Satan
2006-06-12 17:31:09
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answer #1
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answered by bballsistaKT 3
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The simplest answer is that the book is not of God, it's created by humans, the Old Testament formed as we know it about 1000BC to explain their people's situation in life (exile) as far as they understood in relation to their myths (involving a covenant with God and a line of kings). The new testament came in the face of an apocalyptic tradition (people believing the end of the world was coming), which went on long before 100AD. These people were also trying to explain why their expectations were not met in life.
In actuality, there were many of these writings and when a church wanted to make worship and beliefs uniform across the major cities, it looked at all of them and declared which ones would be put in their canon (merely a list of books of importance, in this case, ones to go into the Bible). Simply put, this canon isn't agreed upon by all branches of religion, so some Bibles have books, called the apocryphal texts, that are allowed in their Bibles, not others. Humans have decided on the importance of their texts and there is no reason to believe any of it was revealed by God.
I don't dispute, however, that most of it is important as far as the history of a people, and the attitude of a religion, which at its core is moral and forgiving, things I believe God would want us to remember.
2006-06-13 00:45:45
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answer #2
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answered by kaya_riddle 2
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The Bible tells us not to have private intrepretations of it. Everyone has thier own opinion, and when they include this in the Bible, it causes divisions. Not everyone will agree on every little detail, because they will think of a different interpretation. The only way to get around this is just to love people with the love of God; love them no matter what.
2006-06-13 00:43:16
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answer #3
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answered by Lauren 2
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Man wrote and organized the books. The books, however, were inspired by God and wrote from what God had told the men. There are many books written from inspiration from God, some are included in the Bible, while some are not. The Bible is all books by man inspired by God, but it is a book put together by man.
2006-06-13 00:39:25
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answer #4
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answered by Speedy15 2
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Because the Bible (not bibal) is interpreted in many different ways and into many different languages.
2006-06-13 00:33:22
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answer #5
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answered by Anonymous
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All the books of the Bible were written by men. How then is god involved?
2006-06-13 00:42:56
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answer #6
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answered by lenny 7
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The Bible isn't the only book revealed by God. There are many many more.
2006-06-13 00:34:29
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answer #7
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answered by kingsroadbass@sbcglobal.net 2
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b/c that is just it. the bible isn't a book that is agreed upon. there are way to many different religions and beliefs for their to be just one book to encompass them all. hope that helped ;)
2006-06-13 00:35:08
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answer #8
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answered by chii368 2
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Because it's all a scam. Most people are afraid of living and afraid of dying so they grab onto fairy tales to make themselves feel better.
2006-06-13 00:34:33
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answer #9
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answered by parshooter 5
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each person will have his own interpretation if he will read it according to his own wisdom hence will form his own sect.
2006-06-13 00:32:48
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answer #10
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answered by Anonymous
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When you make fact from fiction, you can't count on consensus.
2006-06-13 00:34:05
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answer #11
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answered by Hillbillies are... 5
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