For non-Christians: Do you shake your head at some people who tell you to read the Bible for answers?

Question

When reading it in the first place attributed to what led you to not believe in any of it?

I'm all for accepting other people's beliefs. But there is a fine line when they refuse to respect the fact that you (and others) have your own beliefs that don't agree with theirs and thus force their doctrines on you.

It's great if they choose to believe something but why do they believe it? Most of them can't answer that or anything without quoting scripture, which is not a proper answer.

Answer 1

Sometimes.Some people cannot believe that you can read the bible and not accept it

Answer 2

To me, so much of the discussion about Christianity and the Bible seems kind of, well, arbitrary -- it's like, either you belive the Bible or you're an atheist, which is naturally a false dichotomy from any angle.

For my part, I was raised not believing, and I mostly credit that to my upbringing. Still, I won't deny that I routinely examine my lack of faith with regards to this one book, and feel that it's just not right for me. Perhaps more glaring than anything else are the numerous contradictions within the supposedly infallible text, of which I can only list a few here: the question of whether guilt for a sin is inherited down a generational line (as with Adam and Eve) or not (see Deu. 24:16);the scientific inaccuracies in describing nature (most of which just happen to correspond with what common sense tells us even if it's technically wrong such as that the earth is flat); and, of course, the ever-hard-to-swallow notions of Jesus somehow "sacrificing himself" and "being sacrificed" by his own father (like any father actually has that right), than waking up unscathed anyway, hardly having paid the true price of mortality. That said, I don't wish to disparage anyone who believes the Bible, so long as they do so with a critical eye rather than an unquestioning acceptance.

Answer 3

What bugs me even more is either scriptural references or copies of scripture when what is needed is an argument for or against something. As if that book were the only source of knowledge (I know for a fact many Christians can and DO think for themselves and can make reasonable arguments for the parts of their belief that are not entirely fantasy based - regrettably, those friends do not post here).

Answer 4

I was born a Muslim. I have read the Bible, I find it interesting.. If someone says to look at it for answers I don't shake my head, no. I honestly, don't usually turn to religion for help.. Only this once I am..

Answer 5

Of course. They assume that I haven't read it, or I didn't understand what I read. They are incorrect. I read it and I reject it.

Hurling scriptures at me is not and argument. It's merely parroting something I in now way recognize as divine. Maybe it makes them look smart to other believers. Looks dumb as doggie doo to me.

Answer 6

Sometimes. It does get old fast. But it usually stops when they realize I know the bible better than they have. BB Sdw

Answer 7

if it was the original bible,that is now lost and so does not exist, then i would read it.. but there is no harm in reading it.. i wont read it for answers..i will never shake my head at another person about his/her religion.. i wouldnt like it if anyone did that to me..

Answer 8

I believe in God and I'm not a Christian. I shake my head when I see that because I know it just won't work. Why do they even try? Who knows...

Answer 9

Some non-christians take the passages in the bible so far out of context that it isn't a wonder that believers ask them to read it again.

Read the bible.

Answer 10

I feel they are followers that have not opened there minds to other possibilities .They have been weened on the bible and know no better.