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The Bible says that there is no authority except for what God has established. The authorities that exist were established by God; so everyone must be subject to the authorities. (Romans 13:1); and the Bible doesn't say that money is evil. It only says that loving money (1 Timothy 6:10) and serving money (Matthew 6:24) is evil. Since the authorities use money to control what is natural and free (food/water/life) and God is in control of the authorities, then God is in control of money; so he is in control of The Illuminati/elites or whatever you wish to call them.

The Bible says "Thou Shalt Not Kill" but that was only given to The Ancient Israelites (the believers of this "lord"). The 10 Commandments weren't given to the world, but to them, and this is why it is ok to go to war and kill according to the Old Testament.

"That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman." - 2 Chronicles 15:13

"Cursed be he who does the Lords work remissly, cursed he who holds back his sword from blood." - Jeremiah 48:10

Exodus 21:7-11 gives rules for men to sell their daughters as sex slaves. Exodus 20:24 talks about killing sheep and oxen on an altar as a peace offering to The Lord. The blood of Jesus was shed as a sacrifice for the forgiveness of sins because without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. (Hebrews 9:22). People associated all of this stuff (money for control, sex slavery, blood sacrifices) with Satanism, but it is actually The Lord who is teaching all of this stuff according to The Bible.

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Now where on earth do you get such strange ideas from. For example, who says water and food and life are, or can be, free? If you lived in a simple jungle paradise they still would not be free as you would have to expend time, effort, and energy to gain them. You would spend most of every day just doing this and finding shelter/safety. You would also be exposed to risk while doing so Societies organise to provide these things, but such provision costs, and those costs have to be met. Thus we share the cost of provision of food water life and human needsIn return we no longer have to spend all day, every day, getting our own food water and essentials for life

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who says water and food and life are, or can be, free? If you lived in a simple jungle paradise they still would not be free as you would have to expend time, effort, and energy to gain them.

By free, I mean not requiring money (whch is usually controlled by an authority).

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By free, I mean not requiring money (whch is usually controlled by an authority).

Walker's still right on this one. Everything you described you can obtain on your own, only your risk of dying from a preventable disease or by being gored by an animal skyrockets if you just walk out your door and try to ingest the first thing you come across.

Governments preside over the series of personal interactions and exchanges we make so a population can have specialized individuals. When enough people are interacting in this exchange of goods and services, a substance with scarcity and secondary value is used to create a standardized system that's impatial, unlike the haggling if a bartering system. If a service has a need that's widespread enough, like water, the centralized government provides the transport and sanitation services to prevent dehydration and painful diarrhea-deaths.

Crazy stuff these sixth grade social studies textbooks got.

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Walker's still right on this one. Everything you described you can obtain on your own,

Not true. You can't even travel outside of the city without money, let alone get fruits from nature for free anymore.

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Not true. You can't even travel outside of the city without money, let alone get fruits from nature for free anymore.

You can walk for free... Luxuries (like rapid trasportation) cost time and resources to make and maintain... Walking (what we as a species was designed to do) is free...

Money (cash) was created to replace barter... As Magnanimus stated, Governments originally evolved to help provide specialization, and to centralize efforts for group survival... Our very earliest ancestors,

lived in very much a hand to mouth existance, virtually all of their efforts were directed to gathering food... Only after technology advanced enough to develop farming and domestication of certain animals,

did agriculture progess enough that there was a surplus of population (not required for food production/gathering), and we were able to specialize... Then governments were needed to ensure that everyone

who contributed to the 'common good' (survival) could share in the joint fruits of their labors...

Everything else since then has been "fine tuning" this... So actually, Money (cash) is an artificial construct, and a purely arbitrary concept... When you purchase something, you are not buying it with "money",

you are buying it with your specialized labor/knowledge... You are bartering the value of your efforts, to acquire the results of another persons...

