Rajagopalanchandu
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Is the Bible God's Word?
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Is the Bible God's Word?
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Foxic
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It's man's word delusionally conveyed as divine interpretation.
Unveiled Artist
Veteran Member
leibowde84
Veteran Member
There isn't any verifiable evidence that it is. Or, at least, none has been presented by anyone.
metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
I have no reason to believe as such, plus it gets way too close to being idolatry, imo. It's obviously a great book that's inspired billions of people historically, but it certainly isn't the only book of morals.
Guy Threepwood
Mighty Pirate
The most popular, widely read and influential book in the history of humanity?
I'd say that is certainly consistent with a divine work!
WalterTrull
Godfella
"In the beginning is the word..." It is all the word of God.
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
If there is a God calling the Bible, with all of its innumerable flaws "God's Word" is nothing short of blasphemy.
Woberts
The Perfumed Seneschal
That seems like a cop-out.
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
I have to give him credit for being more honest than most believers.
syo
Well-Known Member
yes, and it was dictated by the Holy Spirit.
Aldrnari
Active Member
Or a demonstration of just how powerful perpetual forced conversions are (especially when it began through the global power of Rome)... I wonder how Christianity would have spread if it didn't threaten everyone who it came in contact with over the ages? Hell, even now people feel pressure from their families to stay in the faith, or else they risk being disowned (by more fundamental strains). As for conversion by the sword, that still goes on as well. I remember reading a while back about Christians in India who kidnapped and tried to convert Hindus...
I can't think of any religion that has spread through intimidation more than Christianity; not even Islam.
Why would an almighty powerful God choose a book to communicate to us?
He should have created Facebook and then blast us with false ads and news to better influence us.
I guess only God can answer your question logically.
Jeremiah Ames
Well-Known Member
Of course it is.
But it was only written to specific people. God, being omnipotent and all, has the ability to compose words in such a way that only certain people can get any meaning from them.
These people can understand it clearly and know it is directly from God, and also know that it was specifically written for their personal use.
The remainder cannot make sense of it.
Everything is God's word.
I'm not trying to speak for @sunrise123, but I do agree with him. I think that the Bible does contain the word of God. It also contains history ,poetry, philosophy etc.
Guy Threepwood
Mighty Pirate
Yet the one country with historically the most religious freedom, also became one of the most Christian, many fled religious oppression elsewhere for this freedom
in contrast the countries with the most atheism, USSR, North Korea, Communist China, required extreme totalitarian oppression of every other belief to achieve it ..
If you want to talk about the problems of politics getting involved in belief systems, as in the Catholic church or communism, we would have much to agree on, I think we can agree that freedom of religion and separation of church & state are good ideas?