(June 16, 2015 at 2:20 am)robvalue Wrote: Precisely. You know something in the bible is wrong, so you assume the people writing it were wrong. Everyone does the same thing with the bible, which is why everyone gets different results. God somehow agrees with everybody, while they don't agree with each other.
With so much of the bible so massively wrong, how can you possibly trust any of it?
Christianity is defined by the New Testament and the teachings of Christ. As Christians we believe that when Jesus came He showed us the truer, more complete way. This isn't about "not believing in the bible." This is about being a Christian as opposed to being Jewish. As an example, the OT said "an eye for an eye"... Jesus specifically referred to that statement and told us the complete opposite. It isn't that "I *chose* the cherry pick the bible", it's that I am Christian and believe in the teachings of Christ even those that contradict the OT... which many of them do.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
