(June 5, 2011 at 5:51 pm)Rwandrall Wrote: This is basically an eternal argument of the religious: the Bible must be the word of God because it is SO PERFECT.
Without mentionning the idea of defining "perfection" and how it is often subjective when it comes to morals, how can they say that when there are so many interpretations of a book that is supposed to be "God's PERFECTLY clear book of PERFECT rules" ?
There are thousands upon thousands of sects in each of these major religions that all have different interpretations of it and kill each other over what THEY think God wants.
I just spent some time on a theist forum and protestants and catholics were basically condemning each other to Hell for small dogmatic differences like the role of Mary o.0
If the Bible/Quran is so perfect, why couldn't God make his will a tad more clear ? Most (if not all) modern Law systems are way better organized and expressed than this...not to mention fairer...
What makes these books so "perfect" ? Does the Bible even say anything about its own interpretation ?
I've always understood their claim ito be that it is perfect BECAUSE it is the word of god.
A man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
