"Living by bible guidelines gives great pleasure and happiness in life"
Here are some examples of the bible's guidelines. Might make you happy, but not me
Leviticus 19:19
"You are to keep My statutes. You shall not breed together two kinds of your cattle; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear a garment upon you of two kinds of material mixed together."
Farmer's look out! God doesn't want you planting two different kinds of seed in your field. Also, are you someone who enjoys a nice cotton-poly blend? Forget about it. God does not want you wearing mixed fabrics! Apparently he is some kind of fashionista and thinks that blended fabrics are a fashion faux pas.
Deuteronomy 22:10
"Do not plow with an ox and a donkey yoked together."
I don't see this situation coming up too often. But if people want to plow their fields with an ox and a donkey they should be allowed too! In fact it would be far more efficient than just an ox, or just a donkey. Does god have something against farming efficiency?
Deuteronomy 22:12
"Make tassels on the four corners of the cloak you wear."
God wants everyone to wear tassels for some reason. Actually that sounds kinda gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Leviticus 19:27
"Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard."
God hates goatees! Mohawks too...
1 Corinthians 11:14
"Does not the very nature of things teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him"
God seems to have a lot of personal grooming tips. You know what other kinds of men have lots of personal grooming tips don't you...
Ephesians 6:5-6
"Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ."'
That's right, the bible condones slavery; so lets roll back the civil rights movement 200 years...
Deuteronomy 22:20-21
"If, however, the charge is true and no proof of the girl's virginity can be found, she shall be brought to the door of her father's house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death. She has done a disgraceful thing in Israel by being promiscuous while still in her father's house. You must purge the evil from among you."
Need I say more...
This only scratches the surface of the stupid biblical rules. The bible is severely flawed, and is full of backward ass rules that are not applicable in today's world (or any world for that matter).
I sure am glad that I live in Australia, where our government has nothing to do with religion. Oh wait it does, government funded catholic schools...
Source: http://theangryskeptics.blogspot.com/
I have edited to comply with TOU, specifically taken out the F-Words (sorry if I missed one) and amended to Australia rather than the original Canada
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