Originally Posted By: HyperGraph
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However, as book of moral guidance, it's stature is much higher, and I don't think it should be ignored all together.


Moral guidance? Does this include genocide? How 'bout those laws on slavery? And those that say women are worth less than men? What 'bout stoning a child for not obeying a parent? If I lived by these morals the local government would have my @ss! laugh


If you haven't read my previous posts, I will explain again. I'm not a Christian, I'm a Muslim. It is exactly because of those things you mentioned (i.e. Genocide, Slavery, and unfair treatment of women), as well as the contradictions in the Bible which caused me to reject it's teachings overall. However, when I said it should not be ignored altogether, I meant it. It has some important truths in it, which for Christian society, should not be ignored.