I have a 37" TV running windows 7, a core 5, 4GB RAM, and a high-end video card, and it plays with my native resolution of 1080P (though the software may actually be displaying 720P, I can't tell the difference). It runs perfectly smoothly, indistinguishable from cable (except its crisper). Maybe you should get an upgrade? This whole rig only cost me $800-$900 6 months ago, it would probably be $600 or so today.
That you should give away all your money.
Give all your money away to feed the poor was in response to one person asking Jesus what HE could do to be more holy. The man couldn't do it and walked away and Jesus said it was easier for a camel to go through an eye of a needle than a rich man go to heaven. That is not what he told his disciples to do nor was it something spoken about by any of the apostles as a command. However we are to care for the poor. (Matthew 21:19)
That you should hate your father and your mother.
Jesus does NOT teach we should hate our father and mother (Matthew 10:35). He actually condemns those who say they can't care for their elderly parent's because they have already promised it to god (Matthew 15:5). He does say he came to set father against son, etc. He is the "stumbling block which the builder's rejected". He causes division in our lives, but we are to live as loving and kind a life as possible, while at the same time being honest.
Pretty much the whole of the gospel message has been thoroughly rejected and rationalized away by the "church".
Gospel means good news. These things weren't the good news. They were part of it, they were in part written to show how hopeless of sinners we are. Jesus says in the sermon on the mount, "be perfect therefore as your father in heaven is perfect". He is presenting our need for a savior, which is who he is. Without him we are without hope. Anyway I'm one of those crazy Christians who has read the bible numerous times and the New Testament 25-30 times. It seems like you've read parts of it, but the things you said were really taken out of context and are not representative of the teachings of the scriptures. Also the Good news, aka Gospel, is that "While we were still sinner's Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8), and that if we "confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." Next time you want to say what the bible says, why not quote some verses, they are there to make it easier to reference things.
Except electric cars have the potential to last many times as long as a standard gasoline powered vehicle, also over the next 10 years gas prices will not stay at $3.
Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother. - Kahlil Gibran
