No incentive

[kipper]

Well im an atheist but my school teaches us to be Christians but i don't under stand if god loves every one and thinks every one is equal where is the incentive to be good and if he thinks were all equal why does the Bible say gays should be stoned to death. I mean come on Christians if you want to live a dream and believe in god it's your right to do so but don't try and convert me to your ways.

[Sage]

Well im an atheist but my school teaches us to be Christians but i don't under stand if god loves every one and thinks every one is equal where is the incentive to be good and if he thinks were all equal

That means we're all equally sinful.

why does the Bible say gays should be stoned to death.

That's Old Testament, bud. Times were a lot harsher back then. Most (non-fundie) christians will agree that taking things in the Old Testament literally will cause you problems.

I mean come on Christians if you want to live a dream and believe in god it's your right to do so but don't try and convert me to your ways.

If you were forced to go into the school, then blame your parents, not the school.

[nick]

Well some people would say that repentance is necessary for forgiveness.

The stoning thing is not Christian at all. Christ said precisely the opposite, "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone".

Dont confuse OT with Christianity, by definition that's a contradiction.

[Shalom]

What do you mean your school teaches you to be Christian? You should consider switching schools if its an all Christian school. You are meant to believe in what you want. Yes everyone is equal and etc. I just don't think you should be there if its all about Christianity and you are not Christian.

[ShatteredWings]

The stoning thing is not Christian at all. Christ said precisely the opposite, "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone".

That's taken out of context, about adultery, meaning that the spouse who was cheated ON should be allowed to throw the first stone.

[nick]

That's taken out of context, about adultery, meaning that the spouse who was cheated ON should be allowed to throw the first stone.
No, dont know where you've got that idea from.

[ShatteredWings]

i found the verse.. awhile ago.

So much of the christan bible is taken out of context. You can make any verse say what you want by breaking it up.

[theOperaGhost]

i found the verse.. awhile ago.

So much of the christan bible is taken out of context. You can make any verse say what you want by breaking it up.

That can be done with literally every text ever written. It's not only the Christian Bible that is taken out of context. Every single person is going to interpret something differently. It's like poetry...everyone is going to read it differently.

[Hyper]

That can be done with literally every text ever written. It's not only the Christian Bible that is taken out of context. Every single person is going to interpret something differently. It's like poetry...everyone is going to read it differently.

Yes but the Bible is written in a way that leaves interpretation of it up to the individual..

What I mean is you can understand it in many different ways but meh that's another part of faith & beliefs

[INFERNO]

Well im an atheist but my school teaches us to be Christians but i don't under stand if god loves every one and thinks every one is equal

The idea of being equal can take many forms. It can take forms of equalness in terms of sinfulness, in terms of innocence, in terms of all being created by the same being and so forth.


where is the incentive to be good

I'm rather surprised that if your school teaches Christianity, that this reason hasn't been addressed already. But the simple answer would be the idea of hell: you don't be a good boy/girl, then theoretically you're more likely to have punched your ticket to hell.


and if he thinks were all equal why does the Bible say gays should be stoned to death.

The bible, both the New Testament and Old Testament were written hundreds, even thousands of years ago. The point is, when they were written, they also included a reflection of how the society back then functioned. Nowadays, many places have done away with the idea that homosexuals should be stoned because society has changed.


I mean come on Christians if you want to live a dream and believe in god it's your right to do so but don't try and convert me to your ways.

I wouldn't go about and blame all the Christians because it isn't their fault that your school is as it is. The proper people to blame would be the admin. letting it be taught, your teachers for teaching it and your parents for sending you to it.

i found the verse.. awhile ago.

So much of the christan bible is taken out of context. You can make any verse say what you want by breaking it up.

That's both the beauty and the curse of literature.

[Modus Operandi]

I agree with what Inferno said. The bible can be interpreted so many different ways, it's impossible to count. There are even people who say there is a prophetic code in the Hebrew version of the Bible. People will see what they want to see in a literary work.

[mrmcdonaldduck]

I agree with what Inferno said. The bible can be interpreted so many different ways, it's impossible to count. There are even people who say there is a prophetic code in the Hebrew version of the Bible. People will see what they want to see in a literary work.

that is why there are different sections of christianity.