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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

Rubbish, the bible is clear, apostates should be killed, adulterers stoned, no tattoos. Christians haven't evolved, they have just chosen to not believe in vast parts of the bible, they have, in many cases without really any self awareness, lost faith in the bible, you cannot evolve around a belief that 'thou shalt not' is the word of god, either you believe or you don't, most Christians don't actually think that anymore in practise, even though they may delude themselves that they do, at best the fundys and Catholics like to cherry pick sins out of the bible they don't do and beat others over the head with them.

How many dumb ***** that go on about gays and quote Leviticus think that it's a sin to wear linen and wool together! a sin punishable by death as I recall.
That's the word of god, non negotiable.

Not everyone's faith demands that they take the bible as the literal word of God though. Religion evolves just like any ideology evolves. For example, someone who believes in government isn't necessarily abandoning their ideals if they support democratic principles instead of absolute monarchy. It just means that the commonly accepted principles of the community evolved. Religion is no different in that respect.