ex: Noah and the flood and Adam and Eve seem so unreal and isn't it silly for some people to take the Bible SO seriously? I do believe in God and that he sacrificed Jesus but the rest just seems like such bogus. why should we depend on the bible so much? I'd rather just depend on my faith.
2006-11-26 15:59:05 · 21 answers · asked by mix 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
oh boy, this question is basically calling out the bible fanatics. you're in for at least 10 more answers with people quoting the bible
anyways here is my answer:
I am not an atheist but I believe that too much is being made of religion. To me there is a god, and it is necessary to pray and be thankful. That's basically it. When religions start going into the bible describing history and all these scripts and all that nonsense, I ask myself "what's the point" I don't mean to offend anyone, but I believe that religion has gone too far. It is simply believing in a supernatural being and acknowledging its presence
2006-11-26 16:04:28 · answer #1 · answered by JIMMY j 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The Bible is just an attempt to explain the world in a society that had almost no scientific knowledge. The Bible's time has passed when trying to compete with science ever since they lost their best argument(burning us at the stake).
When people start to realize that faith is not a way to gain knowledge, and that if faith is what it takes to make something true then that means all religions are true, then religion will fall by the wayside and be laughed at by future generations.
Try science..it is much more beautiful and awe inspiring than fairy tales.
http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/cosmic_evolution/docs/splash.html
2006-11-27 00:15:36 · answer #2 · answered by AiW 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the way to look at it is that the Bible is a gift from God. As the Apostle John wrote, Jn 20:31 "But these have been recorded to help you believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, so that through this faith you may have life in his name." No that God ony gives us good gifts. The Bible isn't the only thing that He gave us, He first gave us the Church, which is the Body of Christ. Sure, some of the stories seem to be a bit surreal, but that doesn't mean they are meaingless for us today. Go to the Body for understanding.
2006-11-27 00:07:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, I think the symbolic interpretations of the thing you've mentioned are more sane and logical than taking them literally...
The problem is, though that when does it stop being symbolic or allegorical and start being literal?
For example... there's a list of people, a geneaology, from Adam all the way to Jesus... from the one that resides in the symbolic creation story to the one that resides in the literal crucifixion story...
So at what point does that geneaology stop being symbolic and start being a literal geneaology?
If you don't depend on the Bible, what other than emotion can make you even believe in Jesus? There is no evidence historically of him at the time he was supposed to have lived. There is none at all as to his divinity unless you DO trust the Bible.
2006-11-27 00:07:49 · answer #4 · answered by Snark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I agree completely with you. I think there is a lot of "good stuff" about how to live your life in the Bible, but some of the stories violate the laws of physics, some are obviously meant to be symbolic only and some.....well some just show the violence and prejudice of the times. I will never understand why some people have to make something out of every single thing that is in there and why the Bible is the end-all and be-all. Did God decide to write us a book 2000 years ago then stop talking to us??
2006-11-27 00:03:48 · answer #5 · answered by clueless_nerd 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think your on the right track mix.
I believe that the bible was a meant to be collection of stories to be used as a guide for living a moral existence.
It really is a shame that some people have such a serious and literal perception of it!!!
2006-11-27 00:16:09 · answer #6 · answered by biff 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
did not your Lord study the scriptures and know the words of the old prophets? Studying the word of God is as much a part of being a follow as praying and holy living. Your bible says that the word of God is good to use for correcting, teaching, living, etc. Your bible says in the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God! John 3:16. Come on Girl!
2006-11-27 00:06:32 · answer #7 · answered by who am i 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Before I began studying the bible, I didn't believe it either. That was about ten years ago. Now I believe everything in it.
You say you'd rather "depend on your faith". Faith in what? In Jesus? If so, where did you get your information about Him? There is nothing to fear, and everything to gain, in getting into a good bible study. Why not do that and see how things work out for you? I mean that in a friendly way too....not a critical one *smile*.
2006-11-27 00:08:16 · answer #8 · answered by Esther 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Dead guy coming to life, giant flood, the sun standing still in the sky? No, I wouldn't say those events are very implausible. In fact, the other day, when I was out getting my mail...
Seriously, though, I think more people should be like Richard Dawkins. Read "The God Delusion." After all, he's been parodied on South Park, so he can't be wrong, can he? Killer British accent, too...
2006-11-27 00:03:15 · answer #9 · answered by college_monday 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You have an all-mighty God who created the heavens and the earth, can there be anything too big or impossible for Him? If there is He cannot be the omnipotent God. Bible tells the events truthfully with no exaggeration. The Bible is the correct, eternal and unchanging word of God
2006-11-27 00:05:46 · answer #10 · answered by seekfind 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