Also, you do realize that with the exception of teaching Religious History, and for purposes of Prophecy of the coming of the Messiah, the Old Testament is no longer valid, don't you?... Any

modern preacher, who preaches from out of the Old Testament (unless citing the two exceptions I listed above), is missing the whole point of the New Testament..... And any "Fire and Brimstone" /

"Hellfire and Damnation" preacher, is totally off target... The New Testament is about Love; Gods Love for us, Our Love for God and our Love (i.e. Tolerance and respect) for each other... Not hatred, not damnation ... And

certainly not killing and slavery...

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By free, I mean not requiring money (whch is usually controlled by an authority).

Yes I understood what you meant. Money is merely a form of exchange which evolved from direct bartering. We exchange labour for money to buy the products of other people's labour. While governments print money in modern societies, individuals USE it.Money can only be used as a means of control where people let it be so used because they want what money buys. Keep your needs simple then you won't need much money, so that money and those who have it can't control your life.But humans will always have to contribute to their quality of life in some way; either directly by hunting and gathering, or by working hard and smart, producing an excess of goods for barter, or by using money earned by labour or investment as an exchange for goods produced by others.

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Not true. You can't even travel outside of the city without money, let alone get fruits from nature for free anymore.

Of course you can. I've done it myself and intend to do it again when I retire. You work for food or accommodation and there are many means of getting around a country without needing money. When I retire I intend to be basically self sufficient with minimal need for money although in the modern world it is more difficult to live without any at all. (About $20000 a year will fully provide for my wife and I.) But you can do a lot with barter, trade, and exchange. In reality it is a lot easier to live outside a city without money, than inside one, especially in a country with a mild climate.

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Not true. You can't even travel outside of the city without money, let alone get fruits from nature for free anymore.

Uh, you wanna finish the sentence there, champ, or intentionally cut it in half to keep it out of context?

You can get food and water outside the city, it's just incredibly stupid and dangerous. Ever heard of beaver fever? It's more than just a bad porn title, Giardia is present in just about every untreated fresh water supply. An astounding number of campers go hiking in national parks and try to drink straight out of those pristine mountain springs and a day later are clearing their colons like they were the Alaskan Pipeline.

Like I said earlier, you're not paying the government for water, you're paying them for the service of piping water that's been treated to your house. The only water you pay for is bottled, and then you're really just paying for the bottle and the hype if it the expensive kind.

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So actually, Money (cash) is an artificial construct, and a purely arbitrary concept... When you purchase something, you are not buying it with "money",

you are buying it with your specialized labor/knowledge... You are bartering the value of your efforts, to acquire the results of another persons...

Exactly, especially with the cash and electronic exchanges of currency we use now. Gold has a level of primary, intrinsic value to it in that you can use it to make utensils and jewelry. That's why all these gold companies that advertise on Fox Business aren't being hit with false advertising when they speak of gold as having an intrinsic value. Apart from that, it's worthless. It's just like Kirk Douglas said in Spartacus, you can't eat it and it doesn't hold an edge. It's value lies in what we believe it to have.

When the US Government decided to consolidate its gold supply and withdraw precious metals from circulation, it issued paper money with the idea that each dollar printed was backed by a dollar's worth of gold or silver held in a federal reserve. Later we moved beyond that and it became advantageous for the global economy for us to be able to trade on the value of our economy. The intangible value that our trading caused was considered substantial enough to warrant the printing of more money.

Now we're beyond even that with the electronic exchange of funds. Physical currency might be issued by the government, but money is an entirely intangible quantity that is merely a standardized value to our relative ability to contribute to society through our goods, skills, or ability to trade therein.

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Also, you do realize that with the exception of teaching Religious History, and for purposes of Prophecy of the coming of the Messiah, the Old Testament is no longer valid, don't you?...

And I hate to break out on a tangent, but don't be so quick to dismiss the early work. Remember, that's the stuff that made let the band break out in the first place.

