The definition of love thy neighbour
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Fortunately, I don't live near any fundy fucktards, but if I did and they attempted to "warn" me about going to hell for not believing their favorite superstitions, I'd do my utmost to create a hell-on-earth for them.
I usually just reply that hell is mythical and I don't fear things that don't exist. If they're smart they'll discontinue the conversation at that point.
He right. It's right here in the Authorized Pull-It-Out-of-Your-Ass Version of the Bible:
Leviticus 19:17 "Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him unless he is not a Bible-thumping fundamentalist."
and Matthew 5:43: "Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and then if they don't shape up, persecute them;
Mark 16:15
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
John 14:15
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
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Thanks, RichardT, for the reference, but I think a lot of us are already familiar with the usual biblical cherry-picking fundies do on this issue.
Ok. Duly warned. Warning noted. Now, why don't you come inside, sit for a while, and maybe have a nice, warm mug of STFU, neighbor?
"The definition of love thy neighbour" is found in Luke 10. Try reading it sometime.
Pay particular attention to the parable that's told to someone "willing to justify himself" (v 29). Also note who comes out looking really bad (v 31,32); "priest" and "Levite" could be exchanged with "self-righteous fundy" with no loss of meaning.
Once again, you lose at reading your own book.
The next time someone tells me "Jesus loves you", and then preaches to me about how I'm going to hell, I'm gonna say: "Look, tell Jesus the sex was great, but I'm not looking for that kind of commitment right now."
Yeah, the Good Samaritan didn't bother with dressing the man's wounds, taking him to a doctor, or paying for his medical care. No, like any good Christian should do, the Good Samaritan simply stood over the wounded man while he was lying on the ground, bleeding, and lectured him about his sins. The Samaritan said, "That's what you get for not attending church/not following the KJV Bible/being a homosexual/etc. You were practically begging for those robbers to beat you up and steal all of your belongings. You had it coming, sucker." Yep, that's what a good neighbor would do.
Well personally I don't think there's anything really wrong with this. If you really think something I'm doing is going to send me to Hell I would hope you'd tell me about it, tell me how you came to the conclusion that there is a Hell and then tell me how you know who goes and who doesn't and I'll tell you why I still can't believe any of the things you're telling me are true and I'll question the things you say until my skepticism is satisfied. Strangely it's very hard to find religious forums on the Internet that allow such discussion, they're usually full of 'ahaaaaaahahahaa you're all going to Hell but me and I'm glad' rants and middle aged sexually frustrated women orgasming over a false representation of Jesus.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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