lectures to young boys about sex<\/a> is so ridiculous. You people are backward. Nobody today holds the superstitious beliefs written down by people 2500 years ago and is what you call today as “holy scripture”.<\/p>\nThere is no personal god and there is no devil. It’s all in your mind. Grow up.<\/p>\n\t
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I’m glad the points bothered you enough that you thought you needed to justify dismissing them in some way. Obviously, your statement that nobody holds to the Scriptures is false since you know you are addressing someone who does hold to those Scriptures. Your lack of belief (trust) in the Scriptures does not prove that the Scriptures are false or untrustworthy.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: Christians mixing Scripture with\u00a0lectures to young boys about sex is so ridiculous. You people are backward. Nobody today holds the superstitious beliefs written down by people 2500 years ago and is what you call today as “holy scripture”. There is no personal god and there is no devil. It’s all in your mind. 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