Re: Immaculate conception

remysun2000@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

> On May 16, 6:57 pm, Darren Delgado <darrendelg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>I disagree with this.  I think that the vocal (insane) minority -- the
>>ones who are xenophobic and racist and bomb abortion clinics, etc. --
>>they interpret the very straightforward terms in the bible
>>accurately.  The bible is pretty clear in its authoritative view that
>>excludes other perspectives.
> 
> 
>>The majority are the ones who misinterpret the bible, by pretending
>>that it's full of really nice inspiring sweet stories, when those are
>>by far the exception and not the rule.
> 
> 
> The Bible is a big and encompassing book-- a genealogy, a history, an
> inspiration, a wisdom, a law. It is a collection of books. One simply
> cannot quote a verse and make an inviolate statement out of it.
> Remember, even Satan quoted Scripture to Jesus. The Bible is full of
> such apparent contradictions, if you take it apart verse by verse.
> You're right when you say we can't pick and choose what parts to
> believe in. But we have to know why certain things were said the way
> they were said, and if there is anything to say that the horrible
> stuff was for the world that was, rather than the world that is.

It's a bunch of made-up fantasy. Not to mention plagiarized literature.