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Is the Bible the inspired word of God?

Vadergirl123

Active Member
So in another thread I'm doing called Biblical Contradictions I'm having quite a few people post that they don't believe the bible is God's inspired word. If you do believe it is why? And if you don't please also give a reason as to why not.
 

Road Warrior

Seeking the middle path..
I believe all religious texts, and even secular ones like Aesop's Fables, are inspired by the Almighty. Flawed in some respects like sunlight shining through a dirty window because these inspirations are interpreted by man? Yes, but if comprehended as complete works, the divine wisdom can be seen.
 

Caladan

Agnostic Pantheist
So in another thread I'm doing called Biblical Contradictions I'm having quite a few people post that they don't believe the bible is God's inspired word. If you do believe it is why? And if you don't please also give a reason as to why not.
I'll avoid the term God here in general. To make my case I'll start by asking what do you believe about the inspirational qualities of the Tao Te Ching, the Upanishads, or the Bhagavad Gita?
Several religious texts are highly inspirational, or carry ideologically significant prose and literature. But that is entirely different from believing the creation stories or miracle stories are actually historical to the letter.
To give an illustration of this. The Bible may be fairly accurate about the Assyrian campaigns in the Levant, but it is most certainly not historical when it mentions the angel of the Lord killing Assyrian soldiers. Catch my drift?
There is much content which is human ideology, and there is no point in reading it at face value.
 

tumbleweed41

Resident Liberal Hippie
Common sense tells me that there is no revealed revelation of God.
Contradicting revelations given to a handful of men that are meant for the billions of humans that have lived in the last 5 to 6 thousand years?
One would hope that if God wanted to truly speak to all of humanity, he/she/it simply would.
 

outhouse

Atheistically
So in another thread I'm doing called Biblical Contradictions I'm having quite a few people post that they don't believe the bible is God's inspired word. If you do believe it is why? And if you don't please also give a reason as to why not.

the bible is a compilation, of poems, songs, legends, myths, parables, metaphors ect

ALL redacted at many different times to reflect the current culture using said book.


the product you use today has evolved and it always has mirrored the people writing it, not mirroring the god supposedly speaking in scribes ears.


god has evolved exactly as the people change
 

Road Warrior

Seeking the middle path..
Common sense tells me that there is no revealed revelation of God.
Contradicting revelations given to a handful of men that are meant for the billions of humans that have lived in the last 5 to 6 thousand years?
One would hope that if God wanted to truly speak to all of humanity, he/she/it simply would.

It's not the differences one should pay attention to, but the similarities.

Example: The Similarities in All Major World Religions - Yahoo! Voices - voices.yahoo.com
All religions encourage good behavior, or moral behavior. Morality is generally taken as per the general meaning of 'good', but, in some rarified other religions, 'bad' is taken as the 'right' morality. I won't comment. See this: In Judaism, see Leviticus 19:18 NIB. "What is hateful to you, do not do to your fellowman." In Christianity, see Luke 6:31 NIB. "Do to others as you would have them do to you." In Islam, see a hadith recorded by al-Bukhari, Sunnah: "No one of you is a believer until he desires for his brother that which he desires for himself." In Hinduism: Mahabharata 5,1517: "Do naught onto others what you would not have them do unto you." Buddhism's Udana-Varga 5,18: "Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful."
 

