Really sad actually.

Various reasons, mostly stemming from the fact that religion has been forced on me for the last 13 years of school, in addition to the fact that the particular brand of religion that was forced was that of our archbishop, and he is a complete idiot that doesn't know what he was talking about. It's a bit more complicated than that, but I could write it all in a book.

DISCLAIMER: The below IS a theological post. Do not read if you do not want to. If you reply, please be coherent and try to keep blinding emotion out of the argument. I will ignore all flames.

All below quotes are from the English Standard Bible, listed in order that Penn & Teller list them. My responses follow them. Prepare for a long post.

Exodus 21:7 "When a man sells his daughter as a slave, she shall not go out as the male slaves do." The big guy says this is "no out-of-context bullshit" and that this verse "says it's OK to sell your daughter into slavery." Yes, this is out-of-context. This verse does NOT say it is OK to sell your daughter into slavery; it says, if you have to, you must do it like this. Given the track record of the Jews (read the book of Judges; it's probably the goriest thing you'll ever read), it makes sense that God would implement laws about slaves.

Exodus 35:2 "Six days work shall be done, but on the seventh you shall have a Sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it shall be put to death." The death here mentioned is not a physical death; it is not saying that the offender's physical life shall be publicly ended, rather saying that the price for break