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exact a tithe from; "The church was tithed"
tithe - pay one tenth of; pay tithes on, especially to the church; "He tithed his income to the Church"
tithe - a levy of one tenth of something
tithe - an offering of a tenth part of some personal income wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
Maybe MC isn't clear enough in stating his question.
A Christian is meek, turns the other cheek, walks the extra mile, loves their neighbor as they love theirself, loves their enemies, prays for those who curse and despise them, if sued in court for their coat, volutarily gives their cloak. In addition to that they donate 10% of all they struggle for and give gifts beyond that.
I've never met one. 'Course I'm just 75.
You're "75" and yet make these juvenile attacks on religious people
Bad bet, because you're wrong. I've read the Bible - the whole thing, not just snippets to take out of context.
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Originally Posted by Memphis1979
It clearly states that if a man lays with a man as he does a woman then he should be put to death, his blood will be on his own hands.
It clearly states that if you rape a virgin, and are caught, then you should pay the father for the transgression, and then marry the virgin. (That'll be an interesting marriage).
That's all the Bible says? You must have read a different Bible. The one I read said much more.
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Originally Posted by Memphis1979
So if you believe that the entire bible is the word of God, then you must believe that God said those things, because its in there as God said them.
If you think that God didn't say them, then you open the door up to a whole lot of other interesting questions about Christianity, and whats right in the holy book, and what was made up by opressive leaders to keep their tribes in line.
I do believe the entire Bible, and not just the snippets you present, is the Word of God. I believe God said a lot more than what you presented and that everything He said is within the context of everything else he said.
And here's an equally smarmy winkie emoticon for you, too...
Can you say with 100% assurance that your "new" beliefs are the truth?
Absolutely not!
I don't know and you don't either.
One thing...I think if there is a supreme being he/she/it is smarter than to drop off the only word to a bunch of totally ignorant primitive humans who owned one smock of clothing, crapped on the ground and wiped on their hands.
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