Like you said, we're still due for a Messiah, and although God never repeats Himself, He does know how to reinvent a classic. Think of the Old Testament, or really and especially the Books of Moses, in the same way the Christ thought of it. The Torah is the Word of God just as much as Christ Himself- the Logos- was and is. We're not just talking about a static and concrete document written by an ancient culture. While it is that, it's so much more. It's a dynamic Intelligence beyond our own comprehension that will continue to have relevance in every age of man.

While the Old Testament, read forward from start to end, has a mostly historical value to us, there are levels underneath it that most Christians have seen the results of, but never get the chance to experience the process of. It's like a religious rubix cube. Nothing is being changed about it, but there are different patterns and faces of the cube that are revealed if someone understands the ways to work the puzzle.

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2 Corinthians 4:4

Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don't believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don't understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.

I kill ... I wound ... I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh. --

Ephesians 6:16

In addition to all of these, hold up the shield of faith to stop the fiery arrows of the devil.

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TRADING

The Basalt bench above Celilo Falls was a favorite meeting place for Northwest Indians and for travelers who came from as far away as the Plains.

Trade fairs involved more than trading; there were dances , religious ceremonies, races, games and gambling matches. The members of the various tribes had an opportunity to socialize and to share experiences and ideas.Marriages were made and babies were born at trade fairs. It was one event of the year everyone looked forward to attending.

Trade items varied: whale and seal bone and ornamental shells from the coast, obsidian from Great Basin, deer and buffalo hides from the plateau region, and buffalo horns and robes from the Great Plains. There was lively trade in food with tribes from each area trading their own specialty: wappato, camas, acorns, bitterroot.

But the two products in greatest demand were salmon and slaves, Tribes living along the Columbia River and it's tributaries were able to trade smoked salmon to those tribes with poor fishing resources. Slaves were obtained through trade with other Tribes or captured in raids. Slaves from faraway places were most prized since it reduced the chance that they would try to return home.

Fur traders introduced the Indians to European and American goods: glass beads, wool blankets, brass kettles, iron pots, knives and guns. The unscrupulous among them plied the Indians with alcohol. Alcohol was completely unknown before the coming of the white man. it made a few traders wealthy but it undermined the traditional Indian culture.

( a little book I have titled: Indians / Tales of the wild West Vol.3 by Rick Steber)

The above story is true.

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The Bible says that there is no authority except for what God has established. The authorities that exist were established by God; so everyone must be subject to the authorities. (Romans 13:1); and the Bible doesn't say that money is evil. It only says that loving money (1 Timothy 6:10) and serving money (Matthew 6:24) is evil. Since the authorities use money to control what is natural and free (food/water/life) and God is in control of the authorities, then God is in control of money; so he is in control of The Illuminati/elites or whatever you wish to call them.

The Bible says "Thou Shalt Not Kill" but that was only given to The Ancient Israelites (the believers of this "lord"). The 10 Commandments weren't given to the world, but to them, and this is why it is ok to go to war and kill according to the Old Testament.

"That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman." - 2 Chronicles 15:13

"Cursed be he who does the Lords work remissly, cursed he who holds back his sword from blood." - Jeremiah 48:10

Exodus 21:7-11 gives rules for men to sell their daughters as sex slaves. Exodus 20:24 talks about killing sheep and oxen on an altar as a peace offering to The Lord. The blood of Jesus was shed as a sacrifice for the forgiveness of sins because without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. (Hebrews 9:22). People associated all of this stuff (money for control, sex slavery, blood sacrifices) with Satanism, but it is actually The Lord who is teaching all of this stuff according to The Bible.

Anyone who is going on about killing and slavery and other heinous stuff in the Old Testament is actually complaining about Judaism. Most of what is in the New Testament is against killing, or hurting anyone. True.... Jesus did not stop slavery, but he didn't say it was wonderful either. He considered it a social status, not a punishment.

Jesus did say to respect the law, and follow the law. I'm assuming this doesn't go as far as being completely stupid, such as a law that requires all Christians to kill themselves gruesomely.

Jesus did say that the blood was what gave forgiveness of sin, and it was why Jesus came and died as a sacrifice on the cross, with blood coming from his side, for all the world's sins, forever.

Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+13.7&version=NIV

But he has appeared once for all at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. 27 Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, 28 so Christ was sacrificed onceto take away the sins of many;

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews%209&version=NIV

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2 Corinthians 4:4

Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don't believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don't understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.

It is Satan who inspires us to hatred, greed, evil and other sins.

I kill ... I wound ... I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh. -- Deuteronomy 32:39-42

Deuteronomy is not part of the Good News. The Good News is the teachings of Jesus, and that the Savior has come and provided a path to salvation for everyone.

Ephesians 6:16

5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ. 6 Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart. 7 Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people, 8 because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do, whether they are slave or free.

9 And masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten them, since you know that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians%206&version=NIV

Again this does not condemn slavery, but it does say NOT to treat your slaves badly, because they are a fellow human.

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It is Satan who inspires us to hatred, greed, evil and other sins.

Believe in The Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart:

"Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart." - Psalm 37:4

Including money and rulership over other nations:

"For the LORD your God will bless you as he has promised, and you will lend to many nations but will borrow from none. You will rule over many nations but none will rule over you." - Deuteronomy 15:6

Promoting killing:

"A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the LORD's work! A curse on anyone who keeps their sword from bloodshed!" - Jeremiah 48:10

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Deuteronomy is not part of the Good News. The Good News is the teachings of Jesus, and that the Savior has come and provided a path to salvation for everyone.

But it's the same "perfect" god, right?

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Again this does not condemn slavery, but it does say NOT to treat your slaves badly, because they are a fellow human.

"Slaves, in reverent fear of God submit yourselves to your masters, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh." - 1 Peter 2:18

It doesn't matter if the slave master is good and considerate or harsh (not good and not considerate). They don't need to have consideration, they can treat you as less than human.

Jesus even taught "Not my will, but thy will be done", so he's saying what a person wants doesn't matter at all. That's a form of slavery.

Jesus says more than once, that whoever doesn't do whatever he tells them to do will be tortured:

"But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them--bring them here and kill them in front of me." - Luke 19:27

"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels." - Matthew 25:41

"Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire." - Revelation 20:15

Anyone who doesn't do whatever Jesus says isn't worth anything to him and is just fuel for the hellfire, so much for promoting free-will and love.

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Sometimes I think Satan is just another word for the dark side of humanity. I accept full responsibility for my good and bad choices, this is how we become fully human. I believe doing so brings me closer to the sacred, not further away.

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The Bible says that there is no authority except for what God has established. The authorities that exist were established by God; so everyone must be subject to the authorities. (Romans 13:1); and the Bible doesn't say that money is evil. It only says that loving money (1 Timothy 6:10) and serving money (Matthew 6:24) is evil. Since the authorities use money to control what is natural and free (food/water/life) and God is in control of the authorities, then God is in control of money; so he is in control of The Illuminati/elites or whatever you wish to call them.

The Bible says "Thou Shalt Not Kill" but that was only given to The Ancient Israelites (the believers of this "lord"). The 10 Commandments weren't given to the world, but to them, and this is why it is ok to go to war and kill according to the Old Testament.

"That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman." - 2 Chronicles 15:13

"Cursed be he who does the Lords work remissly, cursed he who holds back his sword from blood." - Jeremiah 48:10

Exodus 21:7-11 gives rules for men to sell their daughters as sex slaves. Exodus 20:24 talks about killing sheep and oxen on an altar as a peace offering to The Lord. The blood of Jesus was shed as a sacrifice for the forgiveness of sins because without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. (Hebrews 9:22). People associated all of this stuff (money for control, sex slavery, blood sacrifices) with Satanism, but it is actually The Lord who is teaching all of this stuff according to The Bible.

I'm going to do a toss up here...

Who says slavery is bad?

Why slavery is one of the oldest human traditions around right alongside prostitution and flint knapper.

And it is certainly not a God given institution, it all human 100% invented by our fellow human beings. Why its still around in this very day and age... We have it in every single country, although it is now publicly illegal to actually own a slave... ;)

Then again, so is prostitution.....

