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Date: 2000-12-05 20:19:19

Comment:

There you go again. When will it end?

No one knows all of the reasons behind addiction. We certainly can NOT say that the bible refers to addiction as being a sympton of the disintegration of society. It is merely our translation of an "ancient text" that people have twisted to suit their own points of view. 

Some of us have been raised to believe what our fathers and our fathers' fathers, etc. believed. We blindly follow along without stopping look and ask why or what if. Well, what if the bible ( yes lower case b) is just a book of fables, stories written to TEACH! Not "God's Word!"( in order to get the full effect, you have to say that in a really really deeeep voice.)

Based upon what is known about it, the bible can't be accepted as fact. We don't know why the authors wrote it. Perhaps, the first authors thought their stories would sell better if they claimed that it was the Word of God. 

We each have our own opinion and that's ok, after all it is "the American way." However, even IF I believed in "Jesus" or "God", I would not shove it in your face and say, " We all need to go to church and become one with the Lord! That's why the world is going down the crapper!" ( I blame this misconception on the press.) Besides, you know the old adage, "People who live in glass houses, shouldn't throw stones."

We are EVOLVING. Nothing new, it's happened before. The pagan's believed in a god AND a goddess, they worshipped them as representatives of the earth and believed in the harmony of nature. Then this thing called christianity came along and some people thought "Hey, wow, this is cool. Let's all follow this path!" And now, we are moving on again, we are evolving. 

Evolution is not only about changes in our physical being, it also emcompasses changes in our social character. As a Society we are pulling farther and farther away from a belief in a god. Who knows how many religions came before or how many more will come after. 

Believe what you want, this was not intended in any way to change your points of view. It is just an expression of my belief that no forum should be used to promote other peoples religious beliefs. We all need to chose our own path. 

And finally, if the only way you know how to communicate is to quote from or paraphrase the bible, then maybe you should take a subscription to Time or Newsweek or People or Playboy(girl). Wake up and smell the coffee, it's the dawn of a whole new world.