I learnt why Christians constantly fight over it. It's not coherent leading to all sorts of interpretations, and this leads to interminable disputes.
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If you have read the bible, what primary lesson did you learn?
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Buddha Dharma
Dharma Practitioner
Especially Leviticus and Numbers. Good gods- once in my life was enough! I'll never read those books again...
Skwim
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Unveiled Artist
Veteran Member
I read it twice! Don't ask me how or why for that matter.
Buddha Dharma
Dharma Practitioner
In my opinion, the following books contain the best content in the Bible in terms of higher thought and sentiment:
Proverbs 1
Ecclesiastes 1
Proverbs 1
Ecclesiastes 1
Phantasman
Well-Known Member
That it contains spiritual truth as well as spiritual ignorance, with God coming from two different ideologies.
Misunderstood
Active Member
Love and Respect.
Grandliseur
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Two primary rules are what I try to keep in mind from scripture:
- there is no wisdom in opposition to God
- wickedness shall not make a way out of a bad situation.
taykair
Active Member
I have read the Christian Bible several times in my life (including within the past few months, even though I left Christianity over 30 years ago). I have read it for different reasons at different periods of my life. When I was a young man, I read it for guidance and reassurance. Later, I read it in order to critique it and to find fault in it. Now I read it for its wisdom and its literary value. The lesson I have learned from the Bible - or, more properly, from my interactions with it - can be summed up with the following equation:
(Z + K) - W < 0
You may have Zeal and Knowledge but, if you lack Wisdom, then you have less than nothing.
You may have Zeal and Knowledge but, if you lack Wisdom, then you have less than nothing.
TheBannerofHomuraAkemi
Active Member
1. To love God even though he can be cruel and unfair.
2. God Loves me, but not in the human way, but in his own deity way.
3. That everyone sins and thats why he chose to die on the cross for us.
Serenity7855
Lambaster of the Angry Anti-Theists
That the Bible is unique to the person reading it, thus, different verse can have many interpretations.
Serenity7855
Lambaster of the Angry Anti-Theists
Good is perfect, therefore, it may seem like he is being cruel and unfair, however, if you could see what He sees you would see that He is a God of pure unconditional love
What is the difference between human love and love from deity?
Jesus Christ, the son of God, atoned for our sins, because He loves us, not God. That is why you must have faith in Christ before your sins are forgiven.
Liu
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Haven't read much of it, got bored already somewhere in Genesis I think when I set out to read it like 10 years ago. I have read many excerpts from several others of its books, but hardly any in full.
Therefore, not sure whether my reply is valid for the thread's question, but, the lesson I learned:
That it's a historical document that made sense at its time but much of which seems pretty useless now (I mean, who the hell needs to know the lines of descendents of some guys a couple thousand years ago that are not even historically correct unless we are to believe that people then really got 500 years old or something?), and that for much of the content one would need some annotations to understand the historical contexts or cultural background.
Therefore, not sure whether my reply is valid for the thread's question, but, the lesson I learned:
That it's a historical document that made sense at its time but much of which seems pretty useless now (I mean, who the hell needs to know the lines of descendents of some guys a couple thousand years ago that are not even historically correct unless we are to believe that people then really got 500 years old or something?), and that for much of the content one would need some annotations to understand the historical contexts or cultural background.
Augustus
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Eclesiastes is one of the best pieces of writing of all time.
It's content seems a bit out of place with some of the other stuff.
Buddha Dharma
Dharma Practitioner
Yes that's because as I understand it, according to even some Jewish scholars- Ecclesiastes may represent an extinct wisdom tradition within Judaism that was it's own distinct sect.
I learned that I couldn't take what was written as truth, given the inaccuracies and contradictions I encountered, and came to realize the reason there are so many differing traditions that hold it as their central authority is due to its ambiguity.
The main thing I took from it was a frame of reference to (hopefully) better understand and relate to the many Christians I find myself surrounded by.
TheBannerofHomuraAkemi
Active Member
Oh no him being Cruel and unfair isn't necessary a bad thing. When he is wrathful its because he has to be. Its how order is kept in the universe.
If a human loves me. It will possible waned over time. His love was and will always be the same for me.
Unless you believe Jesus and God to be the same being.