Do atheists/agnostics ever...?

Question

do in depth study of biblical prophecy ?





or just write it off like you say Christians do to evolution?
whos the real sheeple here ?









resurrect reagan !

Answer 1

Atheists/Agnostics generally know more about the Bible than most Christians do. They tend to be schooled in the thoughts of many religions which is why they tend not to believe holy texts are the one and only "truth".

Spend some time actually looking into the views of others and you'll discover that religious people, from all breeds, haven't actually weighed the evidence and yet are convinced they know the truth and everyone else is doomed to purgatory. They tend to desperately cling to whatever version of mysticism they want to be true.

And about the evolution thing...Americas lack of scientific understanding is truly embarrassing.

Answer 2

I've never studied prophecy exclusively, but I did take a course in college where we covered the major religious texts of the world. The Bible, Koran, Torah, Tao Te Ching, and the Vedas.

Answer 3

I read the book as a christian and as a pagan. Even the "leaders" of the Catholic church told Deepak Choprah that " without christianity and the ten commandments... people wouldn't know how to rule themselves. Man needs something bigger than himself to control the masses."Or something like that. I believe that religion was invented by man, and the bible written by man to create a god in mans image to control the masses because man doesn't trust man. So.... put your faith in god and don't trust yourself and your fellow man. But trust this entity that you've never seen before, and you will be entitled to a happiness you don't understand...

Prophecy is good coming from the bible AND from people living NOW. Because synchronicity is more than just a coincidence. It's a universal truth.

"The Golden Rule" is real, and every religion teaches it, and it's what I live by. Karma... give and you shall receive... treat others the way you want them to treat you... etc...

Answer 4

Study prophecy? Maybe I'd put some time into it if the "prophecies" were less vague. Even Nostradamus has more specific detail. Might as well go pay $5 to get my fortune told.

Answer 5

Do you mean like how Israel is now controlled by the Jews. I think if a world power wants a prophecy to come true so badly and it is something as simple as migrating Jews to a nearly helpless land then no, it is not prophecy.

Answer 6

As I told the other fella who asked this question

I studied it for 30 years, read it from cover to cover and read enough explanatory books to start a library.

I would challenge you, or any beleiver to a quiz on the bible anywhere, anytime.

You in return must be part of a quiz on evolution to see how much of it you know.

Answer 7

Isaac Asimov read the Bible through and through, and wrote a book about it. He was an atheist. He was also very intelligent. If the Bible provided useful prophecies, then wouldn't he have become Christian?

Answer 8

Well since I go to University I have read much of the bible, more than many religious people have. However, in school we read it like you would read harry potter. It is just a text. I am not a blind atheist, I have my reasons for being one and am aware of both sides of the religious debate.

Answer 9

Yes I have. You see Ferrel Till on the Skeptical review Online

Have you read "The Cambridge History of the Bible"?

Answer 10

A lost tribe without ken of god and bible do practice hope and despair devoid of bible or custom. What comes to pass and yet to pass see patterns in the mind's eye where none exist. Where search of proof yet faith knows no bounds, on void decks come amock.