how many of you believe that the documentary in the bible has been modified by power-crazy priests to maintain the dominion of the church? If you believe it has, do you still believe in Jesus' divinity? What is the biggest gap you see between Jesus' teaching and the bible's commentary?
2006-08-19 07:34:44 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The bible has been modified by power-crazy priests to maintain the dominion of the church, and of course it's followers, and I have NEVER deemed Yeshua/ Jesus to be divine, because he wasn't divine. He was just an ordinary HUMAN, just another average joe.
2006-08-19 07:48:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't particularly buy into the notion that the bible has been modified -- at least not recently. It almost certainly was, however, before it was reduced to writing, an anybody who has ever played "Telephone" would understand very well. Authenticity, however, is not the appropriate test, if you wish to perform a test: nonsense is nonsense, no matter how authentic it may be. The appropriate test is, how well does it square with the facts as we now know them? Here, the answer is clear: not well at all: there are all sorts of events related there that would violate the laws of physics. Furthermore, it has dozens of internal contradictions (See Burr, W. H.: Self-Contradictions of the Bible, available through Amazon) for an amusing list of examples. As for Jesus' divinity, once you throw out the bible's tainted evidence, there is no longer any reason to believe in it.
2006-08-19 07:46:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Catholic church didn't believe in Jesus's divinity for a long time, then changed their stance.
The divinity issue is what clouds catholocism. If you truly believe God incarnate walked on earth and preached this and that, then you'd HAVE to believe whatever was said, and maybe even the church he "founded". The problem there is that you think everyone
else is stupid for not believing in christ.
If you think Jesus was just some guy, like you or I, and philosophised great ideas about love and forgiveness, you could internalize those preachings and apply them to your life without getting caught up in the unprovable "divine" part.
2006-08-19 07:43:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus in his early life claimed he was born as messenger of God, he later claimed that he was son of God and finally declared My Father and I are one. At that moment he was divine
The bible really has some good teachings. However, you do have a point that todays christians would be the most gullible lot if they were to take it word for word without subjecting to the teachings with thir conscience.
Biggest gap and disappointment between Jesus and the bible - Todays evangelists achieve their ends by invoking fear in people rather than thru love and compassion which would have been Christ's way. Satan's hand, fear of Hell, Forced Evangelism, Degrading humans to believing they are sinners etc. all are a means of self-disrespect both to humans and to the creator.
The bible claims man was created in the image of God. The same bible claims man to be a sinner. Contradictions a plenty, only seems to point to Man having played his part in modifying the true word to achieve his selfish ends.
2006-08-19 08:39:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is no conflict.The Vatican has tried to change the Bible but did not succeed.It is however succeeding in leading most people astray.Even non catholics are fooled into going to church on Sunday instead of on the Sabbath.For that we will all be chastised when Jesus comes again.
2006-08-19 07:44:43 · answer #5 · answered by Snowey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seeing as the only document that even mentions the person commonly called Jesus (in hebrew/old aramaic his name would have been Yeshua ben Yoseph - it was helenized and then romanized) is the bible, if the bible is not accurate, then his divinity is in question, as is his existence.
2006-08-19 07:43:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The bible is just poorly written fiction, and Yeshua Ben Yosef was the son of any god, you notice his name isn't Yeshua Ben Yehovah.
The guy was as divine as Jim Jones, or David Keresh. To me Christianity is the wolrld's biggest CULT.
2006-08-19 08:14:05 · answer #7 · answered by Ravenwolf_mn 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
do the words "the son of god" literally mean the son of god. I don't think so. I don't believe much in the authenticity of the bible or Jesus's divinity.
2006-08-19 07:51:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Two completely different things.
The bible is a ruse, a fallacy.
No. I don't believe Jesus' divinity. He was a carpenter, plain and simple.
2006-08-19 08:00:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are theologists and Bible teachers that know what has been mistranslated/transliterated and you can find out what those things are, but that does not make the Bible bogus. If you use a Strongs Concordance, you can break back the words translation yourself.
2006-08-19 07:42:19 · answer #10 · answered by MadforMAC 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