Belly>> But we hate based on a fairy tale?
We are indeed a weird mob, not just Aussie but all of us<<

Belly china, I despair at the divisions we choose to separate us, have done since I was first aware that society had divisions. Have a peek at Bertrand Russells “Why I am not a Christian” that I linked….I read sheit loads of his stuff in my teens.

http://www.users.drew.edu/~jlenz/whynot.html

It was prophesied in ancient times that the line of King David would eventually produce a new Messiah. The line eventually came down to Abraham who already had one son but unfortunately couldn’t keep it in his trousers and had it off with the Arab serving girl.

Thus which son was the prophesied Messiah became a confused issue that has resulted in the never ending warfare between the Muslim religion and the Christian religion.

Maybe if they had, had the pill back then we would be free of all this madness, but I doubt it.

The Abrahamic religions (sc. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) have been the primary source of planet-wide evil since their inception, and remain so today. Read "The Messianic Legacy" if you're not afraid of challenging the status quo.

Interesting how I'm agreeing with some posters here who I often do not agree with!

Religion is indeed the one thing that divides peoples against each other. It is therefore rather evil in my view.

On the line of David producing the Messiah. If Jesus is the son of God, how can he be from the line of David? The Christians are adamant on the virgin birth thing. Joseph isn't his daddy according to them.
The virgin birth by the way was not an original concept even within the early Roman church. Neither was the actual physical rising from the death of Jesus.

Even when young I could not grasp the reason to add absurdities like the above to give meaning and relevance to the supposed message of Jesus. That's one thing Islam does not do. Embellish Mary with virginity and Jesus with arising from the dead.

Yvonne, Religion is a scam that some people fail to see. What about the bloke that lived in a whale, it defies logic.

567: What about the bloke that lived in a whale, it defies logic.

It was a submarine. Bedo, bedooo.

I've just upgraded my computer & getting everything back to normal is yuck.

A good book to read is, "Joshua, the man they called Jesus"

There is a theory that Mary was betrothed to one of Herods sons. The one that ruled in Alexandria, Egypt. He was good friend of Augustus, who later became Emperor. Augustus had a bad habit of raping his friend’s wives or betrothed. Hence Mary's pregnancy. Herod’s son then rejected her & she was married off to one of the temple priests. Joseph, who was an older man with a number of sons. When Herod was killing the newborn males they fled into Egypt where they had friends. Thus when Pontius Pilate asked Jesus who his father was, Jesus whispered in his ear, and then Pilate washed his hands.