Originally posted by lamented bovine My original quote, is a reference to what the church has done is doing under the pretence its gods law. As an indigineous person I have seen what these people do under the name of god. I beleive no god would do the things done to people as justified by the church. The bible is wrote by men ( cruel men) and modified over time to suit the time. Dont ya love chinese whispers (play that game)
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Speaking as another indigenous person, who had family suffer greatly in the name of "Christianity", I don't have much use for organized religion. I do think the Bible has a few good things in it , though. A couple always come to mind when I hear bigot preachers say this group or that group should die. One is "do unto others as you would have them do unto you". So, since these bigots are so hellbent on following the Bible-does this mean that they should be killed, too, since that's what they are advocating for the LGBT community? The other is "let he who is without sin cast the first stone". How many of these holier than thou types are boffing some other guys' wife?
As for the whack job snake handler guy-wonder what he expected? My Grandfather told me a trick some of those people use sometimes so they aren't bitten. They put the container with the snake in a fridge for a couple of hours before handling it to "mellow" it out.