The Bible

[athoughtfulman]

Therefore looking at the Bible as a non Christian isn't valid. Sure you can play games and think you have inconsistencies, but you miss the very obvious central point in doing so (stated above).

That makes no sense. If it is invalid for a non-christian to look at the bible, we might as well cease all investigations into it. If your god is actually real, and big, and powerful, then you should have not one problem with anyone looking into the bible, because your god will still be real.

It is definitely valid for an atheist to look at the bible and to say it's not makes it seem like your hiding something.

As for the 'very obvious central point', that is simply not what the majority of christians believe. You are in a minority group of 'christians' Frodo, and a number of your beliefs are not mainstream christianity.

However, if you will assert that I miss the very obvious central point, which is (I'm guessing) that the bible is a strong record on the subject of god. As for it being accurate, no one knows for certain, because no one has seen god. And if it is only a record, and not inspired, then that would mean that we should evaluate everything it says for it's worth to us in this world. What decides what we take from the bible as fact and what we take as fiction?

I don't think the bible has consistencies, I am open to the idea. If there is evidence that I can find then I will think the bible has consistencies.

I'm not playing games Frodo, and everyone else knows it. Stop dodging questions.