(December 11, 2017 at 4:00 am)Starhunter Wrote:(December 10, 2017 at 4:29 pm)Bow Before Zeus Wrote: I read the NT 3 times and did my best to read the OT but I just couldn't get through all the begats. After several pages of begats I just had to tap out. But reading the NT several times was enough to see the bible for what it is: inconsistent, incoherent and incomplete babble.If you find inconsistencies etc, it is up to you to find out the truth that will prove perfect consistency.
Jesus said "If you continue in my word, you are my disciples." - Continue.
The objections that the reader comes up with are to be addressed and sorted out, it is only by thorough study and reasoning that the mind is fortified and the reader is rewarded with a deeper understanding of truth.
Strive to enter the narrow gate, for broad is the way to destruction. Few enter the narrow gate, the multitudes just meander down the easy road.
If you want to live in the new world and travel to other planets in the universe, and have power and never die, and have a permanent family with some of your faithful ancestors...study and prove the truth. The future is far too good to miss out on.
I have found the truth and consistency. It's called science. It can't be found in the babble. We know that.
It is science and medicine that has extended the lives of modern society. It is science that is sending us to other planets. It is science that expands the boundaries of what is possible. Not the babble, not religion. It is religion that holds us back.