RE: How do you reconcile your god, the mass murderer?
December 11, 2017 at 4:00 am
(This post was last modified: December 11, 2017 at 4:40 am by Banned.)
(December 10, 2017 at 4:29 pm)Bow Before Zeus Wrote:If you find inconsistencies etc, it is up to you to find out the truth that will prove perfect consistency.(December 9, 2017 at 11:40 pm)Starhunter Wrote: That gives you all the more reason to study the Bible personally, to avoid the muddied waters of the world's religions.
I read the NT 3 times and did my best to read the OT but I just couldn't get through all the begats. After several pages of begats I just had to tap out. But reading the NT several times was enough to see the bible for what it is: inconsistent, incoherent and incomplete babble.
Jesus said "If you continue in my word, you are my disciples." - Continue.
The objections that the reader comes up with are to be addressed and sorted out, it is only by thorough study and reasoning that the mind is fortified and the reader is rewarded with a deeper understanding of truth.
Strive to enter the narrow gate, for broad is the way to destruction. Few enter the narrow gate, the multitudes just meander down the easy road.
If you want to live in the new world and travel to other planets in the universe, and have power and never die, and have a permanent family with some of your faithful ancestors...study and prove the truth. The future is far too good to miss out on.
(December 10, 2017 at 10:15 am)Khemikal Wrote:(December 9, 2017 at 11:40 pm)Starhunter Wrote: That gives you all the more reason to study the Bible personally, to avoid the muddied waters of the world's religions.
The bible is -part- of those "muddied waters'. You can't avoid them by wading around in them.
Yes, the Bible is the most abused and the most loved book, and it is not possible to read it without some difficulty at some time.
There is another aspect of the Bible, it is the medium or instrument provided by God, to speak to the mind. The pages are just words, and difficult passages, but if you connect with God through prayer, the difficult passages will be made plain to you, as evidence that you are being educated by the Spirit.
Just an academic approach, or any other attitude in reading, puts the reader in the position of getting it wrong, at the cost of their own salvation.
Because of this the Bible is called a double edged sword, it cuts both ways, it destroys the proud, and saves the humble.
Of course, they can do what they want now, without any indication that they have forfeited their future security.
And it is this lack of consequence that is seen by many as proof that there is no such thing as Divine Authority.
But the Bible is the Authority of God on earth, and it is obvious that it can be trashed quite easily, but if treasured, it provides the direct connection to heaven.
