RE: Horrible things in the bible
October 11, 2014 at 3:30 pm
(This post was last modified: October 11, 2014 at 3:31 pm by Fidel_Castronaut.)
(October 11, 2014 at 12:37 pm)Retrolord Wrote: Okay so I was silently observing this thread for about a week now. The sacrifice of Jesus goes far beyond what you guys call scapegoating. My honest opinion- you don't want to immerse yourselves and find out more about it. You don't really want a priest ( yeah now some will make paedophilia jokes) or devout christian to explain it to you. I'm not pointing fingers or insulting anyone. It's just an observation
Anyway I returned because I wanted to suggest reading about biblical archaeology and how many places and people they have found. Again, not stating its true. Just sharing
biblical archeology? Many, many more misses than hits.
It's also a little patronising to say that we don't want a true Christian (such as yourself, no doubt) to explain it to us.
To be quite honest when a Christian explains the bible to us it tends to be from their perspective as a believer and not someone impartial. I tend to find people who don't believe in the 'truth' of the bible to be the best people at evaluating that truth. And I'm not talking about faith, I'm talking about historical accuracy and the truth behind the claims (which is all the bible is).