I've spent most of the day being baffled by christians.

I went to a forum I used to work at, under a different name (my original account is not very welcome over there anymore)... and I can't believe some of the nonsense that people actually believe!

One girl is arguing about the bible, saying that it is inerrant and "the Word of God" and the evidence she provides for her argument is? The bible! So basically, her argument is that the bible says it's the Word of God so it must be true! I don't understand that at all. If I were to pick any other subject on the planet and use such scanty evidence to support my claims I would be laughed at... and rightly so.

I don't know... I have no idea why I even went back there to be honest. I've spent a few hours there and already my head hurts, my eyes ache, I'm shaking my head in confusion and wondering about the sanity of some of these people! The circular arguments (the bible is true because the bible says it is) just make my head spin. I feel like I've been in some kind of timewarp all day... the people may be different, but the voices and opinions are the same. The thing that saddens me is that these are young people saying these things... people in their 20s that should be able to use common sense, logic and reason, but they don't because they have been taught that a book tells them everything they need to know. It makes me very sad... and also very glad that I wasn't raised that way (and that I don't live in an environment that actively teaches from such a narrow view point).

Judging from the stuff I've just read, I'd rather be a heretic, or an idolater (for my pagan beliefs) than be tied to their narrow and restricted ideas about deity. I've read 90% of the bible... and the message of Jesus was clear to me after one reading... love God and everyone else - no exceptions. That's it... all the rest is meaningless, as if you're following that ^^^ you won't be breaking any laws. You won't be stealing, or harming others... you won't be envious of their possessions and you won't be killing them.

How can I have read the bible and got such a simple message from it... but others have done the same and twisted it into something so complicated? I just don't get it *shrugs*