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Batwoman said:
To me, when a church is run like the Catholic church is, having rules that go against the Bible, then that's not right.



I realize I'm entering a sensitive area here, but something that's always bothered me is the discrepancy between the various sects towards the interpretation of the Bible. Some seem to view it as a strict rulebook that should be followed verbatum, others seem to view it as simply more of a guideline.

I won't say the Bible has no merit in today's society, I think it does...but I have a hard time looking at a book that was written hundreds(and in the case of the OT, thousands) of years ago and thinking "this is exactly how I should live my life". Inspired by God or not, we are imperfect beings, fully susceptible to the prejudices and cultural influences of our respective era.

This is why I think there can really be no objective truth. Even if God is truth(as it is written in the book of John), we as humans will never be able to interpret God one way, and thus, collectively, never know what that one way is(again, if there even is one).

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