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The Bible. All or nothing?

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The Bible. All or nothing?
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RE: The Bible. All or nothing?
January 12, 2014 at 4:19 pm
(January 12, 2014 at 4:00 pm)Jacob(smooth) Wrote: There have been a few threads in the last few week along the lines of "Christians! Explain [weirdbiblestory]like the one about bears[/weirdbiblestory]"

I very rarely can. But that got me to thinking. Why do we (and by we I mean Christians) assume that ALL the bible is accurate*. I mean the bible says that its all accurate, but that might be one of the bits which isn't.

I have no time for the semantic and interpretive gymnastics which people go through to make the weird bits of the bible fit with modern morality. But why should it follow that just because SOME of the Bible is Fubar (and I agree that it is) that the whole shooting match is equally absurd?

I'm sorry Jake, but I can't help you with this. Because it was this train of thought that let me to eventually become an atheist..
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

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The Bible. All or nothing? - by Jacob(smooth) - January 12, 2014 at 4:00 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by truthBtold - January 12, 2014 at 4:16 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by Jacob(smooth) - January 12, 2014 at 4:19 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by Kayenneh - January 12, 2014 at 4:19 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by Kayenneh - January 12, 2014 at 4:20 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by truthBtold - January 12, 2014 at 4:51 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - January 12, 2014 at 4:24 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by truthBtold - January 12, 2014 at 5:04 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by Avodaiah - January 12, 2014 at 4:35 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by Jacob(smooth) - January 12, 2014 at 4:38 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by Avodaiah - January 12, 2014 at 4:44 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by Jackalope - January 12, 2014 at 5:13 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by Kayenneh - January 12, 2014 at 5:03 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by Ryantology - January 12, 2014 at 5:17 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by Chad32 - January 12, 2014 at 5:34 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by Avodaiah - January 12, 2014 at 5:51 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by Kayenneh - January 12, 2014 at 5:20 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by Chad32 - January 12, 2014 at 5:54 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by Raven - January 12, 2014 at 6:10 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by Jacob(smooth) - January 12, 2014 at 6:27 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by FreeTony - January 12, 2014 at 6:59 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by Jacob(smooth) - January 14, 2014 at 10:33 am
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by pocaracas - January 12, 2014 at 7:53 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by Chad32 - January 12, 2014 at 8:07 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by pineapplebunnybounce - January 12, 2014 at 8:25 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by Bob Kelso - January 13, 2014 at 12:20 am
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by Chad32 - January 13, 2014 at 12:31 am
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by Angrboda - January 13, 2014 at 2:26 am
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by FreeTony - January 13, 2014 at 6:36 am
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by Minimalist - January 14, 2014 at 12:23 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by Esquilax - January 14, 2014 at 1:46 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by max-greece - January 14, 2014 at 2:02 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by Jacob(smooth) - January 14, 2014 at 2:05 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by Chad32 - January 14, 2014 at 3:30 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by Mr Greene - January 14, 2014 at 2:24 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by pineapplebunnybounce - January 14, 2014 at 9:02 pm
RE: The Bible. All or nothing? - by Aractus - January 15, 2014 at 3:09 am

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