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Pastimes : The Meaning of Life - Discussion
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To: X Y Zebra who wrote (144)8/12/1998 9:18:00 PM
From: John S.  Read Replies (1) of 242
 
"Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world."
James 1:27

The bible did not advocate the inquisition or the atrocities performed by man allegedly in the name of God. People that would distort its message of salvation and love as well as judgment for sin took care of that for personal gain.

You quoted Jeffersons word for the bible
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Psalm 138:2 states
I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

Psalm 12:
6 The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7 Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

You have had much to say here which is your right to do so and even though I realize your disdain for the word of God or faith I am also thinking of those who are genuinely searching for " the meaning of life " who are entitled to hear other opinions

Matthew 12:36
" But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment."

Your quote from Isaiah 34 was part of the description of Gods day of judgment on sin.

Proverbs 16:25
"There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
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