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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
I hear exactly what you are saying.
However, those doing the torturing and killing were not motivated by the books. They were motivated by their own agendas (power and instilling fear) and chose to use passages in the books to lend credence.
Yes, the Spanish Inquisition, the witch hunts, the beheadings, all the wrongs committed by so called clergy and men of God were attributed to the bibles teachings.
But these men chose to pervert the words to their own use. As long as people will be sheep and follow their leaders, without thinking, these things will happen.
Truth be told, we don't even know that the words we read today are those that were originally written. How many times has the bible been 'translated' by both protestant and catholic popes and kings?
I treasure the bible for the good things it teaches us.....mainly the 10 commandments.
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Yep ... and if that's all any one of those three books said, I doubt I'd have a problem with any of them. But, seriously, I don't think any of the three are all that well written either. I realize that is a wholly personal opinion, but, as such, I'll stand by it.