BobbyisStrange

The Adversary
Well, let us look at Jesus, if it is the inspired word of God and we take what Jesus did and the events of his life literally we have many parallels with beings that existed hundreds to thousands of years before Christ. I’ll just name 4.
Dionysus (he was worshipped from c. 1500—1100 BC) - Born of a virgin on December 25 as the Holy Child. He was placed in a manger. He was a traveling teacher who performed miracles. He “rode in a triumphal procession on an ***.” He was a sacred king killed and eaten in a Eucharistic ritual for fecundity and purification. Dionysus rose from the dead on March 25. He was the God of the Vine, and turned water into wine. He was called “King of Kings” and “God of Gods.” He was considered the “Only Begotten Son,” Savior,” “Redeemer,” “Sin Bearer,” Anointed One,” and the “Alpha and Omega.” He was identified with the Ram or Lamb. His sacrificial title of “Dendrites” or “Young Man of the Tree” intimates he was hung on a tree or crucified.
Zoroaster (estimated dates of his birth range from 6000 BC to 100 BCE) - was born of a virgin and “immaculate conception by a ray of divine reason.” He was baptized in a river. In his youth he astounded wise men with his wisdom. He was tempted in the wilderness by the devil. He began his ministry at age 30. Zoroaster baptized with water, fire and “holy wind.” He cast out demons and restored the sight to a blind man. He taught about heaven and hell, and revealed mysteries, including resurrection, judgment, salvation and the apocalypse. He had a sacred cup or grail. He was slain. His religion had a Eucharist. He was the “Word made flesh.” Zoroaster’s followers expected a “second coming” in the virgin-born Saoshynt or Savior, who is to come in 2341 AD and begin his ministry at age 30, ushering in a golden age.
Attis (Attis cults began around 1200 BCE) - was born on December 25 of the Virgin Nana. He was considered the savior who was slain for the salvation of mankind. His body as bread was eaten by his worshippers. He was both the Divine Son and the Father. On “Black Friday,” he was crucified on a tree, from which his holy blood ran down to redeem the earth. He descended into the underworld. After three days, Attis was resurrected.
Horus (3000-2500 BCE) - Born of a virgin, Isis. Only begotten son of the God Osiris. Birth heralded by the star Sirius, the morning star. Ancient Egyptians paraded a manger and child representing Horus through the streets at the time of the winter solstice (about DEC-21). In reality, he had no birth date; he was not a human. Death threat during infancy: Herut tried to have Horus murdered. Handling the threat: The God That tells Horus’ mother “Come, thou goddess Isis, hide thyself with thy child.” An angel tells Jesus’ father to: “Arise and take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt.” Break in life history: No data between ages of 12 & 30. Age at baptism: 30. Subsequent fate of the baptiser: Beheaded. Walked on water, cast out demons, healed the sick, restored sight to the blind. Some say he was crucified, others say not, but when he died he descended into Hell; resurrected after three days.
So the answer is no, the stories of Jesus are not inspired by God, they are inspired by other legends and myths that had existed for thousands of years.
 

sojourner

Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
The biblical texts are inspired -- but not infallible or without flaw and contradiction.
 

Super Universe

Defender of God
So in another thread I'm doing called Biblical Contradictions I'm having quite a few people post that they don't believe the bible is God's inspired word. If you do believe it is why? And if you don't please also give a reason as to why not.

There is revelation in the bible but much of it is human misunderstanding of revealed truth, some of the books were temple policy books and never meant to be taken as the "Word of God". When the bible says that those who violate the sabbath should be stoned to death, that's not from God, that's from ancient Rabbi's who wanted their belief's to be separate from other faiths and to be followed and respected by their own.

What people so often don't understand is that revelation rarely comes from a booming voice in the sky, it's almost entirely through dreams. No one wrote down the Adam and Eve story as it happened. It was revealed to someone thousands of years later who then wrote Genesis.
 

Me Myself

Back to my username
No God that fomments genocide and selling your daugther as slave can be a good source for morality.

Maybe a God did inspired the bible (probably many and different Gods), but I don't see those gods worthy of worship.
 

Vadergirl123

Active Member
I believe all religious texts, and even secular ones like Aesop's Fables, are inspired by the Almighty. Flawed in some respects like sunlight shining through a dirty window because these inspirations are interpreted by man? Yes, but if comprehended as complete works, the divine wisdom can be seen.
So then you believe that all texts claimed to be written by a god are inspired? Why? Do you not believe soem of them are made up?
 

Vadergirl123

Active Member
I'll avoid the term God here in general. To make my case I'll start by asking what do you believe about the inspirational qualities of the Tao Te Ching, the Upanishads, or the Bhagavad Gita?
Honestly, I know next to nothing about them.
To give an illustration of this. The Bible may be fairly accurate about the Assyrian campaigns in the Levant, but it is most certainly not historical when it mentions the angel of the Lord killing Assyrian soldiers. Catch my drift?
I see what you're saying but Why not?
 

Caladan

Agnostic Pantheist
So then you believe that all texts claimed to be written by a god are inspired? Why? Do you not believe soem of them are made up?
Don't you see the irony in your post?
Do you have a familiarity with other religious texts on the same level that you do with the Bible? and if not, on what basis do you exclude them? to begin with, what is your criteria for believing that the Bible is the inspired word of God?
 

Vadergirl123

Active Member
the bible is a compilation, of poems, songs, legends, myths, parables, metaphors ect
It does discuss MANY different things :) Although I don't believe it's stories are myths

the product you use today has evolved and it always has mirrored the people writing it, not mirroring the god supposedly speaking in scribes ears.
How so?


god has evolved exactly as the people change
How has God "evoloved?"
 

Vadergirl123

Active Member
Don't you see the irony in your post?
Do you have a familiarity with other religious texts on the same level that you do with the Bible?
Not really, should I? I mean I might read over them some day, but why should I treat them the same way I do the bible?
and if not, on what basis do you exclude them?
Why should I read them? Besides just as good literature...
to begin with, what is your criteria for believing that the Bible is the inspired word of God?
It doesn't contradict itself, is historically and scientifically accurate, predicts prophecies which have come to pass...
 
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