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Originally posted by: JediSage
Well...(please keep in mind I have no wish to offend), speaking as an ex-Catholic, I still realize that some things within Christian doctrine are not open to debate, such as the items you listed above (with the possible exception of contraceptives). The rules against those issues are biblical in nature, not dogmatic in nature.

Yeah, but how much of the Bible, as it exists now, do you really believe existed when it was originally being passed around in oral tradition? Before the days of Gutenberg's printing press when copies could be mass produced? I feel that so much of the Bible was "created" by ministers and priests who, trying to pass on their own ideals to their flock, "added" bits and pieces as they felt necessary. These changes became "doctrine."

So, sorry, but I put no faith in the belief that people hold that the Bible is 100% correct and should be lived by in its entirety.

I truly do not believe that our Lord would hold prejudice against those that have alternate religious faiths. How could God, who created the Universe, discriminate against people who practiced religions that existed for thousands of years before Christianity? And if you believe in this concept, then you must start to question some of the other things that the Bible states are "bad."