(March 1, 2017 at 3:49 pm)Drich Wrote:Quote:No god has ever told me to do anything, so your point is pointless.So.. you are saying you are not apart of Humanity? God left instruction directing all of Humanity to seek Him in a very specific way through the bible. Unless you are not apart of Humanity considered yourself told by an official messenger.
The thing is, Drich, that you cannot claim for certain that the bible (nor any other so-called holy book) is a set of instructions by god itself.
All we know is that some people wrote the books currently found in the Bible.
Even if those people were being honest when setting those words on paper, we cannot be certain that they were not being influenced by other people.... let alone be certain that they were being influenced by a god.
But we do know that many people write falsehoods... even if they are rooted in the desire to help others, that doesn't make them any less false.... even if they, at first glance, seem true.
One famous example of such falsehood is the Geocentric model for the Solar System. When it was adopted, it accounted for the motion of most celestial objects well enough... it was a well-intentioned mistake.
How can we make sure that a holy book is not such a mistake?
