When I am discussing something with one of my Christian friends, they pull out a passage from the Bible to convince me that they're right. However, I don't believe the Bible, so why do they use something which I find incredible and invalid to back up their claim? I don't believe in it, so why use it as evidence if I don't even think it's true?
2006-09-02 10:11:20 · 26 answers · asked by L. 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
By the way, I was once a deeply committed Christian. I know a fair bit about the Bible. I say now that I don't believe the Bible is true, but that doesn't mean I'm right. Maybe it is true. But the way I see it, it's not a good idea to use it as evidence if I don't even believe in it.
2006-09-02 10:21:42 · update #1
Because they think you should think it's correct, too.
They can't accept you're different.
- 16 yo Pagan
2006-09-02 10:13:49 · answer #1 · answered by Lady Myrkr 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they may not be aware of Josephus, a non christian writer, who wrote detailed numerous accounts about Jesus, that essentially, back up what the bible Say's.. Nor are they aware of Egyptian documentation, because modern archeology has kept translations secret. Nor do they point out the Acts of the Apostles,
Also backed up by secular sources.
There is more evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, then any other ancient event on earth....This evidence all measures up to and surpasses the rules of historical,evidence,
with documents dating closer to the original, with more copies of any other ancient document in history.
2006-09-02 10:24:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your Christian friends believe that the Bible is the Word of God. What would they hold higher in their belief system other than God Himself. To a Christian the Bible is our road map as to how to live our lives. Good Christians know their Bible and use it as a means of guiding not only their decisions but their behavior and every other aspect of their lives. You don't have to agree with the Bible, but you most understand the importance of the Bible to your Christian friends. I'm sure they are tolerant of your not believing. Are you tolerant of their beliefs?
2006-09-02 10:37:23 · answer #3 · answered by Rick D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Islam it states that it is in the nature of each and every human being to believe in God jus the same way a baby cries when it’s hungry.
Christianity is based upon the Bible and this is where they get their teachings from and so this is the place they also answer questions with. You shouldn’t be forced to follow any religion but you should seek the truth your self. In Islam it is a duty for all Muslims to seek knowledge and to spread the word of Islam around the world.
2006-09-02 10:22:04 · answer #4 · answered by Farhan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible is a collection of folk tales and myths written from 30 to 60 years after Christ's death. Not a convincing source of evidence.
2006-09-02 10:15:47 · answer #5 · answered by ElOsoBravo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just because you 'don't believe" something doesn't make that something invalid. If you think you can fly without the assistance of a machine of some sort, when you jump of the tall building to prove it, you will still fall straight down. What you believe is irrelevant unless you believe the truth. God bless!
John 14:6
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
2006-09-02 10:17:37 · answer #6 · answered by eefen 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it depends on what you are discussing. If it has to do with historical evidence, the Bible, for example, Luke and John are writing down what they have heard from eyewitnesses or have seen themselves.
Unfortunately many church leaders have taught people to take verses out of context. What the Bible does do, is put a stumbling block in your way, that in my opinion is a seriously big one to get past.
It has you make a decision about who Jesus really is. If you take all that he said and examine it, he either has to be off his rocker, or who he said he was.
2006-09-02 10:18:00 · answer #7 · answered by jeff m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because to them the Bible holds all the answers. Therefore, by their logic, it only makes sense to answer a Biblically oriented question with passages from the Bible.
I think, if you are looking for answers to Biblically answered questions, you need to ask someone who you know isn't a Bible Follower, and let them know you're not looking for a Biblical Answer, that way, you are more likely to get an answer that isn't Biblically Oriented.
2006-09-02 10:15:53 · answer #8 · answered by aht12086 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This could be a valid point, but you don't say what you are discussing.
Why are you asking them to justify their beliefs to you?
Why can't you all just be content with, "You think this way and I think that way."
The whole point of faith is that it cannot be proven. If it was science, then it wouldn't be faith.
So... asking somebody to prove what they believe is just as illogical as using your faith to prove what you believe.
Have you seen "Secondhand Lions"...? There is a wonderful speech in that movie. The elderly uncle says,
"Son... sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things worth believing IN."
2006-09-02 10:18:42 · answer #9 · answered by mia2kl2002 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The bible is credentials. In the same way a non-believe would quote H. clienton!
2006-09-02 14:16:21 · answer #10 · answered by Grandreal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bible is not evidence. On the whole it's contents cannot be confirmed or verified no matter how much anyone might suggest otherwise.
2006-09-02 10:20:27 · answer #11 · answered by Robin H 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