If the Bible is the perfect book written by God, then why did Jesus come back and denounce it?

Question

So much of the Old Testament is hypocritical, racist, sexist, and useless today! If it was perfect the first time, then why did Jesus come back and tell everyone to throw out the old laws?

Why, in other words, is the Bible so useless? Why does the author of the Bible, who is supposed to be God, who is supposed to be all-knowing, know so little? Why is the knowledge of the author limited to the knowledge of the primitive men who wrote the book?

But if you think about the Bible as being a book written by primitive men like you would find in the remote regions of Afghanistan today, it makes complete sense.

Then why do we eat shellfish? Why don't we stone our children that misbehave, or stone the adulterers? Why don't we keep slaves still?

Answer 1

Now I think I know why you have thoughts like these.

Your interpretation is ERRONEOUS.

Firstly, the Bible is not WRITTEN by God. It was WRITTEN by people who saw the accounts of events and miracles that happened.

And because GOD is indeed ALL-SO-KNOWING, only HE knows exactly why you think and act that way. And He will have the best solution for you.

Answer 2

Yes Jesus fulfilled the law. He was foretold and prophesied about in the Old Testament, a lot of the prophecies are not immediately clear but careful study reveals that they can only be about Jesus.
The law was there to 'lead us to Christ'. The New Testament follows on from the Old, It is the sequel if you like, but its continuity and progressive revelation can only be understood as a result of open-minded and diligent study.
Yes it was written by men, over 40 different authors in total, which makes for a suprisingly consistent read considering that the authors came from all walks of life and different eras - all the more reason to believe that the authors were in fact inspired by God, and weren't writing down their own ideas. If they had wouldn't they have differed an awful lot?
So yes it makes complete sense.

Answer 3

in accordance to the Trinity doctrine, Jesus is God, yet a separate guy or woman from the father. The doctrine teaches that there are 3 separate persons -- the father, The Son and The Holy Spirit -- who all contain one God. If this coaching is genuine, there should not be any scripture interior the Bible that portrays Jesus as an entity separate and different from God -- separate and different from the father, specific; yet no longer separate and different from God. by utilising way of assessment, observe that there isn't any scripture interior the Bible that portrays the father as a separate and different entity from God. it would be fully ridiculous, puzzling, pointless and contradictory for the Bible to persistently consult with Jesus as an entity separate and different from God, if Jesus is God. however the scriptures you quoted do exactly that. back and back they talk of Jesus being on the acceptable hand of, no longer the father, yet God, as a result contradicting the Trinity doctrine. because of the fact the Bible is God's be responsive to certainty, the certainty that it so often contradicts the Trinity doctrine can propose purely one element -- the Trinity doctrine is fake. (John 17:17) i think -- because of the fact i've got self belief maximum individuals have a minimum of a modicum of intelligence -- that deep down, many Trinitarians comprehend that the doctrine is fake. yet delight and/or a desire to slot in with the 'Christian' crowd compels them to play alongside, pretending or convincing themselves that they have self belief it. Many are as a bring about a state of denial approximately this falsehood. in simple terms look at how they answer the question. Many won't even handle the specific subject you have raised, head on -- because of the fact they are able to't. Their purely decision is to forget approximately it and quote different so noted as 'data texts'. it is not because of the fact they lack intelligence. it is by the fact there isn't any credible and passable argument to disprove what the Bible -- God's authoritative be responsive to certainty -- very blatantly shows.

Answer 4

I think another way of putting your question is:

"Why did God denounce what he created by introducing Jesus to fix it?"

In the Bible God changed his mind and even "repented" that he had created man before killing them in the flood...its there in the scriptures.

An omniscient (all knowing) God creating an imperfect world is a contradiction.

Free-will probably the most commonly used cop-out I read in here! Check this out from: http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/niclas_berggren/theodicy.html

The Bible informs us that man does not, in fact, have free will, since he is born with a sinful nature (the doctrine of original sin) such that he cannot avoid sinning. Hence, God - who decided that two persons' wrong choice would cause every human being to be born sinful - is blameworthy for this evil-prone nature of man - and, ultimately, then, for all evil.

Answer 5

so the world was younger when the old testament was written. God gave people free will. after he created humankind, he 'left them to their own devices' so to speak, but when he saw in the time of Moses that people all lived according to their own ideas of whats wrong and right, he instructed Moses to lay down guidelines by which to live. i.e the 10 commandments. other guidelines on life followed later. God instructed prophets to write according to their own lives, they were human, God was not, God came down in human form when he sent Jesus. he became an incarnate form of himself because he wanted to offer humankind a different form of reconciliation. There are points in the Bible where prophets had to plead with God to not destroy whole cities because of their corruption, and he said for the sake of one good innocent, he would hold back, and he did. on some he did not, like Sodom and Gomorrah. when Jesus came, he gave the beatitudes which tells us how to BE. The AUTHORS for there are several, it doesnt take rocket science to see that if you apply a bit of thought (which you clearly dont seem to be doing) wrote by using their own life experiences. If u note about the old testament its more a diary and a witnessing of what it is to be a follower of the Faith. in the new testament, Jesus comes and enriches the word with His salvation and further guidelines.

Answer 6

The Old Testament is written before the law of Grace. Before Jesus died for our sins. Jesus did not say he was taking away God's law he was adding to it.
I don't see the Bible as being written the way you do.

Answer 7

You don't understand the message Jesus gave us, so you make up a silly theory that He denounced the old testament? Very imaginative, but unfortunately, most of us do understand the bible, so just more wasted time. He came to fulfill the law, not abolish it.

Answer 8

Atheist4Choice,
"why did Jesus come back and tell everyone to throw out the old laws?"
He didn't.

Romans 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

He fulfilled it. If Atheists are so smart, why can't they get that little easy simple thing?

Answer 9

Jesus didn't denounce any of the Old Testement but to complete the Law and show mercy. Not one thing about the OT did Jesus claim to be wrong. The only reason it makes little sense to you is because you assume He "denounced" it, which He did not. That's your mistake, not God's nor the Bible's.

Answer 10

Things change. Over time old laws change. The reason we still keep reading the old testament is mainly out of example. Times change. While the laws may not apply to us the old testament still does. If you apply the stories to real life they really are useful.