People are very moralistic about the bible and what it contains, forgetting in their infinite wisdom that the society they inherited today has never actually lost any of its oldest trades, just buried them conveniently where the majority cannot witness them.

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Not true. You can't even travel outside of the city without money, let alone get fruits from nature for free anymore.

If you mean not free as in time equals money, then perhaps. Otherwise your statement is not true. One can walk for free. If one is resourceful, one can rummage through others leavings and patch themselves together a bicycle or other transport. If there is water, once can make a boat for free and use that as transport.

And of course one can get fruits from nature for free. Foragers do it on a regular basis. There's a plethora of mushrooms, herbs, fruits, greens, and other produce, as well as meat if one is a good hunter/trapper. All the tools to do these things can be gotten for free if one has the skill to use them. One can usually garden themselves some food too if they have the space and inclination, though arguably the space isn't always free since we pay rent/mortgage and property taxes.

Paying for all these things is a convenience, because doing it yourself and "paying" in your own labor is hard and not something many choose to do. But it can be done. Look at times of hardship in history, people have been incredibly resourceful.

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I'm going to do a toss up here...

Who says slavery is bad?

Probably anyone who values their freedom.

Why slavery is one of the oldest human traditions around right alongside prostitution and flint knapper.

So is theft and murder. Is you argument that just because something is 'old' or a part of 'tradition' that means it's moral?

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The bible is not to blame.

Sorry.

I am agnostic/atheist. I do not believe the bible is the root of all evil, no holy book is.

Mankind is the problem. We tend to be selfish spoiled enabling people.

I believe in 'paying ceasar his due'. Don't know about you but i love in winter storms the city will plow and salt our roads. I love that I can turn on tap water and have ready made drinking water. I love knowing that if my home catches fire, the fire department is on its way. I love knowing that no matter how much I HATE war, there is a military to protect us from those who love war.

Sorry, but that is how I feel. Also, I can grow a garden of food and provide for myself. I can raise chickens and ducks and have eggs and meat, I can raise cows and or goats for milk and cheese, I can have a well and pay for filters (or learn how to make my own and boil the water) and have water. I can cut down on many bills and utlities and put my money to better use. I can raise bees for honey and I can trade what I work to grow/raise and get items I do not grow and raise.

AND regardless of slavery, sacrifices, I cannot blame holy books and religion. Not 100%. People KNOW what they do NOT want to happen to them. Do they want to be killed as sacrifice? No? Then don't do it to others.

somewhere along the line, we must take responsibility for our own actions and NOT blame it on a deity that does or does not exist. We did it, we take the blame or cheers for it. We take the consequences of our actions or non actions

and for some reason my daughter wanted me to post this youtube.

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Probably anyone who values their freedom.

So is theft and murder. Is you argument that just because something is 'old' or a part of 'tradition' that means it's moral?

Actually no, you seem to blame it on a book, where the blame lies squarely with human nature, it is why all those things are still around today. Imagine the crap that God has to work with in regards to human nature, when you consider what's in the bible.

Those peoples natures are exactly the same as ours in every detail. mankind may have progressed in every aspect, but he can't change his own nature. Until that changes nothing else will.

The morality you speak of... the one you use as a measuring stick to compare, God gave us that through the bible, you live in a world affected by that book, otherwise slavery and everything else would be as natural to you as breathing, just as it was for most of humanities history. Even so it affects one person at a time, and slowly new perceptions based on Gods morality have come into being.

The very fact that you can look back and criticize is a miracle of Gods influence.

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Actually no, you seem to blame it on a book, where the blame lies squarely with human nature, it is why all those things are still around today. Imagine the crap that God has to work with in regards to human nature, when you consider what's in the bible.

Those peoples natures are exactly the same as ours in every detail. mankind may have progressed in every aspect, but he can't change his own nature. Until that changes nothing else will.

