[MrB]

Have to answer this, as well...

Religion centric governments have never done that in their entire history? Who is kidding who?

I'm not in the least referring to "religion centric" governments. I'm referring to Christianity (as revealed in the Bible) based governments.

Christianity isn't a "religion". Take some time, look up the difference.

[chaos_5]

Christianity isn't a "religion". Take some time, look up the difference.

With five major denominations and some 450 translations of the Bible I suppose it is reasonable to say Christianity is a collection of religions. Which flavor do you believe is right? Personally, I think they all have some good to offer. It bothers me when people point to biblical references to explain natural phenomenon and while doing so reject strong scientific evidence simply because it doesn't fit their religious beliefs. In this case - evolution.

It's like you have people on one hand who are searching for the truth and are willing adapt and learn as new information arises, and on the other hand you have people who have shut down all ability to learn because every thing they need to know is written in one of some 500 odd versions of a book they feel contains the truth.

Now this is where my mind bets a bit blown. If the Bible was the word of God, why do the various denominations control the content. Who decides what goes in and what comes out? Powerful men in the Vatican? Yep.. It's not like God sat in a room somewhere and penned each verse.

Anyway, thanks for the responses and all. We obviously don't agree on much when it comes to this subject, but I do enjoy the argument!