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Gaffer Tape
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YIYF's Long Bridge Club
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25-Jul-2006, 4:55 PM
Well, I do believe the Bible, and I try to keep its commands. But, yeah, it is important to make sure you take the context into meaning. When it was written, what they were referring to. Several thousand years later, if you simply read these words without historical context, it can get kind of blurred. And I admit, lately I've had some questions myself about some things that simply don't make sense to me.

What I don't like about a lot of Christians through the ages is how they judge so much. At least around me, I haven't noticed it's as bad, but, obviously, throughout history, they've done some pretty crappy things. And I'm sure a lot of the things Christians have persecuted or ostracized others for are things that I also consider to be wrong. What I consider to be the key, though, and what those people keep on conveniently missing, is something that Jesus said, and I paraphrase: It is God's place to judge, not man's. I mean, it's a fundamental part of Jesus's history, of befriending and loving those who do things that are considered to be immoral, yet so many others who have less right to judge than Jesus can be real horrible to those who are different. And that's something that's always bugged me, especially since I'm really different as well.