Are you a religionist?

[eynon81]

[JDHURF]

[eynon81]

[Boris Johnson]

[eynon81]

[Boris Johnson]

Just to be clear, I think you can take both options with islam just as easily as well.

Though of course, considering most people get their knowledge of muslims from either the news making them out as the new bad guys (I miss east german communists) or by interviewing the lot who hang around mosque most of their free time. Your presented with a data set that of course skews your vision a fair bit.

For hilarious reasons of history, both the celtic countries what I what lived in have lots of muslims and thus you get to experience plenty people who fall into the same 'its mostly about love i guess' category.

You don't have that in murika though. Lol nation of islam though.

[JDHURF]

[eynon81]

[eynon81]

[JDHURF]

The fact is that you can't account for Matthew 5:17 and simply try to wish it away. Jesus is clear on "The Law and the Prophets" and is not telling a parable. I'm quite capable of recognizing parables. Jesus did often tell parables, he also often did not. The "Beatitudes" are not parables.

I would argue that Jesus was not literally the son of God, born of a virgin, who preached the strict laws of the Pentateuch before rising from the dead, but I do not rely solely upon the synoptic Gospels. Anyone who does rely solely upon the synoptic Gospels can only derive from them certain narratives, certain narratives that were specifically selected for by bishops at the Council of Nicaea. These narratives are a steaming pile of horseshit. John's "Revelation" is included but the "Gospel of Mary" is excluded? People are sheep.