The Bible

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Frodo how is the New Testament a fulfillment of the Old Testament?First of all many of those texts in the O.T. that supposedly prophesy the coming of Christ are taken out of context and have nothing to do with Christ.Alot of the so called historical prophecies are believed to be written years after their so called fulfillment.

The flat Earth theory was propagated mostly by the Catholic church due to the many times in the O.T. where the Earth was believed to have 4 corners,which makes sense coming from a people whose knowledge of the then known world was limited.The church also propagated the theories of Earth centrism basing themselves on such unscientific gems as the following found in Joshua Ch:10 V:12 and 13.

12.Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.13.And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemy...........

I was thinking about this subject matter last night and had to ask myself why is it that the bible has endured and is considered the greatest book in all of literature to this day?And the answer came to me Frodo not in a revelation from God unfortunately, but through a process of logic.It is a known fact that vanity is in mans nature.Man wants to put himself above everything and all of creation so what better way to do this than to equating himself with an imaginary God? Genesis 1:27 illustrates this perfectly: "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them".


What they forget is that at the same time, this wonderful imaginary God that man created, also had regrets of having created man as illustrated so clearly in Genesis 6:7 "And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

Finally,the bible presents man with a false hope of eternal life hence defeating mans greatest fear, death itself in the person of Jesus Christ as shown in John 3:16 "16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life". And let us not forget that final stroke of genius by the followers of Christ and authors of the New Testament in Mark 13:32 and several other places in the N.T. "But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father". By not specifying a date for the return of Christ they left the door open for this belief to continue to be propagated for all of eternity until mans days on Earth are through.

So Frodo I suggest that before you go stating what the bible does and does not say I suggest that you read it first, and I don't mean the childrens version with the pretty little pictures.

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Frodo you made an interesting statement a post of two ago where you basically stated that the bible in your opinion is not literal.Then what is it?If metaphorical or allegorical and full of myths then what is the point?This makes Christ a mythical figure and his life story a mere fabrication.