Thread: Thinking of reading the Bible....

Originally posted by Divinespark+--><div class='quotetop'>(Divinespark)</div>

Why would believing in God mean the same as fundamentalistically accepting the Bible as being literally true?

Because God seems to have had a passion, preference, hobby of writing it to be literally understood, literally interpreted an overwhelming percentage of the time and to be literally lived an overwhelming percentage of the time.

Personally, when I've taken it so, things have worked out much, much better in my life.

But, yeah, it can be very challenging and uncomfortable taking it so. It requires all that we give up all that we are and have to gain all that God is and has.

Originally posted by Divinespark@
[b]- the bible is the word of God (a circular reasoning)

It's a compilation of 66 books. That's more than sufficient divese witnesses to convict a murderer and sentence him to death. But, hey, I understand. We all like to rationalize doing our own thing and avoiding God's plans for us.

Also, The Bible is very experimentally verifiable. It's just that the Mentor, Supervisor of the experiment doesn't choose to conform to our notions and timing and our particular preferences for the presentation of the data. But He means what He says and rather faithfully backs it up over time--in His ways and His timing. Millions have found His Biblical Truths to be exceedingly literally reliable.

You Reap what you Sow is but one of many that you have already found literally true in your life, whether you have realized it yet, or not.

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[b]there are moral contradicitons: thou shalt not kill vs the genocide in Kanaan is one of them

The original meant You shall not MURDER. And, by definition, even in our society, we do not consider execution to be lawless murder or murder at all--except for some double-standard prone bleeding hearts.

In any case, God is The Boss. You got a problem with that? Take it up with The Boss. Sooner or later, you will learn--He REALLY IS THE BOSS. Everything else follows according to that.

EVERYthing else.

If you think religion should be something that knows more than science then you should try to study in many religions. Not only one that try to tell you to believe first, but learn from many and then consider which one explain it best without any threat if you don't believe, and fall into it.

Originally posted by Toniol
[b]If you think religion should be something that knows more than science then you should try to study in many religions. Not only one that try to tell you to believe first, but learn from many and then consider which one explain it best without any threat if you don't believe, and fall into it.

You obviously know very little to nothing about how many religions I've studied how extensively.

Actually, I've studied all the major ones plus a number of others at least moderately extensively. But it's been decades ago, mostly.

Your assumptions are showing again.

Toniol: Don't crucify the Christian because we chose Christianity. Not anymore than you should be crucified for your beliefs. I chose Christianity....as an adult....after having studied/spoken with members/and experienced other religions. THis is what I believe and not you or anyone else can change that fact nor change my mind.

Originally posted by Donna Lockwood
[b]Toniol: Don't crucify the Christian because we chose Christianity. Not anymore than you should be crucified for your beliefs. I chose Christianity....as an adult....after having studied/spoken with members/and experienced other religions. THis is what I believe and not you or anyone else can change that fact nor change my mind.

Preach it, Sister!

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