The bible - fact or fiction???

[Star_Cards]

I always bring those up to homophobic Christians. Apparently the Bible switches between literal and metaphorical, and/or contemporary and permanent, on a sentence-by-sentence basis.

this is one of the issues I see as well and sometimes it seems that people decide if it's literal or metaphorical depending on how they feel on the specific subject. Seems like they just decide to mold the bible that way at times to conform with their personal feelings on the subject matter.

[Star_Cards]

i refuse to believe jesus was the son of god until i see the long-form birth certificate. And it must be appropriately laminated and notarized by the officials of bethlehem.

brilliant!!!

[mrveggieman]

I got a question. Everyone complained about how bin Laden's remains were disposed of. My question was if Hitler died in a similar manner would he be deserving of a proper christian burial?

[AUTaxMan]

I got a question. Everyone complained about how bin Laden's remains were disposed of. My question was if Hitler died in a similar manner would he be deserving of a proper christian burial?

What is a "proper Christian burial"?

[Star_Cards]

I got a question. Everyone complained about how bin Laden's remains were disposed of. My question was if Hitler died in a similar manner would he be deserving of a proper christian burial?

good question. I'm not sure how I feel about this. For me I don't care how he was buried, but I get why the government went to steps to "bury" him by islamic guidelines. He was an enemy but like that the U.S. would rise above doing anything disrespectful after he was killed. Now, as I say that, I'd hope that most Muslims could care less about how he was buried and wouldn't have been offended no matter how we disposed of his body as he was a murderer who distorted their religion. This is a topic that I don't have a specific stance on at the moment, but is a good discussion.

[habsheaven]

No, absolutely NOT!! Neither is "deserving" of anything remotely resembling a "proper" burial. They should be treated in death the same way they treated people in life.

[AUTaxMan]

No, absolutely NOT!! Neither is "deserving" of anything remotely resembling a "proper" burial. They should be treated in death the same way they treated people in life.

Agreed, but I don't have a problem with what they did because it was the best move politically. Remember, we are dealing with people who would kill you for drawing a picture of Muhammad.

[habsheaven]

Agreed, but I don't have a problem with what they did because it was the best move politically. Remember, we are dealing with people who would kill you for drawing a picture of Muhammad.

I do not have a problem with how they went about it either. I guess I should have worded it; "They should expect to be treated in death the same way they treated people in life".

[mrveggieman]

Agreed, but I don't have a problem with what they did because it was the best move politically. Remember, we are dealing with people who would kill you for drawing a picture of Muhammad.

Not all of the muslims are like that. The fanitical ones are already mad that the US killed bin laden anyway so if the extremists are going to do something they are going to do it regardless of how his body was disposed of. I also believe that if you are a mass murderer such as hitler or bin laden you forfiet any right to a decent burial. If you don't have a problem killing innocent people why should we be concerned how you are buried?

[AUTaxMan]

Not all of the muslims are like that. The fanitical ones are already mad that the US killed bin laden anyway so if the extremists are going to do something they are going to do it regardless of how his body was disposed of. I also believe that if you are a mass murderer such as hitler or bin laden you forfiet any right to a decent burial. If you don't have a problem killing innocent people why should we be concerned how you are buried?

I didn't say all Muslims were like that. I don't think anyone has a "right" to a "proper burial," so it doesn't really matter to me. I would prefer in cases of mass murderers like these guys that they be buried in the least dignified way possible that doesn't directly incite some other lunatic to start killing Americans.