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[Salacious B. Crumb]

Thanks for actually answering, but then, I can turn that back to, why believe the bible? I feel I won’t get adequate answers though from previous conversations, because of the things in it that every human should disagree with. You know, the things like slavery, misogyny, and I’m sure you know the drill by now. Also, the 10 commandments should have, honor each other, instead of honor thy father and mother. So, it’s hard for me to accept those as authority, and hard for me to believe in the stories of the bible, and discredit all the other stories in other religions. It would be dishonest, because I have no reason to believe one over the other.

 The Bible is not a man made book/teachings, penned in man's hand yes but not man's teachings. What I said above really applies to those who want to know God or those who think they may want to find God.
 There are terrible things in the Bible, why, because though it's not a history book it is the history of man and his sinful desires that result in things not very pleasant. If a person doesn't start at the beginning of the Bible and see God as the loving God He is then one will manipulate the scriptures to suit their own desired beliefs. The Bible is like a fine tapestry, it's a woven work that has to be studied as a whole or it want make sense. Like a tapestry you pull out some of the threads and you will damage it, ie. it's meaning of truth. Just like the way you see the Ten commandments, you say they do not tell us to honor each other, I say you are pulling out threads to make an argument to reject them. I see them telling us to honor each other by, "You shall not murder." "You shall not commit adultery." "You shall not steal." "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor." "You shall not covet anything your neighbor has." How are these things not honoring others, it's written all over them, unless you blind yourself to this truth. There is so much more about how the scriptures fit, but that would take many pages and no one read them anyway so I'll stop here because I believe it answers most of your question. Maybe not to your satisfaction but, it's the truth.

GC

Yes, there are terrible things in the bible and…. guess what?!  God commands people to do those things! There’s one major reason not to believe in it.

If a person over the age of 10 starts at the beginning, without any pressure to actually believe in it, they would close the book by page 2. The book makes no sense in reality, how it exists today in the non-fiction section blows my mind.

If by fine tapestry, you mean evil, and filled with bullshit, ok, I’ll go with that.

No, I’m not pulling out threads, I read the book, you are the one pulling out the threads and creating your own book, in your own mind, to your liking. I hear many say the bible is the word of god, and you are meant to follow everything in it (it also says this in the bible). If i pick and choose certain verses from a book inspired by god, there shouldn’t be anything wrong in it, but clearly there is. Yes, those other commandments you mention are just fine, but I don’t believe in the whole thing, because of the other reasons that I mention, that you fail to absorb into your mind.

I’m not the one who is blind here, you have repeatedly shown yourself to be blind to everything bad in scripture. Either that, or you have to make some ridiculous excuse to how it doesn’t apply to you, or how I’m reading things out of context. I can see that there is good and evil (commanded by god) in it, YOU CAN’T.

And, yeah, you’re right, it isn’t to my satisfaction or does it fit my morality. And, if you think it’s the truth, you’re the one that has to be blind and immoral.