(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.
Despite your lengthy reply, the only part of it that came close to addressing what I actually said in the OP was the parts about Biblical prophesies. Even if the prophesies are true, how does that prove that Paul's claims of divine revelation are true? How do we know that events with no witnesses happened? How do we know we can't trust Satan?
(October 18, 2014 at 12:31 am)Vivalarevolution Wrote: 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.
Two things:
1) If this were important, why did God wait so long to establish these rules?
2) What about rules that encourage bad things like slavery or killing rape victims if they don't scream for help?
(October 18, 2014 at 12:31 am)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.
Why wasn't the world ready in the first place? You'd think a wise, future-seeing God would know to set these ground rules up in human's infancy rather than wait until the situation gets really bad before stepping in to implement a very gradual fix.
(October 18, 2014 at 12:31 am)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
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.
Not all of the prophesies have come true. Do the wrong ones take away from the legitimacy of the Bible, or do only the good ones count? Why?
If the story of Adam and Eve aren't true, why did Almighty God allow it into the Bible to confuse people? Why not put in a "divine disclaimer" to remove all doubt?
(October 18, 2014 at 12:31 am)Vivalarevolution Wrote: It's sad how such rigid beliefs tend to alienate people from Christianity
Why does Almighty God set up the Bible to accommodate them?
