Leonhardt93 said:
Were living in a world in which we can build supercomputers, sattelites and whatnot, Do we honestly need an ancient book full of symbolism to tell us that killing is bad? Hell no...
Solomon said it best I think in his oft quoted Eclesiasties 1:9-10 "What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. Is there anything of which one can say, 'Look! This is something new'? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time."
As for the difference between Christianity and say Buddhism, is that Christianity, when defined by the words of Jesus himself (for a start Matthew 6-7), is humanly impossible. Dropping out of the cycle of Samsara is incredibly difficult, but with enough patience it is possible. What many people (including 'Christians') don't realize, is that God doesn't want good people only perfect people (and as we all know, NOBODY is perfect). It's kinda like going to your wedding with a pristine white suit and spilling red wine on the lapel, suddenly it doesn't matter how white the rest of your suit is, everybody's gonna be looking at that stain. But of course, that's just half the story of Christianity.
As for the Devil's number, I wouldn't worry about it. Whatever form it takes, it's going to blindside the world. Also, Antichrist isn't going to be Damion from The Omen, instead think Obama with a +10 Cloak of Charisma. (and no, I'm not suggesting that Obama is the antichrist, just that he'll be super likeable)
). There's a great Zen Buddhist parable about the identity of Heaven and Hell, but I'm feeling too lazy to recount it.
