Non believers....?

Question

have you ever studied the bible? What do you base your non-belief on?

Answer 1

If any of the above truly studied the Bible, none of them will call it disrespectful names, as a bag of crap, filled with garbage etc. They would have a little respect, at the very least agree to disagree and not call it names.

Many people around the world, including the Muslims still are looking into the Bible to understand it. Muhammad got his first wife to translate it to him, and he too wanted to learn more about it. It is vast, with so much to learn. I don't claim to know it all, but I would at least try to understand what I can, and never disrespect it, as I would not disrespect the Quran as some Muslims and non Muslims around her seems unaware they are doing just that to the Bible.

Thanks for reading this. Respect one another, if you don't like it, don't read it, just as simple as that.

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Answer 2

Indeed I have. Extensively. I'd venture that I know it better than 90% of "christians" here that quote it from time to time :)

I do not have either belief or non-belief (a term that legitimizes belief) -- I live a life based on reason and examination of evidence for or against a particular claim. The claim that there is a god is not supported by any evidence that is rational, repeatable, testable. That the bible is a "holy" book inspired by some "god" and contains "truth" is also not supported by any evidence -- in fact, the book contains a huge number of errors, is self-contradictory in hundreds of places, makes incorrect statments about history, geography, geology, biology, anthropology, cosmology, and numerous other fields of study, and has a dubious history that can't be trusted (oral transmission by wandering sheep herders for many years, all original written versions lost, translations done by people with ulterior motives, etc.).

It's an interesting book of myths and legends, with some reasonable ancient proverbs and a tiny bit of actual, verifiable history (a TINY bit). Other than that, nothing special. That's not a "belief," it's an evaluation of the evidence based on study of both the bible and historical non-biblical evidence.

Answer 3

I have studied the Bible, the Qur'an, and the Book of Mormon, among other things, and my non-belief is based on two things: errors in the writings, such that they cannot be relied upon, and the provable fact that belief in any religion is useless: no such belief can be used to make reliable predictions. I must emphasize that this is not just an opinion -- I have proved it to be a fact. And I prefer not to engage in useless activity.

Answer 4

I believe in God.

I don't believe in all the nutty religious guys who are pushing me to separate myself from all the other nutty religious guys.

I reject all of the neurotic psychological authority that creates all of the discord we find that responsible for so much tragedy.

My personal belief is summed up this way.

Live in the moment
Love and kindness to others
Pay Attention
God is Peace.

I also believe that there are many ways to realize God. Unlike most religious people, I see the prophets and sages as signposts pointing the way rather than destinations. But a good person is a good person irregardless of faith or lack thereof and has a place in heaven based on right actions in life and not adherence to a particular dogma.

Answer 5

I don't "base" my non-belief on anything. I simply don't believe in god(s). Since I was a kid, going to Sunday school and having to read the bible, listen to sermons, absolutely nothing about it grabbed me or interested me. In retrospect, I find nothing of intellectual value in the bible or religion in general and only a few bits and pieces of wisdom that are available from so many sources as basic life principles - no exclusive there. As a read, it is confused, contradictory, violent, sexist, racist and silly.

Answer 6

Yes. I have read the bible cover to cover. First - I don't believe in a literal interpretation of the bible. The stories are basically just stories that have moral lessons in them.

Second, some of the stories mirror the stories of older cultures/religions. So it's great to study the bible, but when you study human history, pre-Christian religion/theology etc... -- it really opens your eyes to how various religions formed. You can't ignore texts like The Papyri of Ani, the Corpus Hermeticum, and so on.

There are a LOT of reasons I turned from Christianity and moved on. Mostly a lot of unanswered questions like - What does God need us for? That's a question no Christian has sufficiantly and logically been able to answer for me.

Another reason amongst the myriad of others is that when I experienced *God* -- it was NOTHING like the Christian God. I realized that my experience and perception of God didn't mesh with Christianity's. God is not human. He does not have human attributes. We create Gods in our own image so we can better understand and relate to that which we do not understand.

Answer 7

Do you mean non believers in Chritianity?? Because I have my own belief. Yes, I have studied the bible both Biblically and Historically. It didn't hold water for me. I went in search of a religion that made more scientific sense and I found Wicca which agrees with every proven area of science.

Secondly, the God of the Bible is too judgmental, violent and hateful. He punishes people for the wrong reasons. I don't believe and omnipotent being would really care that much about our sexual habits.

All in all, I think religion is a good thing as long as it doesn't separate you too far from reason and adaptability. And as long as you aren't hurting anyone or trying to convert them to your belief I think religion is a personal thing that a person must come to on their own

Love and Light

Answer 8

People have studied the bible and many find it to be projections of our ego thought system. It's apparent, to many, that Jesus' message was radically changed (given the history of the gospels and the other existing interpretations of Jesus' message) and the most popular interpretation that told people what they wanted to hear was adopted (along with a bunch of theological letters to the early christian communities from Saul of Tarsus [Paul]). Jesus knew this would happen and tried to get some of his message across by speaking in parables -- the prodigal son parable's 'good son' shows exactly how our egos want god to be something that is in accordance with what WE think. We DEMAND that god be the way WE think he should be (which is why most people can't understand concepts like no hell, no sin, everyone making it into heaven, etc.). An evangelical pastor (Carlton Pearson) who was VERY popular recently said he was given a revelation that said there was no hell and his message of Love was greeted as heresy and with disdain. His popularity was no more and he now gives his message to only a few. Jesus did the same thing and they not only rejected and changed his message (which was incorporated as the gospels and the paulean letters), they also crucified him. So ... we see that this dynamic continues to this day. MOST of the people reading this will NOT like it and will either dismiss it or actively react negatively to it.

Answer 9

I base my non belief on the fact that I studied the bible the whole time I was growing up in a christian church and school.

Edit: And John S, you should get out of your church for a minute and meet some real people. Very few of my pagan and atheist friends did not start out being brain washed in the christian faith for years before they grew up. Please don't call me a liar, just because you haven't found out yet what a load of bollocks the bible is...

Answer 10

Yes i studied the bible for many years (about 5 years in all) and i base my non-belief on the fact that their is too much contradictory in this "infallible" book. And Jesus i am starting to think he never even existed, i think people just made him up.

Answer 11

The large amount of evidence against it, and lack of evidence supporting it?

What do you base your belief on?

The eleventh answer, by John S. is a prime example of a Christian who judges others not only without knowledge, but without critical thinking skills. Of course I've studied the Bible.

One will notice that the main difference between atheists and Christians are that atheists have actually read the Bible.