bible cannot be considered a source of evidence for the existence of Jesus. The New Testament contains hundreds of references to Jesus Christ. There are those who date the writing of the Gospels to the second century A.D., more than 100 years after Jesus' death. It is also important to recognize that in A.D. 70, the Romans invaded and destroyed Jerusalem and most of Israel, slaughtering its inhabitants. Considering that Jesus' ministry was largely confined to a relatively unimportant area in a small corner of the Roman Empire, a surprising amount of information about Jesus can be drawn from secular historical sources. Flavius Josephus is the most famous Jewish historian. Related Topics: Who is Jesus Christ? Who was Flavius Josephus? What's The Harm? 11 Things The Bible Bans, But You Do Anyway. <A HREF=" Widgets</A> Written by 11points Yesterday, I found myself in a discussion about the anti-abortion people.
The reason: It’s just incomprehensible to us that people get so zealous about that issue that they’ll go as far as to murder doctors who perform abortions and bomb abortion clinics. The conversation then took its natural turn to selective, self-serving interpretations of the Bible… finding a few verses that you can use to justify a position that lets you impose your morality on someone, and riding those verses hard and fast for the rest of your life.
So I thought it’d be a good time to find a bunch of stuff that the Bible bans… stuff that’s a lot LESS convenient. Here are 11 things that are technically banned by the Bible. See you in Hell, Beatles… and/or kids with bowl cuts, surfer cuts or (my favorite) butt cuts. At least, the pure version of football, where you play with a pigskin. Before you call a 900 number (do people still call 900 numbers, by the way?) No tattoos. A List Of Biblical Contradictions. Jim Meritt [Editor's note: Not everyone will agree that all of the listed "contradictions" are, in fact, contradictions.
It is therefore up to the reader to use his/her own intelligence and decide for himself/herself what s/he can and will accept as a contradiction. In other words, you need not agree with what Meritt sees as a problem or contradiction. It should be kept in mind, however, that a perfect, omnipotent, and omniscient god would reasonably be expected to have done a better job of it than the Bible had such a god inspired a book. In any case, lists such as this can be useful in serving as a springboard for further study.
All of my statements, past, present and future express solely my opinions and/or beliefs and do not in any way represent those of any of my employer's unless such is specifically stated in the content of the text. 20 Reasons to Abandon Christianity. Table of Contents This pamphlet briefly looks at many of the reasons that Christianity is undesirable from both a personal and a social point of view. All of the matters discussed here have been dealt with elsewhere at greater length, but that's beside the point: the purpose of 20 Reasons to Abandon Christianity is to list the most outstanding misery-producing and socially destructive qualities of Christianity in one place.
When considered in toto, they lead to an irresistible conclusion: that Christianity must be abandoned, for the sake of both personal happiness and social progress. As regards the title, "abandon"—rather than "suppress" or "do away with"—was chosen deliberately. Attempts to coercively suppress beliefs are not only ethically wrong, but in the long run they are often ineffective—as the recent resurgence of religion in the former Soviet Union demonstrates. 1. 2. Look into this little prison. There are many similar passages in this book. 3. 4. 5. 6.