Hey Chad and welcome to AF! ^_^
I think you're gonna do fine here and perhaps join our small gang of likable theists that we have on board
Ah, but you see, that's the problem. If the Bible is the ultimate word of god, who gets the authority to go and interpret it? If the Bible is true at all, then either all of it is, or then nothing.
Though, I prefer gentle believers, who take the good parts and live according to them, than those who take everything seriously and e.g. beat their kids to a pulp when they "sin". Hell, even I think that the golden rule is one of the best philosophies in the world to live by.
I think you're gonna do fine here and perhaps join our small gang of likable theists that we have on board
(November 10, 2011 at 7:26 am)chadster1976 Wrote: I'm not sure the Bible is wholly abhorrent. How people choose to interpret it might be.
Ah, but you see, that's the problem. If the Bible is the ultimate word of god, who gets the authority to go and interpret it? If the Bible is true at all, then either all of it is, or then nothing.
Though, I prefer gentle believers, who take the good parts and live according to them, than those who take everything seriously and e.g. beat their kids to a pulp when they "sin". Hell, even I think that the golden rule is one of the best philosophies in the world to live by.
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura
