Penn and Teller: A Helping Hand

The anti-bible guy made good arguments, as did the pro-bible guy (names escape me). Penn and Teller were incorperated solely so that people would watch. Nothing sways opinions better than celebrity faces.

"We need more atheists, and nothing will get you there faster than reading the damn bible"
Well yeah, if you read it with that attitude.

What many people fail to realize is that the Bible's role on today's society is meant to give people advice on how to live one's life to the fullest. Jesus taugh love, compassion, non-violence, and non-corruption, i think alot of the world could use way more of all of the above.

"Stone disobediant children."
It's a law of a society thousands of years old. Our society is constantly changing and evolving with the times. How many differences can you see between our time, and ancient times? Who said the Bible was vague? Penn right? Did he take into account that that passage never described what Disobediant was supposed to mean there. My guess, is probably the performing of a sin worthy of death. Penn automatically assumes that a child deserves a stoning if they steal a cookie, all in the name of defaming the bible. Seriously, that argument has no place here.

Yeah sure the bible has conflicting messages. It says practice non-violence, it also tells tales of how God ordered there to be war. Yes people are allowed to pick and choose, it's their right that comes along with free will. You can choose to live a life of peace, you can choose to live a life of violence, you can choose to committ freaking suicide if you want.

I bet Penn felt pretty good up there rattling some cages, and feeling like a big man. That had so much potential, but Penn ruined it by turning it into a disrespectful pile of shit.

No bias huh? Gee, i'm glad Penn was so open to both sides, aren't you?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Manis Tricuspis

Bashing Christianity on the basis of the Old Testament is a little wrongheaded anyway, of course.

Of course, just trying to give reasons why.

But seriously, remeber that the Bible has been translated so many times, into so many languages. You don't suppose that a massive game of telephone won't skew the origional message do you?

Seeing as how they'd stone an adult for stuff like Adultry, and not stealing a loaf of bread, i think it's pretty safe to say that a child with their hand in the cookie jar will get slap on the wrist, and the stones will stay on the ground.

There's nowhere I can't reach.