RE: Why do Christians trust the Bible?
October 18, 2014 at 3:39 am
(This post was last modified: October 18, 2014 at 3:40 am by Mystical.)
(October 18, 2014 at 12:31 am)Vivalarevolution Wrote: Well I'm not reading all 19 pages of replies but I will try to answer your question.
Maybe you should read some of those replies, friend. Even the ones on the very last page.

Quote:We do not think the bible is entirely true. (Atleast us non- protestants) Far from it. We believe that it just narrates through mythology and real events how man came to understand god and how mankinds behaviour evolved.
What on earth is a non protestant?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Non+protestants
Protestant:
Any western Christian who is not an adherent of a Catholic, Anglican, or Eastern church.
vivalarevolution Wrote:First the behavior was perfect, then it degraded to a level where telling humans the importance of loving your neighbour just wasn't understandable.
How could creation be perfect if it was corruptible? Also how could Adam and eve be punished for sinning, when they didn't know right from wrong?
vivalarevolution Wrote:(This was before Romans gathered to see lions eat prisoners)
In a world where Child sacrifice and the likes were prevalent, man had no sense to treat everyone with respect. The world was barbaric, and to keep a country (Israel) pure and alive till the messiah arrived, it was necessary for rules to be set up so that they wouldn't do anything wrong.]
Have.. Have you read those rules?? How do you account for the 6 or so quotes by Jesus himself, upholding OT law to the end of days?
vivalarevolution Wrote:When the world's morality improved and people were able to understand Jesus' teachings of love and compassion (still note that this was while Romans gathered to see lions eat prisoners) god sent Jesus to explain it all to them.
Jesus himself called for children to be killed by their own ilk. Seems pretty comparable to me.
Vivalarevolution Wrote:Apart from that there are numerous prophecies in the bible which foretell the coming of Jesus. The fall of Tyre is one. The exile of the 10 tribes is another (It happened over 200 years) Read Isaiah and Eziekel
*insert real archaeology here
Read it.
vivalarevolution Wrote:We don't believe in the Adam and eve thing and the talking donkey and all. They are just stories to explain the situation of man at that particular point of time.
It's sad how such rigid beliefs tend to alienate people from Christianity
Its sad when people who aren't even true Christians believe they are because they haven't even read their own Bible, and judge others who have read it, for their non belief.
If I were to create self aware beings knowing fully what they would do in their lifetimes, I sure wouldn't create a HELL for the majority of them to live in infinitely! That's not Love, that's sadistic. Therefore a truly loving god does not exist!
Dead wrong. The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.
I say again: No exceptions. Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it. As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.
Quote:The sin is against an infinite being (God) unforgiven infinitely, therefore the punishment is infinite.
Dead wrong. The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.
Quote:Some people deserve hell.
I say again: No exceptions. Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it. As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.
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