Posted by Bones

Also the fact religions keep having to collectively change themselves to adapt to social advancements is another big thing (i.e. churches letting gay people through their doors now, saying they can go to heaven too).

What ever happened to "God's word is law - forever!"?. Also was God wrong back in the old days? Can a god be wrong?

That has nothing to do with God. That's solely human error. Humans are intolerant of others. Society has continually become more tolerant, however, and the people of the church adapt with society. Nothing in the Bible says gay people are banished from Heaven for all eternity. God decides who goes to Heaven and his grace and forgiveness is for him to give. Christians don't have a clue who really gets into Heaven or not. God could forgive everyone and let them in if he wanted to. We don't know. Christians don't change their beliefs, just their tolerance towards them.

Posted by Bones

You can actually sit and provide a consistent base of evidence for the evolution theory. This is unlike religion.

plausible explanations are not "evidence"  

Posted by Bones

Wow. I love you LOL

Also the fact religions keep having to collectively change themselves to adapt to social advancements is another big thing (i.e. churches letting gay people through their doors now, saying they can go to heaven too).

What ever happened to "God's word is law - forever!"?. Also was God wrong back in the old days? Can a god be wrong?

You're reflecting a religion by action from human beings. That's the issue. Sometimes a religion has to adapt - by deducting their 'rules' only - and not by making them more appealing or socially acceptable. I didn't hear about a church for gay people though France has a mosque for gay muslim. Just because one human being interpretes it in a (wrong) way you can't say it's basically the whole religion. Otherwise the IS would represent the whole Islam which is bs either.  

Posted by Sig.

You're reflecting a religion by action from human beings. That's the issue. Sometimes a religion has to adapt - by deducting their 'rules' only - and not by making them more appealing or socially acceptable. I didn't hear about a church for gay people though France has a mosque for gay muslim. Just because one human being interpretes it in a (wrong) way you can't say it's basically the whole religion. Otherwise the IS would represent the whole Islam which is bs either.

I don't understand what this message is supposed to be other than an SJW rant.

Christianity has a major history of preaching against gays, and wasn't even steadfast in these divine teachings about gays being abominations when society became more liberal, and attendance (thus, their money) began to drop. The Bible is pretty clear on "God's stance" towards gays, as well.

This is one of many examples where religion has totally flip-flopped in a pragmatic way, proving that there is no divine inspiration to their beliefs. It's literally just humans, and that offers no credence to the idea that there is a supernatural power.

You can at least concede that it looks ridiculous when a religion has been preaching the same thing for at least centuries, and then has to totally turn it's back on it.  

Posted by Bones

I don't understand what this message is supposed to be other than an SJW rant.

Christianity has a major history of preaching against gays, and wasn't even steadfast in these divine teachings about gays being abominations when society became more liberal, and attendance (thus, their money) began to drop. The Bible is pretty clear on "God's stance" towards gays, as well.

This is one of many examples where religion has totally flip-flopped in a pragmatic way, proving that there is no divine inspiration to their beliefs. It's literally just humans, and that offers no credence to the idea that there is a supernatural power.

You can at least concede that it looks ridiculous when a religion has been preaching the same thing for at least centuries, and then has to totally turn it's back on it.

SJW rant just because he had an opposing viewpoint in a discussion with you? Come on now. You're worse than SJWs if you act like that in what was a decent discussion. Don't resort to personal attacks out of no where. It just makes you look bad.

The Bible says that it is sin to be gay. It also says that it's a sin to think bad about another person. It also says that all sin is equal and that thinking bad about someone is just as bad as murder. It's the humans that can't see it that way. We as humans think murder is much worse than thinking bad about someone. Christians believe abortion is sin, yet the Pope just said churches can let people who had abortions back into the church. They didn't say that abortion is now OK. They just admitted its not their job to judge others for their sins.

A religion doesn't preach anything. The people of the religion do. Humans are faulty and wrong. No religious person follows their religion and its expectations completely. That's impossible. If you knew about religions instead of just critiquing them, you would know that. The Pope didn't change the Bible when he said divorced people can be let into the church. The Pope simply changed their practices that the humans created.

The SCOTUS has reversed its decisions on cases, but in doing so, they say they had interpreted the Constituion wrong. They don't change the Constituion in the process. Humans are wrong and sinful. Humans make mistakes. These "changes" you ignorantly cite are changes in practices that humans created themselves.

Posted by Bones

You can actually sit and provide a consistent base of evidence for the evolution theory. This is unlike religion.

Science thought people evolved from monkeys but now some scientists say we evolved from tadpoles or even bacteria. Flip-flopping?!?! Must be a bogus theory!  

I don't believe in God, but I do believe in the idea of him.
Psychologically, it is healthy for people to look toward a higher being, and the social gatherings of churches keeps people active and making relationships in a group of people they share a common belief with.