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The more I reflect on the teachings of the Bible, the more I find it to be lacking in ethics and morality. 

This illustration reflects an idea I have been contemplating for some time, given new impetus yesterday during Q&A after the screening of 'A Better Life" by director Chris Johnson. 

The usual question was raised, "If you do not have religion, where do you get your morality from?" 

Mr. Johnson handled the question diplomatically, while I thought of how much I wanted to retort with "Where did the Catholic Priests who raped countless young children get their morality from?" 

Clearly you do not need religion to know what is right and what is wrong. 

Here I have tried to show that a human Abraham, a loving father, would have refused to obey such a command from a supernatural being. 

If the Bible could be re-written, this would be a more ethical and moral interpretation compared with what you read in Genesis 22. 

Any person who is unsure will quickly learn what is right and wrong in this life.

In most places a murderer will face a life in prison. 

A habitual liar will quickly find a shortage of friends or business partners. 

There are consequences for bad behaviour, and these consequences serve to teach every person the difference between right and wrong, every day, every hour, in a manner that is far more effective than any holy book. 

Why then, is it taking religions so long to catch up with modern realities, or, for that matter, to fade away into the past from where they originated, and where they will cause less harm to global harmony and peace?

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Sub judice? Well I’ll be damned....

Luke

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The hits keep on coming!

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Her canonisation has been a true blessing

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CANONIZATION OF CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

ROMA September 5, 2016: During the Holy Year of Mercy we will celebrate the canonization of Christopher Hitchens of Portsmouth, the Saint of Truth whom Pope Benedict XVI wanted to silence in the same spirit of the censorship of Galileo and Copernicus.

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And so it was

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It sounds oblique

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Guess I’ll be flooded with ‘Likes’?

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talk to the snake

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Thou shalt attack the White House

The BBC reports; “In 2011, Oscar Ortega-Hernandez shot at the White House and was charged with attempting to assassinate Mr Obama or a member of his staff.

Mr Ortega-Hernandez believed God had given him a personal mission to attack the White House, law enforcement sources said.”

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Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or bought with his money (the slaves), every male in his household, and circumcised them, as God told him.

Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised, and his son Ishmael was thirteen.

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Daily scripture with thanks to:

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Something came over me, I think the Lord came to me, and he just said get in the truck and leave. And when I got in my truck, you know, I was so proud, because I felt like I finally drew a line in the sand and stood up for what I believed.

Ken Shupe, Tow Truck driver, who left Ms. Cassy McWade stranded on an interstate highway in North Carolina with her broken-down car because he noticed a Bernie Sanders bumper sticker on her car.

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Happiness is being able to link Easter, chocolate eggs, and bunnies to Bill Cosby.

Me  

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True that

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While it is not God's plan that I be president in 2016, or maybe ever...

Marco Rubio suspending his 2016 campaign

Therefore he will not be selected as an alternative to Trump at the convention.

And by the way, it was not the voters’ decision, but God’s.

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“He healed my healthy leg!”

Faith healing rarely helps amputees or balding men, so I’ve been generally skeptical of the whole business.

A recent account by City Harvest Church’s convicted Pastor Kong Hee described a healing that took place in Malaysia on 16 February 2016.

I suppose to lend credibility to the tale, the chosen subject is described as a lawyer of the High Court in Sabah & Sarawak. 

On that basis, one might assume that he would be able to tell the difference between his right leg and his left leg, especially after suffering pain and discomfort for almost half a year.

As you can see, initially the afflicted leg was on the left side;

Eventually getting to the service, our lawyer then says, “During the service the Pastor begin to pray for sick people and told everyone to place their hands wherever it was they were sick... ie heart, cancer, skin diseases etc. He didnt say anything about joint pain or legs etc.”

So guess which leg he places his hand on...

You might say that this is just a typo, and yes, that is possible.

However, considering that this person has spent almost half a year in discomfort, and then experienced divine intervention resulting with a miraculous healing, it would be reasonable to expect that there would be no confusion regarding which leg was involved.

Furthermore, as he says he is a “columnist in Borneo Post”, he should possess some skills with proofreading for factual accuracy (not to mention grammar).

Remember, he is describing a life changing and rare miraculous event, he is a lawyer and a columnist. This is his testimony of divine intervention. He would want to be sure the facts are correct and the content is lucidly presented, wouldn’t he?

But no. The facts do not align. The grammar is faulty. Hence, doubt is generated.

A prudent person would be wise to take a skeptical view of any claims involving a person such as Kong Hee who has been convicted of fraud in a court of law.

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