Commandment(s) for Church Establishment

Hi Rex Not sure if I should post here or email.. My husband recently started listening to your podcast and had it on in the car and I caught an episode when you were discussing how pagan beliefs were incorporated into Christianity...this is always portrayed as some kind of negative when in reality the whole of Christianity is based on the conglomeration of previous religions, literature, and ideas. For instance the creation of man story, the snake & the apple, Noah's flood, these were all original stories in "The Epic of Gilgamesh" one of the earliest known literary works. The flood story is point by point identical. Jesus coming back from the dead is also a reoccurring theme in religions of the time. You seem very knowledgeable and open to discussion, have you read the book "The God Delusion" by Dawkins? It was eye-opening, still searching for the person who can answer the questions that book poses. So, I am wondering why you are a Christian and not a Buddhist or Agnostic? How do you justify many of the immoral teachings of the bible? I found your podcasts entertaining, especially the societal collapse one and discussing eating hamsters (LOL), good stuff. Keep up the good work!

Something that hasn't sounded right to me since I first heard the story, maybe you can help me out with this one. I'm not omni-anything but if I tell a kid he can play with anything he wants except for pushing that shiny red button on the wall while I go an mow the lawn, I have a good idea of what kind of motivation I'm generating inside his impressionable young mind. Knowing that, and not the future, or every cell inside the kid's body or some such absolute knowledge, why would I go and severely punish the lad knowing full well the most likely outcome of the exercise in advance?

Love your music man. When trying to buy songs it goes to a white page then times out. Look forward to meeting the crew in June at the Rex Seminar in ND. Keep on rocking in the free world brother.