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Mr Quint's post from Geron board:



http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=12827310

<<<There are some nasty things in the O.T. too.>>>

Absolutely. The Book of Deuteronomy is almost a "How to Rape and Get Away with It" manual


<<<If your religion is the starting place for a personal search for Truth, it is a good thing.>>>

Not really... there is no truth in the tales written by bronze aged gypsies.

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My comment - yes really. As Yeshua (Jesus) taught, the Truth is within. Those tales you refer to are the cultural history of the Hebrew people. Many of those people loved God and advanced civilization. There are things that can be learned from the Bible and any religious book but we learn by asking the questions that mankind has already asked again and again.

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<<<If it becomes your excuse for thinking you are better or holier than your neighbor and your justification for hating and abusing your neighbor it is a bad thing.>>>

That's all religion does... it causes people to think that they understand the mind of an All Powerful Cosmos Creating Deity (a deity that also happens to care about our sex lives).

So when a person thinks they understand the mind of this creature, they get delusions of grandeur.

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I can assure you that that is not all religion does. The Bible can be read in an attitude of prayer and with the interpretation of the Holy Spirit. When you do this you begin to discern Truth. The Bible is a tool, and I have found it to be a very useful tool.

Yeshua said that we need to be willing to give up everything to follow Christ (Christ is the annointed of God according to Hebrew tradition, not an aspect of a mythical trinity). I beieve that the first thing you have to be willing to give up is the dogma of religion and seek the Truth within.

Peace,
Paula