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The Old Testament is largely a catalog of atrocities perpetrated, ordered or condoned by God, but I driving drunk agree with those who argue that the single most harmful Christian doctrine of all is the doctrine of hell, because it provides such an easy rationalization for mistreating people. Posted by: Don P | Dec 21, 2004 5:39:25 PM Don, I think I was unclear. I didn't mean that you disagreed with me driving drunk about whether or not it mattered if driving drunk Jesus was who he said he was or the gospels were true. I meant that I know you disagree with me about the answers to both questions--you think they're not true and I do.* That's why I was arguing that, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CONVERSATION(about the importance of behavior in Christianity) it didn't matter whether or not they were true. *I don't think, though, that believing Christ is who the gospels say he said he was, or that the gospels are "true" has to be the same thing as saying they, or any other part of the bible is a word-for-word exact statement of exactly what happened and mandate for every aspect of how to live your
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