[Zhavric]

Quote by: Winter wind You seem to divide the world into two groups Atheists People who hate evidence

Straw man. There are far more types of people in the world. Volconvo is a different story...

I believe in evolution. I accept evidence. I also believe in God. I don't think that science and Christianity are mutually exclusive.

In the words of my boss' boss, "You need to recheck your math." You can't claim to believe in god and make the claim that you "accept evidence". What I see you're failing to grasp is that stating "god exists" is like stating "1+1=3". It's nonsense. The god hypothesis contradicts mountains of proven scientific claims.

sigh, we base our logic the same way you do, except we assume God exists

Right. Which is an assumption that requires that you ignore vast amounts of evidence. Hence my check your math comment.

Plus, being religious, we get to throw out logic every now and again (I just love being Christian).

No. You don't. You have to use it and use it conistently otherwise you're wrong. Why are you having so much difficulty with this very simple concept?

As for the "figurative". Well I only do it 'cause the Bible tells me so. The best way to explain the discrepancy is by saying that Christ does not change, but the people do and therefore, so does God's relationship with the people

Which is a cop out.

Also I may have said earlier that Jesus completely changed the law. If i said that, I was wrong. Jesus came to update it and make sure it stayed fresh. Change interpretation of it rather then abolish it.

Again, this is a cop out. First, jesus didn't show up. He's a myth that was fabricated circa 70 ce to "re-judify" Judea. He was an attempt to update some of the idiotic laws the Jews had been using. You see, like the Muslims that would come later, the Jews used religion to keep the peace / as a body of laws. They couldn't just say "don't do that". They had to say moronic nonesnes like, "That thing offends god." Today, modern apologists try to reconcile all this nonsense. All those stupid laws. All those "do this and god shall smite thee"'s. All that brainless garbage. Is it any wonder the christ mythers of the first century wanted rid of it?

We don't "pick and choose" at all. We find the spirit.

Of course you pick and choose. That's all you Christians do. You pick and choose which laws from the OT are relevant. You pick and choose how you interpret Jesus' words. You pick and choose which gospel stories to believe. You pick and choose so much that you don't even realize you're doing it.