The Bible is an immoral bit of utter crap.

"While dismissing the Bible's commands..." The Bible can be split into two parts: history and morals. This is like my World Geography textbook; it has some parts about history and some parts about the world today. If a history book mentions that George Washington led an army to kill a bunch of soldiers, does that make the book immoral? No. The actions of the past are history; the Ten Commandments are moral. "1) I am the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not have no other gods before me. -- Religious intolerance is prohibited by the first amendment." He is talking to his own people; if you do not listen to God, you end up not obeying to the First Commandment in the first place, because you already chose not to listen to them. "2) Do not make unto thee any graven image. -- Drawing a picture of a horse should not condemn your great great grandchildren." I'm pretty sure that that was supposed to mean that you shouldn't give yourself a bad reputation. "3) Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. -- Freedom of speech." Again, he is commanding his own people about what to say. Either obey or disobey; you will pay the price in the end. And I quite literally mean you. "4) Remember thou keep the Sabbath Day. -- There are some blue laws, but such a widespread rule has been found unconstitutional." And God's people do keep the Sabbath Day when they go to church. It does not apply to non-Christians/Jews. "5) Honor thy Father and thy Mother. -- You can't murder unruly children. Also, what if your parents sexual abuse you?" Where does it say that you have to kill those who disobey? And if your parents sexually abuse you, report them. They then no longer deserve honor, if they do not treat their children with respect. "6) Thou shalt not kill. -- This is a rule in every culture even those long predating this rule. (See Hammurapi)." Irrelevant. It provides a moral for killing, whether it is an old rule or not. You also give no evidence for a culture that precedes this. "6) Thou shalt not kill. -- This is a rule in every culture even those long predating this rule. (See Hammurapi)." It is actually, "You must not murder." And this is still moral, even if it already exists. The more cultures that follow such a rule, the better. "7) Thou shalt not commit adultery. -- Killing adulterers sounds fun, but the Constitution prohibits all such laws." It doesn't say to kill adulterers; it just says not to become one. "8) Thou shalt not steal. -- This is a rule in every culture even those long predating this rule." Again, irrelevant. "9) Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. -- Accusing your neighbor of a crime is no longer that serious of a crime because we now view people as innocent until proven guilty." A witness stand is still pretty powerful, as people have been put on death row by witness. Also, just because we don't charge such a crime against it, doesn't mean you should do it. It is still a moral code that is very advisable. "10) Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife or goods. -- Thought crimes are not enforceable. Further, this is the core of capitalism. You need to covet your neighbor's goods. Also listed in the commandment are slaves. No coveting of slaves. Slaves fine, coveting bad!" That was a day when slavery was common; they continued to apply until slavery was abolished. Also, just because they are unenforceable, doesn't mean you should not obey them. "Which of these could actually be part of American Jurisprudence?..." It is only unconstitutional for the sake of those who do not practice Christianity or Judaism. Separation of church and state is mentioned nowhere in the Constitution; it only allows for the freedom of religion. America is a child of a Protestant movement in which people fled Europe to escape religious prosecution. The Enlightenment (http://en.wikipedia.org...) was still a movement towards inner religion, not a secular movement. ((http://en.wikipedia.org...) We still use many morals from the Bible. And why should I be the one to look up Europe in the Dark Ages? http://en.wikipedia.org... "Classical Antiquity, so long considered the 'dark' age for its lack of Christianity..." I thought you said that that was supposed to be a government WITH Christianity... "While I freely concede that the connection is silly, it's biblical! It's from the Sermon on the Mount..." All that says is that they both will have similar punishment. Murder seems as if it would give you more danger of the judgment than anger, as it is mentioned first and anger seems to be a new addition to the statement. "You were the one who defined them..." Well, I don't use the Urban Dictionary; I use Merriam-Webster. Your lack of any definition led me to need a definition; the easiest way to get the proper definition is to say so BEFORE I can misinterpret it. I didn't see any literal sense, either, but hey, that was to my advantage. "The Bible is littered with Kings with dozens of wives and murders, genocide, and slavery..." A World History book would be littered with governments that committed mass genocide, persecution, and corruption, but that does not make the book immoral. The Bible was written AFTER those events; look towards the end to see what the modern opinion was in those days. "No. I said nothing of the sort..." You are blasphemous, yes. However, just because a law is used in one culture, doesn't mean that it can't be a moral backbone in another; you still have yet to show me these cultures that you speak of. "The Bible is not very historical." You honestly expect me to watch 50 minutes of video that you claim to support your argument? I think that it's your job to cite the evidence you need from the video, give the time in which the fact was mentioned, and then allow me to attack your point. I'm tired of doing most of the dirty work for you. "Proverbs is a collection of proverbs taken from various cultures..." I think that some of them do have moral values. Additionally, you have admitted that Proverbs are wise, which means that the Bible contains wise sayings, which is enough to show that it is not worthless. "Judging by how many there are about beating the crap out of kids, I'm not too impressed..." I'm pretty sure the rod was supposed to be a metaphor for discipline. Ingersol agrees that the Proverbs are often wise, and are found everywhere, neither of which make it worthless. "They aren't moral statements or the foundations for real morality..." Is there a Proverb that says any of these things? You cannot dismiss them as crap for not addressing some subjects that you want; you already admitted that they are often wise, and wisdom is not crap. "Capitalism is a failure. How much resentment? How much displeasure? Are you seething?" Any resentment or displeasure is killed by your lack of sincerity. "The point is, I'm not offending it!..." To be offensive, a statement must cause either resentment or displeasure, which it indeed does. Thus, it is offending, which goes against your point. "Yes and yes." Any reason why? "Are you telling me to blame God, not the Bible?" Sometime in the distant past, God gave some Israelites some one-time instructions. He never said they were laws, because they were instructions. "Jesus says it will all apply until the end of days." But you have yet to prove that such statements were actual laws. "The ten commandments are the commands to kill sabbathbreakers, unruly children, adulterers, unbelievers, and those who covet (a thought crime). You're telling me to ignore the parts that tell you to kill people and rather look at the ten commandments! Those are those parts!" The Ten Commandments teach NOT to murder, and it does not say to kill the rule breakers, because they will already suffer on the Day of Judgment. Good day.