VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Steve|DATE|1360577332|CONTENT| [blockquote]There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.[/blockquote] 

This line of St Paul isn’t about abolishing slavery any more than it is about abolishing Greekness and femaleness. It is only saying that eventually god will treat you the same no matter what you were in life. Meanwhile, shut up and get on with it.

Longley represents the very worst of religious thinkers, because it is clear in everything he says that the conclusion is fixed before the thought process starts. If he gets to a partial conclusion that affirms his belief, he stops thnking. He is the reason why TFTD should be subject to a question or two, to dislodge him from his comfortable ignorance.

 [blockquote]We are all made in God&#039;s image. What does that mean? What God? Only the Christian God or others as well? What kind of image? Does God have eyes, legs, heart etc and what use are these as he rules the cosmic infinity.[/blockquote] 

Given what we know categorically to be true about the ubiquity of homosexuality in nature, this can only mean that god must be at least a little bit gay. Or maybe we should say bisexual, given that he has to be hetero in part as well. I look forward to the Vatican’s new encyclical – God and Abba, Aren’t They Both Simply Divine.|IP-ADDRESS|10.0.119.228, 217.36.222.79, 10.37.43.204|MODERATIONFLAG|