Murder is OK: My Bible Tells Me So. : )

[Andy A]

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I think to many people believe a bit too much of what is in the good book. The Bible is like the Constitution, needs to be more flexible and open to some changes I think.?

The bible and the Constitution have nothing in common other than most of the founders believed in God and the bible.
There is little flexibility in the Constitution nor should there be flexibility. It is not open to changes other than through the methods discribed in it. The bible is open to interpretation but the Constitution is not. It is not changeable except through Amendment to it and there are specific methods for doing that. But then, it appears most citizens are not aware of how it can be changed or how it is done. The final interpretation of the Constitution lies with the Supreme Court and its rulings are subject to change by Congress and Constitutional Amendment. The last thing it needs to be is flexible and open, IMO, but then, AC, you have expressed the Liberal viewpoint regarding both beautifully and fallaciously.

 

[LuciferSam]

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The bible and the Constitution have nothing in common other than most of the founders believed in God and the bible.
There is little flexibility in the Constitution nor should there be flexibility. It is not open to changes other than through the methods discribed in it. The bible is open to interpretation but the Constitution is not. It is not changeable except through Amendment to it and there are specific methods for doing that. But then, it appears most citizens are not aware of how it can be changed or how it is done. The final interpretation of the Constitution lies with the Supreme Court and its rulings are subject to change by Congress and Constitutional Amendment. The last thing it needs to be is flexible and open, IMO, but then, AC, you have expressed the Liberal viewpoint regarding both beautifully and fallaciously.

There's a contradiction in your statement. You say that the Constitution is not open to interpretation, and then later you say that the final interpretation of the Constitution lies with the Supreme Court.

I do believe that no two people are ever going to get the exact same meaning out of any written document . If that were the case, the Supreme Court would need just one member and he'd never have to vote on anything. He would just have a perfect literal understanding of the Constitution, with no need for discussion.

 

[poppy]

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The bible and the Constitution have nothing in common other than most of the founders believed in God and the bible.
There is little flexibility in the Constitution nor should there be flexibility. It is not open to changes other than through the methods discribed in it. The bible is open to interpretation but the Constitution is not. It is not changeable except through Amendment to it and there are specific methods for doing that. But then, it appears most citizens are not aware of how it can be changed or how it is done. The final interpretation of the Constitution lies with the Supreme Court and its rulings are subject to change by Congress and Constitutional Amendment. The last thing it needs to be is flexible and open, IMO, but then, AC, you have expressed the Liberal viewpoint regarding both beautifully and fallaciously.

Their commonality is they are both imperfect works written by imperfect humans.

 

[Kurt]

YouTube- Miss Teen USA 2007 - South Carolina answers a question

 

[scooterbug44]

The bible and the Constitution have nothing in common other than most of the founders believed in God and the bible.

Actually, many of the founding fathers were Deists and opposed the Bible. They believed in a creator, but that he did not concern himself with the daily lives of humans, and does not directly communicate with humans, either by revelation or by sacred books.

"I have examined all the known superstitions of the World, and I do not find in our particular superstition of Christianity one redeeming feature. They are all alike, founded on fables and mythology."
Thomas Jefferson

"I do not believe in the creed professed by the Jewish Church, by the Roman Church, by the Greek Church, by the Turkish Church, by the Protestant Church, nor by any church that I know of. My own mind is my own church."
Thomas Paine

"The doctrine of the divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity."
John Adams

 

[Andy A]

SB44, if you will note my post, I said "most" not "all" for the very reasons you cited.

 

[backdoornews]

Just be thankful

Just be thankful she wasn't Jewish and quoting from the Talmud.

 

[Lake View Too]

Let me do the math: If she says that the bible says that all gay people should be put to death, and we all know the bible also says, an eye for an eye, then when the righteous people kill the gay people, shouldn't they also be put to death (an eye for an eye). Also, where does that rule "thou shall not kill" factor in here? How does one literally interpret the bible? Just asking...

 

[Will B]

YouTube- Miss Teen USA 2007 - South Carolina answers a question

The best part about this is that everybody knows who she is, but I bet you couldn't find me 10 people in a day who remembers who won!

She has parlayed that into a part of the Pistachio nut ad campaign, The Today Show, The MTV Video Music Awards, a shows on both TLC and Comedy Central, and is a contestant in the Great Race. If she had given a straight answer and come in second, nobody would even know who Caitlin Upton is!

Sorry...didn't mean to hijack the thread...