Inteligent debate: Christianity
What I have the absolutely hardest time buying is the whole "born with original sin" deal. Being a sinner since birth because of something someone else supposedly did a long time ago totally rubs me the wrong way. It's too similar to the "my forefathers hated your forefathers, so therefore I have to hate you" logic. =P
And while the thing about other gods has already been explained pretty well... when it comes to the "god is willing to let you believe what you want, so long as you're willing to live by that", I can't help but wonder why "god" in that case would make the rule "thou shall have no other gods than me". There's an obvious contradiction, if you'd go by that reasoning.
...well, my knowledge about the bible isn't really something to brag about as I'm not religulous and never actually bothered reading the first page of it. So I might have missed out on some important point.
And while the thing about other gods has already been explained pretty well... when it comes to the "god is willing to let you believe what you want, so long as you're willing to live by that", I can't help but wonder why "god" in that case would make the rule "thou shall have no other gods than me". There's an obvious contradiction, if you'd go by that reasoning.
...well, my knowledge about the bible isn't really something to brag about as I'm not religulous and never actually bothered reading the first page of it. So I might have missed out on some important point.