1. You're as much a mudslinger as anyone around here.
2. Acting as if I know an awful lot about it? Well, if you're meaning the general principles, then yes, dear diamond, like most people I have a well rounded general understanding of the 'precepts'. I don't have to read it or attend church to know that. I just listen to people, and learn from what they say. People just like you, diamond.
Your examples listed after that are exactly what BVS alluded to, funnily enough. You absolutely cannot see how you present through the eyes of others, can you? The bible is exactly about being good and encouraging like in others. How do you read excerpts to these people on death row and not have a giant rock in your stomach? Do you actually do work with death row inmates or just LWPs? Your contrary actions and views astound me. I'm not expecting answers, though. I once tried in vain to get answers from another religious sort on here who had very similar views to you and got nowhere. I'm not interested in having verses repeated back to me. I want 'in your own words' replies. Your bible verses mean nothing to me. I can live a judgement free life (if I choose) without a book and a man on a cross to guide me. I can live a life of principles exactly like yours. I'm not judging you, diamond, I am questioning you. You reach different conclusions based on a collection of morals that seem to mirror mine, yet you support everything I do not and vice versa. Quote me verses again, however, and I will once more tell you take a long one.
This is not about ad nauseum religious excerpts.
