What is the biggest reason anyone does not believe what the Bible says?

Question

People have a lot to say about Jesus and the like, but what would be the biggest argument that supports why you should not believe in the Bible (Jesus)?

Answer 1

the world is created in seven days, bla, bla

Answer 2

That there is predestination and, at the same time, that man has freewill. Basically this trying to combine two lines of thought, from separate schools of religious philosophy, that existed in Asia long before Christianity. Combining the two doesn't work. The Greek philosophers that put the New Testament together did a pretty good job in importing a lot of more advanced Asian ideas, principally Buddhist, into European religion, for example, that the basis of conduct should be love (love your neighbor as you love yourself) and that a person has a choice as to whether they act in this way. However, the authors of the New Testament do not seem to have been able to get away from the god thing and hence the almighty being that knows everything that is going to happen. Sad really, it seems a fundamental flaw in the religion. I have asked Christians about this many times and they always tell me that there is no contradiction and then attempt to show me that there is none. The problem is that what they say doesn't seem to make sense to me. I guess I'll have to go to hell.

If I'm allowed another reason, the idea of the virgin birth wasn't new in Christianity either. In the Ramayama, the Indian story written three or four hundred years before the beginning of the Christian Era, Prince Rama, the main character in the story, who eventually becomes King, is the earthly incarnation of the god Vishnu. Vishnu takes the form of man in order to defeat evil in the world. He conceived by his mother magically.

I could go on with more examples but I think you can see where I'm coming from.

Answer 3

Well, the biggest reason that I have a difficult time in believing in the Bible (Jesus) is that I was not raised a Christian. I was raised in a home with parents that suffered greatly as children (dad was a internment camp refugee and mom survived WWII Japan) and they believed that hard work and education were the only things in life. We didn't know a life with Christ and the Bible. Therefore, we had no belief in them either.

I believe that religion is very private and I cannot bring myself to study in Bible groups or with other people. As an adult, I have concluded that I am interested in knowing more about the Bible (Jesus). And, I have learned a lot from my in-laws (they are ministers) about Christianity and the Bible. But, my road to my faith is a life's work in progress.

Answer 4

Because I can read and think and reason.

Because I look farther than the boundaries set by religion.

Because I don't like what religion does to people and society. If God does exist He/She would certainly not be pleased by the discord and division that religion causes. Or the way in which leaders use it to control others.

Because I can see no goodness that comes from religion. . .any religion.

Because I know that morality is not a function of religion but rather a quality inherent in people of no religious belief as well as those who steep themselves in it.

Why do you think we should all believe as you do? Why do you think it is a failing to see the Bible differently than you do? The world is full of good and decent people who follow no religion. And there are also too many religious people who break the rules they say they are living by. A belief in the Bible as the word of God does not make me a better person.

Answer 5

Believing in the Bible and believing in Jesus are two very distinct things. The Bible, written from 30 to 60 A.D., strikes me as a collection of folk tales and mythology transcribed long after the alleged events and philosophical discussions.

Answer 6

There is no way the whole world was flooded and Noah brought 2 of every animal on his boat and then re-populated the world.
Also, in the bible, there is no mention of dinosaurs. If God created the world in 7 days and then there was Adam and Eve... where the heck do the dinosaurs come in?
And, would a kind and caring God make us all suffer because of the free will of Eve and her choice to eat an apple?
And if we are all God's children, why would he allow any of us to suffer? No loving parent would let their children suffer for even a minute.

Answer 7

The Bible was written by man, not God and men alas, are mere mortals. I personally am into Native American spiritualism and believe in the Great Spirit does this difference in cultural definition of Deity condemn me to hell for all time? As far as I know I'm headed for the happy hunting grounds and if it's not Heaven it's close enough for me Amen, over and out.

Answer 8

Believing in the Bible and believing in Jesus are two separate things. I believe very much the story of Jesus and I try to live out his example. However, the Bible was written by men, not God, and much of it contradicts itself and actually preaches hatred and violence.

Answer 9

Monkeys, monkeys, monkeys.....

They look (and sometimes act) too much like us to say that we were just "POOF" created.

Since that's the first thing that happens in the bible, everything else gets callled into question.

Plus, I think if it were easier to prove things in the bible, we wouldn't have so many problems that we have today. No one would seriously mess with Gods will if they were more certain of his existence and power.

Answer 10

Because it makes no sense. It's hard to believe something that sounds completely ridiculous, at least on my level of reality. Also, I don't think it explains everything. My heart just cries out, there has to be so much more than this!

Answer 11

Most people around the world follow the religion of their parents. That's it. Nothing else.

Then there is the 10% who hate their parents, and choose to change their religion to ANYTHING THEIR PARENTS ARE NOT.

Culture is the key to religious upbringing.