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Originally Posted by olaph
even though i have my own views on religon i thought i'd say that at the end of the day if they;re a nice person who gives a flying gypsy what they choose to believe :P
and i'm sorry but i have to comment about god saying i'm not a liar etc.
The bible wasn't written by god, it was written by a bunch of guys who all have different interpretations of how Jesus lived and how people should live.
and as much as southpark is amusing and offensive there was a message in one of their episodes i completely agreed with.
It was the Easter one called "Hair club for men" where at the end of it a christian priest says to the rabbit "how should we live through Christ"
the rabbit gives no reply being its a friggin rabbit and the puzzled priest turns to his colleague and says "the rabbit isn't telling me how to live" and his colleague replies "just how jesus intended it"
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Not only was it written by a bunch of guys it was written in a bunch of languages, translated over and over into hundreds of languages, that's why a bunch of it doesn't make sence.
But I agree with what you are saying here.
I also liked the speech at the end of the South Park LDS episode.
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"Look, maybe us Mormons do believe in crazy stories that make absolutely no sense, and maybe Joseph Smith did make it all up, but I have a great life and a great family and I have the Book of Mormon to thank for that. The truth is, I don't care if Joseph Smith made it all up, because what the church teaches now is loving your family, being nice, and helping people, and even though people in this town might think that's stupid, I still choose to believe in it. All I ever did was try to be your friend, Stan, but you're so high and mighty you couldn't look past my religion and just be my friend back. You've got a lot of growing up to do, buddy. Suck my balls."
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