The morality you speak of... the one you use as a measuring stick to compare, God gave us that through the bible, you live in a world affected by that book, otherwise slavery and everything else would be as natural to you as breathing, just as it was for most of humanities history. Even so it affects one person at a time, and slowly new perceptions based on Gods morality have come into being.

The very fact that you can look back and criticize is a miracle of Gods influence.

Look at my signature.

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Actually no, you seem to blame it on a book, where the blame lies squarely with human nature,

I never "blamed" the Bible for the existence of slavery. I simply said the Bible promotes it.

The morality you speak of... the one you use as a measuring stick to compare, God gave us that through the bible

Nope. The morality I'm using is valuing freedom rather than slavery. The bible promotes slavery, therefore this god (who inspired this book) did not give me this morality through the bible.

slavery and everything else would be as natural to you as breathing, just as it was for most of humanities history.

True; and in a world where everyone were a cannibal, that would seem normal, too. Anything would seem normal if the majority did it. Even if the majority were born with a birth-defect where they only had one arm, that would seem normal, too. Normalcy does not indicate perferability for everyone.

The very fact that you can look back and criticize is a miracle of Gods influence.

If this god's influence were the pages on the bible approving of slavery and blood sacrifice, then I would say we evolved beyond this god's idea of morality for a more compassionate one.

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I never "blamed" the Bible for the existence of slavery. I simply said the Bible promotes it.

the bible promotes stoning, adultery (you know.. have the wifes handmaiden have your child) et et et.. **rolls eyes**

well, the movie Princess Bride promotes sword fighting and vengence... Star Wars promotes destroying worlds for the good of all... I mention those two movies because I just watched em and well.. they are still in my head... what of grand theft auto?

And you know what else? Kids today do not really 'read' the bible. I am not saying all of them, but the majority do not. They are aware of biblical content, if only from memes on twitter and facebook.

Remember all the terminator movies, what about robocop.. for that matter.. larry moe and curly.

You cannot blame problems of today all on the bible or any holy book. Most pple are cherry pickers anyway. I know of zero 'christians' who live life 100% by the way of the bible.

They cherry pick what they want to bring into their lives.

Edit: I admit it.. I get on a high horse when I see people seemingly believing that BOOKS are what makes pple do bad things.

I do not like it. I do not like a LOT of games and movies and music.. but I would never ever say 'they listen to ganster rap so therefore they are encouraged to be gansters'. I know a boy (well he is a man, but for me, he will always be a boy).. who listened to gangster rap, played violent games.. roleplayed rp's I thought was really bad..

He was still respectful to me, well behaved.. and now he is a father of a wonderful baby boy and changes diapers and cleans spit ups with no complaints.

I feel offended when violence and other bad things are blamed soley on religion or music.. movies.. or vids.

It takes away accountability and responsibility of a person. It is saying that humans are not capable of knowing right from wrong unless something like a bibleTELLS them it is right or wrong.

The bible does NOT discourage rape or most violence, nor slavery. But at the same time, all humans (unless they are defective somehow) have empathy.

They KNOW what it feels like to be hurt, sad.. fearful. They know certain things make them feel this way, and if they USE that empathy they will not willfully/meanfully hurt others.

Now, admittedly you get group mentality which can screw things up and then there are people in politics..

but when it comes to politics.. well I did say some pple are defective **tongue in cheek**

Truth is.. there are influences everywhere.. you do have bibles and other holy books.. you have games, movies and music, you have the world around you..

and you have experiences.

In the end every human must make a choice based on all information and make a determination on how you will behave.

It will be good or bad behavior and in most cases, the consequences will be good or bad.

But you cannot blame it on a book... religion cannot be an excuse to behave badly, neither can music, movies or games.

YOU are to blame if you behave badly.

You are to be cheered, if you are good..

most of us try to be the best we know how to be, most of us if not all, will screw up and make bad choices and feel bad for it and work hard to make amends.

That is called... being human and being alive.

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You have to be smarter than the rule setters and watch your back with the rule followers.

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