Thank you Rozs, you have finally convinced me to give up on this arguement.
The God in your Bible is clearly a psycopath,responsible for such increadable suffering. Why wouldnt he support animal cruelty too
I have been reading more of the bible because of this debate, and I'm convinced that...
I've never seen anyone "rip up" fish ????......but maybe fishweed (seaweed) which was a staple in their day.
"Rip up" seems a very strange term to describe cutting up flesh.
The translation of so much in the bible has suffered over the ages.
I have in the past yes, Im a born again vegan :D, and i have done thousands of things that will land me in HELL too. Most to do with sex and drugs and cussing though, im not cruel to people or animals.
So even when i die i wont escape these greedy people.
It'll be one big BBQ but i guess seeing...
I dont believe that violence has a place in peoples lives, be that violence against animal or human, (both are the same anyway, we are a form of animal ).
I feel that taking to heart the teachings of Jesus and then supporting violence, be it holy wars, (usually christian / Jew against Muslum)...
Picture at http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jcfa.htm
I remember seeing a picture put together showing what Jesus would most likely have looked like. He was basically shown as a real dark skinned person.
Does your church now present him the way he would most likely have appeared or still...
Sorry to dissapoint, Im boring middle middle class. Nice house, cars, and stuff but not anywhere near wealthy. In fact I dont really desire any etra wealth.
Maybe Tassie is different to where you live but here the majorities are dole bludger losers in the metro areas and redneck hicks in rural...
I'm sorry to spoil the image but 85 % of Australians are white trash rednecks, 13 % are boring middle class office workers and 2% are wealthy.
I bet thats the same as the US or England or Germany or whatever.
i heard too that a mixture of flour and oil is often called meat in the old testement translations and a word for a type of edible seaweed was often translated as fish.????
Are there no mormons out there or is it just one part of your faith that you chose to ignore and don't want to discuss it here.
If thats the case is there a "Mormon Pope'' type person I could email for an answer ???