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:Surely not. It is up to us as discerning people to pick and choose between the various statements and sentiments within the testaments to determine what is and isn't relevant today. For example, according to the [[capital punishment|article]], capital punishment is not generally supported by Christians for non-murder offenses, despite Exodus 21 listing its appropriateness for many more minor offenses. This means something very powerful. It means that we Christians cannot say "this is right because the Bible says so", but have to say "this is right because I deem that passage still relevant". It means we need to be responsible for our views. Thus the controversy over grey issues such as [[homosexuality]].  [[User:Proberts84|Proberts84]] 10:39, 14 April 2007 (EDT)

:Surely not. It is up to us as discerning people to pick and choose between the various statements and sentiments within the testaments to determine what is and isn't relevant today. For example, according to the [[capital punishment|article]], capital punishment is not generally supported by Christians for non-murder offenses, despite Exodus 21 listing its appropriateness for many more minor offenses. This means something very powerful. It means that we Christians cannot say "this is right because the Bible says so", but have to say "this is right because I deem that passage still relevant". It means we need to be responsible for our views. Thus the controversy over grey issues such as [[homosexuality]].  [[User:Proberts84|Proberts84]] 10:39, 14 April 2007 (EDT)

: Then why is a section of the conservative community upset over Darwin and evolution and such?  Dismissing is as mere theories and demonstrating their fundamental ignorance and illiteracy when it comes to science and theories and arguments.  Why does so much of science terrifies a significant fraction of the conservative movement? Is science a creation of the Devil then?  Was Darwin put on this earth by the Devil to confound God fearing humans?  Why did the Catholic Church persecute Galileo for saying the Earth goes round the Sun?  And why did it take them 300+ years to say "Sorry"?  It remains an issue of power and having people who can follow them no matter what and the Bible is held as that hammer to keep people down when needed.  [[User:Seekcommon|Seekcommon]]

: Then why is a section of the conservative community upset over Darwin and evolution and such?  Dismissing evolution as mere theory demonstrates a fundamental ignorance and illiteracy when it comes to science and theories and arguments.  Why does so much of science terrifies a significant fraction of the conservative movement? Is science a creation of the Devil then?  Was Darwin put on this earth by the Devil to confound God fearing humans?  Why did the Catholic Church persecute Galileo for saying the Earth goes round the Sun?  And why did it take them 300+ years to say "Sorry"?  It remains an issue of power and having people who can follow them no matter what and the Bible is held as that hammer to keep people down when needed.  [[User:Seekcommon|Seekcommon]]