What in the World? Why so many insane regulations?

[JollyRoger]

Why are there so many insane regulations in the Bible?

 

[Traitorfish]

God is a socialist. Probably a Muslim, too.

 

[GhostWriter16]

So some bible verses aren't absolute commandments, why is the creation myth in Genesis an absolute you must follow? Why should one set of divinely inspired passages be followed while another set of divinely inspired passages shouldn't be followed?

I didn't say you shouldn't follow them, but to give an example, the Bible says "Thou shall not steal" and it also says "Obey your parents." So, if your parents tell you to steal, is there a contradiction?

Hence why I believe Commandments like "Obey your parents" are dependent on the command not disobeying God's direct commands.

God is a socialist. Probably a Muslim, too.

No....

 

[FriendlyFire]

I didn't say you shouldn't follow them, but to give an example, the Bible says "Thou shall not steal" and it also says "Obey your parents." So, if your parents tell you to steal, is there a contradiction?

Hence why I believe Commandments like "Obey your parents" are dependent on the command not disobeying God's direct commands.

The Bible? contradictions ?
Dont be silly

 

[Camikaze]

Not sure if this one has been addressed yet, but what exactly is insane about requiring calorie counts? Is providing information to the consumer a bad thing?

 

[Cutlass]

Not sure if this one has been addressed yet, but what exactly is insane about requiring calorie counts? Is providing information to the consumer a bad thing?

It's a regulation. Therefor it's interfering with the free market's ability to commit fraud.

 

[GhostWriter16]

Not sure if this one has been addressed yet, but what exactly is insane about requiring calorie counts? Is providing information to the consumer a bad thing?

Well, I did specifically say that I did not consider that one to be stupid.

That said, it is a bit of stretch. I don't see why that's required. If they don't tell you, you know you could be eating something bad. You can still use common sense.

But IMO its the least stupid thing on that list.

 

[Traitorfish]

That said, it is a bit of stretch. I don't see why that's required. If they don't tell you, you know you could be eating something bad. You can still use common sense.

Out of interests, what happens when no food products list their nutritional content?

 

[GhostWriter16]

That's true, but in this case, it was talking about a vending machine or some such, not a grocery store.

 

[classical_hero]

Wow, God is one cruel dude for putting such monsters in power. You have the apostle Paul flat out telling us that revolution is against God's will. We must conclude then, that democracy itself is un-Biblical and therefore against God's will (using your logic anyway) because revolution is what put it in place. This is why religion is so dangerous: it fosters the sort of thinking that allows totalitarian governments to continue to exist far longer than they should. /rant

There are two great commandments in the Bible, the first one is to love God with your whole being and then to love your neighbour. It is very clear from other passages that God is meant to be our first love and then those around us. It should be clear if you did not already know this, but many times Paul was beaten by those in Authority and yet here he tells people to respect the authorities even when at that time he could have been put in prison and executed for what he was doing. The fact that some people are complaining about government when some minor things are wrong, shows how much we are actually blessed in modern democracies where we the people, have some sort of control over how the government is run.

Why are there so many insane regulations in the Bible?

To simply show how impossible it is for us to measure up to God's standards and that we never can fully satisfy his demands. The law is like a mirror showing our condition of what we really are. We need someone who could meet all of God's demands. There is only one person how has satisfied, them and that is Jesus.

 

[cardgame]

I don't see why it's still a bad thing. Vending machines generally package their food, yes? And you can't see what's inside, much less what it's made of.

 

[Ajidica]

If you are buying your food from a vending machine, are you really interested in the calorie count?

 

[Camikaze]

If you are buying your food from a vending machine, are you really interested in the calorie count?

How do you know it's bad for you? Is it just bad by virtue of it coming from a vending machine?

 

[JollyRoger]

To simply show how impossible it is for us to measure up to God's standards and that we never can fully satisfy his demands. The law is like a mirror showing our condition of what we really are. We need someone who could meet all of God's demands. There is only one person how has satisfied, them and that is Jesus.

So regulation killed the one person that actually fulfilled them all? God needs to deregulate.

 

[classical_hero]

It was part of God's plan.

 

[JollyRoger]

If Fox News gets wind of this, they will show Him as Go(D)

 

[Traitorfish]

It was part of God's plan.

Aren't you aware that central planning is a discredited model?