(October 11, 2012 at 6:05 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote:(October 11, 2012 at 3:14 pm)Godschild Wrote: ....The truth of scripture has never been disproved, all you want to do is focus on the history of scripture and they were never written for a historical account, they are a spiritual guide to a life that is better than anything you can imagine.
And that's why we should dismiss them. IF God existed and IF the bible were the word of God, we would expect the bible to be completely unlike the other writings and beliefs during time it was written! We should expect to find scientific truths in it that couldn't have been known back then, and truly unambiguous and verifiably old prophecies that have come true. We would expect absolutely NO contradictions at all in the bible. Eye witness accounts wouldn't have any contradictions between them!
The Bible, if really the word of God, would provide perfect answers to questions such as Why does God exist? Why did God create a world in which there's evil? How does one know what is real? What is the nature of knowledge? etc...
The Bible should have been a truly monumental work of science, history, and philosophy.
Leave it to you to leave out those who have a simple mind, God planned for all, even those who will reject Him.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
