RE: question about the bible
June 26, 2011 at 12:29 am
(This post was last modified: June 26, 2011 at 1:19 am by liferocks.)
(June 25, 2011 at 9:22 pm)searchingforanswers Wrote: How could they all be wrong about the same god if their scriptures agree with one another and they never met?" Granted, I probably phrased that different than what he did but you should get the genral gist of his question. Basically, how could all the different biblicial authors be decieved in separate areas by the same "god"? To be honest, this question had me at a loss and I have been pondering it for quite some time. Now my question is do you as an atheist believe that the authors of the bible honestly believed they were divinely inspired by god? or were they liars? It has to been one or the other doesnt it?
(June 25, 2011 at 11:12 pm)searchingforanswers Wrote: Do you beileve the authors of the biblical books truly believed they were inspired by god? Why did they write the bible at all is my question. Did they truly believe this or were they writing down something they new to be false? That's the best way I can attempt to phrase my question I think.
Welcome searchingforanswers. I am a Christian, not an atheist, but I hope you don’t mind me providing my comment.
I also have heard that the bible was written over hundreds of years by, of course, many different authors. An important point is that basically all of these writers center around one common thread and that being the creation of the heavens and earth, man falling away from his creator and finally human redemption and our returning to our creator. The Bible was authored by God to bring mankind back to Him.
You ask if the bible is divinely inspired by God and I think it’s obvious how I, being a Christian, will answer your question but problem being if you ask 100 different people you are going to get 100 different answers to that. Seems like you are asking for opinions and that may be subject to many, many different answers, so instead I would rather like to leave you with something that I feel is more important and that is……
You ask, “It has to been one or the other doesn’t it? (divinely inspired or liars)”. You ask a very broad question that could lead into hours of discussion and debate so this is what is helping me to find answers. Questioning all things and then receiving answers is a good thing. So whether you question atheists, Christians, clergymen (word of warning, be cautious with that one), Buddhists, Muslim, ask and keep this in your heart that you want, above all things “The Truth”.
To this Here’s one final thought, do you know why Moses could never have been a good Christian?
Because he broke all 10 commandments.
NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE OR WHAT YOU BELIEVE, THE GREATEST GIFT TO MANKIND IS THE GIFT OF LIFE.
