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Thread #132816   Message #3018093
Posted By: Jeri
28-Oct-10 - 07:28 PM
Thread Name: BS: The 'moral' Atheist?
Subject: RE: BS: The 'moral' Atheist?
Joe, you know the phrase "Don't make me go all Old Testament on your ass?" There's stuff in there that goes against stuff in other places. The bits about for what causes you should stone somebody to death goes against the "Thou shalt not kill" thing, except I think the literal translation of that is more like "Thou shalt not murder." (Italics are mine.)

I said this before, but whatthehell. As someone who doesn't believe in a deity, I think all of the religious teachings, 10 commandments and all, came from people. There were reasons for them at the time, and they still mostly make sense. It isn't the slightest bit ironic that I consider them when evaluating right and wrong.