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Too often we heard about Vatican, about this pastor, that pastor...about the people from 'the church here', 'the church there'.....sorry....I don't care about those people in the Vatican, those people from 'the church.' I am basing my faith on those people mentioned in the Bible, of the finished work of Jesus on the cross. If you are serious about what Vatican, what Roman Catholism is all about, there are alot in the internet. All I can say, factually speaking, this is one of the most well-established and yet the most dispersed MNC organizations but it has very great influence on the international politics and country leaders. This organization is one of the riches. It is one of the biggest landowners in most countries it operates. Is this biblical? So, say ok...we respect them; so say no, we respect them...and of course I say no, this is not biblical. So, please note that Vatican and their practices do no represent all Christians.
even if you deny that the current christianities are different from the vatican, you still have to acknowledge that all the current various factions are branched out from the main vatican that was sanctioned by the first christian emperor. apples didnt fall far from the tree.
and if you did say that you take the words and characters literally from the bible, how can you overcome the senseless violence that god and his prophets exhibited throughout the OT? remmeber the guy who picked the firewood on sabbath and he was stoned to death for violation of the sabbath, even in the world of chaos, violence, hunger, diseases etc.. god is so concerned about sabbath?
howabout the village that came out to see the ark of convanent? but was slaughtered for gazing on the ark which god forbid people to see, total casuality? 50,000.
howabout flooding the whole frigging world to kill everyone off? "oh, but they were evil." says who? if god is perfect and all powerful and can see into the future, he know that killing everyone off and let noah procreated onward, there will be sinners..and he will destory everyone again.
what about the canaanities? "oh god say we can take the land. so we went in and kill everyone there and take possession." can we do that today? is that morally incorrect?
can you take side with god and condone all the killings as described in the bible? if yo do, then where is your moral stance? will you stand with Hitler and his concentration camp? are you simply blalantly ignoring the killing facts and still la-di-da pressing the Ignore button and continue to overlook the vast murders that had been committed in the OT, the vaticans, and all the crimes committed in the name of religions?