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I totally agree the bible is a historical document and needs to be read for it's overall moral messages and should always be read in it's historical context.
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My problem with it is that I don't really see there are consistant overall moral messages - at least not until mr. j shows up. I am one of those people that totally sees old and new testament as totally different and not belonging together at all.
Old God isn't about love or living your lives in peace and understanding you are not better than anyone else, and knowing that rituals will not "save you". And then Jesus came along and screwed it all up.
So yeah, my problem is that people tend to pick and choose whatever the hell they want (specifically old testament stuff) to use to back up their own idea of bad and good. Like the homosexuality thing...
and then say This is the word of God.