I know. But if we where formed on biblical "Morality" we would. The bible says do do all those things.
I feel a lot of anger from you my friend. These things you keep using to try and make Christianity look bad are not what you they seem. The truth is, God never wanted things like "stoning" adulterers etc. to even be the solution. That is why He sent his Son, Jesus, to take the punishment for our sins. Consider this story in John chapter 8.
At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group and said to Jesus, âTeacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?â They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him.
But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, âLet any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.â Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.
At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. Jesus straightened up and asked her, âWoman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?â âNo one, sir,â she said.
âThen neither do I condemn you,â Jesus declared. âGo now and leave your life of sin."
This is the mercy that God wishes to show to all the peoples of this Earth. Notice that the men said that It was Moses' law that commanded the stoning of the adulteress, but it was Jesus who told them to back down. Notice also that once the realizes that Jesus wasn't judging her, all He asked of Her was to leave Her life of sin, which, as you can see, was only leading her down a path of death and destruction. The woman in the story is representing everyone, all of us humans who have "sinned". The men who wanted to kill her represent the old laws that the Jewish nation created when they decided to put law to the commandments of God. These laws were set in order simply to satisfy the "hardness of mens hearts". Did you know that before the Kingdom of Israel had Kings, God Himself wanted to rule that nation directly. But men decided it would be better to have their own king and to make their own laws. I tell you today, 314d1, that your bitterness is focused in the wrong direction. God loves you and, all people, what you should be angry with is the hatred that satan has instilled into our race and be angry with those who defiled Gods pure laws because they believed they could do it better.
The purpose of this thread was to discuss whether the founding fathers based this nation we live in off of Christianity, and you have taken the liberty here to strike out at Christianity and pull it down. And guess what, I strike at it with you. Christianity is now a wolf in sheep's clothing more than most things on this planet. But I promise you this; God Loves You. Jesus Died For You. You are Important to Him. Say all the things you want about Him to lessen Him, but He will never turn His back on you. You can only do that to yourself. I am not saying that you have to believe the founding fathers were Christians, that point is ultimately moot, and arguing it will not lead anyone, anywhere in the end, but do your self the honor of at least re-evaluating God for what you have learned from this wicked world of Him to be, and see Him for the Being He truly is. He is the father you never had. The Mother who's love never fails. The friend who's confidence is never broken. The lover who's words will never hurt you. He is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the End. And He will always Love you.
