RE: No such thing as a "true" Christian
April 21, 2011 at 9:01 pm
(This post was last modified: April 21, 2011 at 9:02 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
I find it fascinating that believers and skeptics alike can read books as contradictory as the Bible and the Qur'an,and claim to understand
what they 'really' mean.
There are hundreds of sects within those faiths,each sect claiming some unique transcendent truth. Adherents to different sects have been killing each other for centuries over differences in interpretation.
It seems clear to me that works called "revealed truths" are anything but clear and unambiguous. If they were,surely there would be little if any disagreement?
I think it can also be argued that a god giving instructions would be clear and precise. That the books are not is any another fairly strong indication they were written by a bunch of fairly ordinary,and sometimes deluded* blokes. They reflect their times. (I won't even start on the howlers about Science)
*EG In my opinion,the writers known as John of Patmos were either clinically insane or under the influence of some hallucinogen when they wrote The Book Of Revelations.
what they 'really' mean.
There are hundreds of sects within those faiths,each sect claiming some unique transcendent truth. Adherents to different sects have been killing each other for centuries over differences in interpretation.
It seems clear to me that works called "revealed truths" are anything but clear and unambiguous. If they were,surely there would be little if any disagreement?
I think it can also be argued that a god giving instructions would be clear and precise. That the books are not is any another fairly strong indication they were written by a bunch of fairly ordinary,and sometimes deluded* blokes. They reflect their times. (I won't even start on the howlers about Science)
*EG In my opinion,the writers known as John of Patmos were either clinically insane or under the influence of some hallucinogen when they wrote The Book Of Revelations.
