Religious beliefs?

Question

Are the first 5 books of the old testament literal. Or a collection of stories from various sources by one group of many groups of semitic people who have always lived in ancient Canaan to seperate themselves, explain their orgins, culture and history in the context of their time, has they fought off other groups for land and water?

Answer 1

All religious books, not just the first 5 of a particular religion are fantasy. Religion is just man-made nonsense.

Imagine you’ve just been launched into space, you look back and watch the Earth through a rush of clouds turn into a beautiful blue green and white coloured ball. Seems so peaceful, how could such an inspiring serene picture be home to so many violent selfish greedy human residents.

The hours pass and Earth turns into an ever reducing multi-coloured little marble, and all around is darkness pitted with twinkling white stars. You strain your eyes and watch Earth disappear into a barely visible flicker of light, and still all around is just darkness pitted with twinkling stars.

You fall asleep and when you awaken everything looks the same. Darkness scattered with distant stars. You’re lost, you have no idea where Earth is, up down, left right, Earth has gone for good. Everything is just darkness and stars in every direction you look.

Now ask yourself, do you really believe that violent life on some planet that you’ve no idea where it is, has the answer to everything around you.

Answer 2

"a collection of stories from various sources by one group of many groups of semitic people who have always lived in ancient Canaan to seperate themselves, explain their orgins, culture and history in the context of their time, has they fought off other groups for land and water"

You answered yourself.

Answer 3

Do you really have to ask that? That an 800 year old man hears voices from a burning bush. Or that a 600 year old man can make the worlds largest boat out of only wood? Or that any kind of god would need to kill every living being on the planet. Get a grip.

Answer 4

http://poptop.hypermart.net/biblebks.html This site may help.http://www.holybible.com/resources/KJV_DFND/summary.htm I think you will find if you study history that the ability to write and record the information was established. The Israeli people occupied the land of Israel for many years before Palestine was ever originated. http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/aimap.html Check this map out it will show you ancient Israel.It will show that Israel was a much larger country than it is today.http://www.mideastweb.org/misrael.htm You will see on this map the amount of land that Palestine wants to occupy.

Answer 5

All of the religious writing are false, why because god would not have created such an evil world and man has never changed he has suppresses his animistic ways but one only need to view they television once a day to see man behavior has remained consistent with what is written in all of history. Why because they feel the need to be the dominate animal even if it means being cruel. man is no mystery just another dumb animal

Answer 6

A bunch of stories that they told each other around the campfires then someone decided to write it all down, not knowing that it would be turned into brain rot by the people of the future.

Answer 7

They appear to be a collection of stories from various sources, all believing they were inspired by an anthropomorphic god.

Answer 8

The latter. Their literal truth would contradict all the data of cosmology, and I'll take my senses and my reason over an ancient text any day.

Answer 9

2 Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness,
3:17 that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work.