something i heard the other day, but it makes a good point.
2006-11-26 22:23:02 · 23 answers · asked by RAW DIVA™ 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I dont question it at all, but it so confusing with everyone else pushing their religion onto you
2006-11-26 22:33:52 · update #1
Good point. So what should we do? We should check the facts or information given in the newspaper before we decide whether to believe the contents of the newspaper.
The same with the present Bible, we should check the facts or information given in the Bible before we decide whether to believe or not the contents of the Bibles.
As we know there is no dispute that there are many versions of the Bible. There is the New King James version. There is the Catholic Authorized Version. And many more.
2006-11-26 22:34:59 · answer #1 · answered by Ray Mystery 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't "make a good point". It does raise a question, but one that is easily answered. We tend to believe what we read in the newspapers because what we read in the newspapers is generally not stories of magical events, and newspapers do not generally make grandiose false claims. The Bible, on the other hand, is centered around false claims and magical events.
In short, we question what the Bible says because it is so obviously false. Honesty matters, and basic honesty is incompatible with a literal understanding of the Bible.
2006-11-27 06:30:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Show me a newspaper that says that a man rose from the dead or that a man lived in a whale's stomach for three days and then your analogy would work.
We question things that don't accord with our reason. When a newspaper reports about an earthquake across the globe we take it on their word because it is not an extraordinary claim. We know earthquakes happen and we would be hard pressed to find their motivations for lying about such a thing to us.
The Bible makes all kinds of extraordinary claims that don't accord with my reason and the motivations for lying about them are apparent to me.
2006-11-27 06:26:04 · answer #3 · answered by AiW 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Because we got used to believe the things we can see and question the things we can't (that's what sciense is about). News are reports on events that happened so we believe them. The bible on the other hand is "old" and written by God's believers. Since not all people want to believe in God and prefere something they can see and know for sure it's there, they question the bible.
Also, the bible contains stories of things that happened a long time ago as well as "guide lines" for how to live your life and to love God and others. Since it's easier to question than to believe, since it's easier to not do than to do, since it's easier to do the wrong thing than to do the right thing (which almost all the time is something everyone is against), we chose to question and not follow.
2006-11-27 06:31:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't believe everything I read in the newspapers.
You have to question the bias of anything that is written, and that includes the newspaper, the internet & the bible.
2006-11-27 06:27:37 · answer #5 · answered by Gem 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I don't believe everything I see in any one newspaper. You need to have multiple sources to be informed.
Who has ever fact-checked the Bible?
2006-11-27 06:25:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Don't believe the newspapers or the bible - should I?
2006-11-27 06:24:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You believe everything you read in the newspapers? Are you joking?
2006-11-27 08:02:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because if something is written in a newspaper that is not true they face the possibility of being sued.
2006-11-27 06:38:24 · answer #9 · answered by Gaia 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe everything I read. There are always 3 sides to a story. Take it all with a grain of salt.
2006-11-27 06:25:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