I'm not "forcing" anyone to accept the Bible ~ just asking you to give it careful thought and consideration before wrongly dismissing it as fiction! . .
What leads you to believe that any of us did not?
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I'm not "forcing" anyone to accept the Bible ~ just asking you to give it careful thought and consideration before wrongly dismissing it as fiction! . .
The Bible presents a doctrine telling us how to live our lives, which I believe is such an act of misinterpretation of the divinity of the universe. We should find our own way, not all be mechanistic and follow some omnipotent deity which makes no sense whatsoever. The Bible is a mistake.
I find much of that doctrine to be appalling. I find it more appalling that people think I should follow it instead of my own sense of ethics and morality which appear to be head and shoulders above those described in the Bible. I for instance could care less what the Canaanites were doing as long as they weren't bothering me. I would prefer to spread goodness amongst my own people and slaughtering a bunch of sinners who occupy land I want doesn't sound like a good way to do that. I think I could edit the Bible taking the good parts and create a useful pamphlet for how to live a good life, but why sift through stuff like Lot's daughters getting him drunk so they could have sex with him to get to that stuff when I already know these things from other sources like common sense?
I point to this verse in the NT, it deals with certain atheist claims.
2 Peter 1:16
16 For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty
What makes you think we haven't? Of all the people in this thread, the one who seems to have given the Bible the least careful thought and consideration is you.I'm not "forcing" anyone to accept the Bible ~ just asking you to give it careful thought and consideration before wrongly dismissing it as fiction! . .
I'm not "forcing" anyone to accept the Bible ~ just asking you to give it careful thought and consideration before wrongly dismissing it as fiction! . .
As a former Southern Baptist Deacon and Youth Director, I can honestly say I have given the entire Bible careful thought and consideration before reasonably concluding that the vast majority was mythology.I'm not "forcing" anyone to accept the Bible ~ just asking you to give it careful thought and consideration before wrongly dismissing it as fiction! . .
That's because its the religious text of your choice.
I don't accept it as any of those things. Regardless of how it's packaged, I don't find it valuable apart from its usefulness as a window into an ancient world.Not quite, it can be understood as literal,spiritual,allegorical,metaphorical etc . . .
I have indeed given it careful thought, as I have with several other religious scriptures. I haven't accepted any of the scriptures I've read as a whole, although parts of them I have accepted as very useful and valuable. The Bible is not one of those texts; I reject nearly all of it as not being valuable (and in several ways, being harmful). There's probably 5% or so of the Bible I find to be valuable to a certain extent.I'm not "forcing" anyone to accept the Bible ~ just asking you to give it careful thought and consideration before wrongly dismissing it as fiction! . .
:clapAs a former Southern Baptist Deacon and Youth Director, I can honestly say I have given the entire Bible careful thought and consideration before reasonably concluding that the vast majority was mythology.
Accept it as what? I accept the original manuscripts from which it was compiled as being the inspired word of God. I accept it as being a reliable and valuable tool to help us understand who God is and what He expects of us. I do not accept it as a complete record of all of God's interactions with humanity and I do not accept it as letter-perfect, since man has also had a hand in transcribing and translating it (and we all know that man is not perfect).Do you accept the Bible? If not, explain why.
Do you accept the Bible? If not, explain why.
I'm assuming you've actually read the Koran, and not just repeating what someone has told you. Am I right? I haven't actually read it myself, but I'd like to sometime. I think that's the only way to really know what it has to say. Wouldn't you agree?Primarily, because the Koran gives a different account of the biblical/historical Jesus.
Well, I agree.I'm assuming you've actually read the Koran, and not just repeating what someone has told you. Am I right? I haven't actually read it myself, but I'd like to sometime. I think that's the only way to really know what it has to say. Wouldn't you agree?
But why should we? I could say that people should give Harry Potter "careful thought and consideration before wrongly dismissing it as fiction." Does that mean that Harry Potter deserves such consideration? Is there even a chance that it be a true story? It gives reasons why muggles wouldn't know about that world, after all.
Why should we think that the bible is worthy of such attention, but not any other fictional book in the library?
I'm not "forcing" anyone to accept the Bible ~ just asking you to give it careful thought and consideration before wrongly dismissing it as fiction! . .
I'm assuming you've actually read the Koran, and not just repeating what someone has told you. Am I right? I haven't actually read it myself, but I'd like to sometime. I think that's the only way to really know what it has to say. Wouldn't you agree?
No i don't. It's becauseDo you accept the Bible? If not, explain why.