The King James version of the Holly Bible is one of the most flexible documents ever compiled. It encompasses two polar opposite philosophies and two distinct though closely related religions. The Old Testament basically represents the traditional Jewish, hard line, conservative religion, an eye for an eye, while the New Testament represents Jesus’ liberal rebellion against the Jewish tradition, love thee neighbor as thee self—the reason for which he was put to death by the old guard. The Old Testament says to fear God; the New Testament says you should love God.

With such a wide rage of philosophies and dogmas from which to choose among in the Bible, folks can more or less cherry pick whatever version of Christianity that fits their own personal needs and still find many dozens of Bible verses to back up their theology, which of course leads to endless debates over who is the real and better Christian.

It is ironic, however, that those most fanatical about the only way of getting to heaven is through a belief in Jesus Christ are among those less likely to live a life based on Jesus’ liberal teachings—they being true believers of a hardline, fundamentalist, judgmental nature. Meaning of course that intensity of belief counts far more than content.

Personally I like that version of God as put forth by Jamie Turing in “God of Spinoza: What Kind of Egomaniac do you think I am?