From: Xela@yabbs
To: all@yabbs
Subject: da Bible
Date: Sat Feb 12 14:13:05 1994

    There is a real problem with taking the bible by its word, especially 
those versions which are not in the original Hebrew.  Other versions in 
other languages are *translations* and so can be interpreted in ways which 
differ from the original intent, take that into account with all the 
different versions of religions which use the bible, also take into 
account the individual nature of the preacher, etc.  What you have is 
multiple interpretations of one thing, leading to internal dissent etc.  
This leads to new religions all preaching hatred of anything different, 
after all your religion doesn't go far unless it uses aggressive 
advertising, no?  So Xtianity dissolves and now there are baptists, 
episcopalians, protestants, catholics, blah blah.  All of which say that 
the other groups will go to a lukewarm hell, while the nonbelieving 
heathens will go to a really shitty hell, whatever that means.  One 
conclusion can be drawn from this chaos: religion is ambivalent, bigoted, 
and useless.
    I will even go as far as to say that my problem not only deals with 
the religion itself, but its followers as well, who don't have the guts to 
stand on their own feet and accept the tenets of teir individual faith 
like mindless sheep to the slaughterhouse.  I don't see the Nazi excuse of 
"oh, I'm just following orders," as an excuse for following the arrogant 
and psychopathic doctrines of death religions.

    My 2 or 3 cents,

    Alex