The Dead Sea Scrolls are the oldest manuscript ever found. I've seen them. They describe the origins of Christianity. Throughout my life I have turned to God and he has delivered. Therefore, I believe. You say some people cannot believe what they can't see. Well, can you see wind? No, but its there, right. It is foolish to worship other gods and just don't believe. Read the old testament. See how God's wrath came down on the Israelites. I don't want anyone to yield to Satan. We all should go to heaven.
2006-10-30 08:17:54 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I use the wind analogy all the time. Also, think about this:
Can you prove to someone that George Washington was the first president? No. You can read it, just like you can read the Bible. How do you know it's true? Because there were witnesses, just like witnesses who saw Jesus resurrected. People in this time can't "prove" anything in history. It's all faith.
2006-10-30 08:21:48 · answer #1 · answered by april_hwth 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why do you think something someone wrote is true simply because it's old? Is the science of the 13th century more accurate than the science of the 21st century simply because it's 800 years older? And BTW, the Dead Sea Scrolls are not the oldest texts; that's probably the Ugaritic texts. So why not become a Babylonian polytheist if the age of the texts is the clincher?
Perhaps God has delivered you. But there are billions of people whom God has not delivered from political oppression, poverty, disease, starvation, and disaster. Did they never call on God? Why should they believe? And when I see their plight, why should I believe? I live in ease not because of God but because I have the great good fortune to live in a free, prosperous country founded on Enlightenment principles of liberty.
I can't *see* wind, but I can experience it and examine its characteristics with various empirical methods, and draw conclusions about the phenomenon based on those observations. When I do the same about "God," I do not arrive at the divine image proclaimed by traditional religion. If anything, the exercise of observation and analysis makes me rather a naturalist or, at best, a pagan.
Whatever you may think, the application of careful observation and sober reasoning is not foolishness -- it's the only way to acquire genuine knowledge.
And if you threaten me with God's wrath, that is in itself evidence that you have no evidence for your claims.
2006-10-30 16:27:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, I am sympathetic to your intentions, but your facts are a bit scrambled. The Dead Sea Scrolls are not the oldest manuscripts and they have proved (so far) to have little if any impact on our understanding of either the New Testament or Old Testament manuscript families or the development of Church history or doctrine. While you may have seen a small portion of them, I would hazard a guess that your ability to translate them is comparable to my own.
2006-10-30 17:15:10 · answer #3 · answered by davidscottwoodruff 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dale Earnhardt used to claim that he could see the air coming off the spoiler of the car in front of him.
The old testament was written by cavemen, what the f**K did they know, they had to keep a campfire going 24/7 because they didn't even know how to start a fire.
Don't worry about other peoples souls, worry about your own.
2006-10-30 16:28:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just want to answer one point of your statement. You cannot directly see wind but you can positivly test for it and unambiguously see the effects of the wind. i'm not trying to get into a huge debate, just pointing out a flow in your logic in case you try to use it with someone else in the future.
2006-10-30 16:22:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Amen sister, Praise the God of Abraham Issac and Jacob.
2006-10-30 16:20:52 · answer #6 · answered by defenserocks41 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You say you can't see wind, but you can measure it. I am certain you cannot measure God. Please don't use the comparison of God and wind. It makes your logic flawed.
If the old testament is your only evidence, you need to find more proof.
2006-10-30 16:24:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Alas, dear child, wind can be measured. We have wind vanes, thermometers, barometers. We can feel it when it moves. We can see the effects of it and prove why those effects happen. Not so with deities.
2006-10-30 16:24:31 · answer #8 · answered by Zombie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes we need the Holy Trinity Amen
2006-10-30 16:22:55 · answer #9 · answered by jamnjims 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thomas did not beleive until he saw. But blessed are those who have not seen, but believed.
2006-10-30 16:46:02 · answer #10 · answered by Shane 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