The Bible made me an Atheist.

[The_Truth]

Thanks for that story. I think the majority of atheists here who used to be Christians would agree that the Bible is a big reason why we deconverted.

Have you ever read the original bible? written in hebrew? The Holy Bible has been translated in so many different languages, I wouldn't be surprised if there are errors. You can't translate something in 50 different languages and cultures, and expect there to be no translation errors. Why do you think people in Israel are so committed to God and the Bible? Because they have the original manuscripts in the temples. Not a book that has been translated so many times, modern translators have mis-copied and mistranslated words from ancient times.

I had an atheist tell me; "Jesus said we must HATE our parents before we can become his disciple".

That is untrue. 1. Jesus lived by the law, and the law was, "Honor thy mother and father".

Jesus used the word "Si'nah" in Hebrew. Meaning, "to love lesser than".
(Not physical hatred towards someone)

Modern translators have translated the word "hate" into the bible. And that is clearly not the message Jesus was sending. Greek translators printed, "Miseo" in the N.T. Miseo in Greek means "to despise, or hate".

Modern man is too stupid to translate the words of God. Modern man translates the words they use in their time era to best fit the description in these verses... when they are clearly wrong.

God said, "I am a jealous God". "Jealousy" in ancient hebrew didn't have the same meaning as the jealousy we think of in modern english. Jealousy meant, "warmth" in hebrew.

Anyone with a normal thinking brain knows darn well what is going to happen when something is translated over and over and over within a 3000 year time period.

before you atheists tell me, "so, the word of God is not perfect afterall".

My rebuttal. Yes it is perfect. The original writtings are sacred and no errors are found.

Atheism didn't start to increase until the bible became translated over the centuries.