You would think it (god) could has slipped in something useful like an accurate description of the solar system, germ theory, an accurate estimation of pi, or even telling the people to wash their hands before delivering an infant. The last one alone could have saved the lives of countless women.
Instead we get a bunch of fanciful tales of talking snakes, walking on water, zombies, and the sanctioning of slavery.
2007-01-11 06:34:11 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If I were to die today I'd rot in the ground like eveyone else.
2007-01-11 06:41:43 · update #1
Ah... what do they care about earthly science? The only important thing to Christians is heaven... the afterlife. Obviously God doesn't want them to care about modern medicine, cosmology, etc etc. Those only serve the flesh and the intellect... what good are THOSE?
Sheesh.
2007-01-11 06:38:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Dear Jack,
It (the Bible) contains an enormous amount of information that answers many questions about God's supreme salvation plan. The problem is that one cannot understand it unless the Lord opens your spiritual eyes. Ephesians 2:1-3 tells us that we are ALL dead in sins and trespasses. A person may have physical life but be spiritually dead. Unless God (Jesus Christ) takes you out of the kingdom of darkness (satan's kingdom) and translates you into the kingdom of light (God's kingdom), much of the Bible will not be understandable to you. That is why the Lord tells us in John 3, "Ye must be born again." That "birth" is a spiritual birth. You did not tell your mother when you wanted to be born, so it is with spiritual birth--you have to wait on the Lord. The environment in which He does save a person is the word of God. That is why one should read the Bible if they desire to be saved.
2007-01-11 15:02:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dear Grim jack,
The Bible contains what God wants us to know about Him. The proof of the omniscient nature of the Bible is that it tells us a lot about ourselves.
The stories about talking snakes, walking on water, are small parts-- in case you hadn't notice it's quite a large book. But the books point to the divinity and authority of Jesus.
Instead of telling us about the solar system- it tells us about the creator of the Solar system.
It gives us commandments that if followed is good for us (ie: sexual conduct-- how many lives have been lost because of various veneral diseases?) How many lives have been ruined by adultery which is so pervasive in our culture? How much damage has been done by drunkenness? So your argument that the Bible does not contain any useful information doesn't seem to hold much weight.
The Bible does not claim to answer every question. It's claim is that every word in it - is God sharing His heart with us- and he uses different genres (some stories, history, epistles, etc.) to teach us how to conduct ourselves as people of God and how to relate to God on a personal level.
Hope that helps. Kindly,
Nickster
2007-01-11 15:01:57 · answer #3 · answered by Nickster 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Haha I love this. Well, first of all, do you think we were meant to understand the Cosmos as a whole? And what makes you think all of the information you find useful is useful to the people of that time? I'm pretty sure people were a lot less preoccupied with celestial bodies than trying to survive. The main thing is, we've found these things outside of religion, God, and the bible. If we're supposed to discover it, we will. Try this philosophy: Everything for a reason.
2007-01-11 14:56:22 · answer #4 · answered by Allen T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"accurate description of the solar system, germ theory, an accurate estimation of pi, or even telling the people to wash their hands before delivering an infant."
None of that is ultimately very important.
The information that you are more than just a phsical body is the most important information you could learn in life - and it happens to be one of the messages of the Bible.
~ Eric Putkonen
2007-01-11 14:46:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Actually, I think there's instructions for how to make soap in the old testament somewhere. LOL No mention of toothpaste though, yikes. Oh and those rules for slave treatment, might have been a little helpful, O.K. maybe not. Just trying to play devil's advocate for a change, LOL.
2007-01-12 08:57:27 · answer #6 · answered by naughtypiraterachel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many, but what it all boils down to, if you were to die today, how would those facts help you?
It is your eternal soul that the Wise God saw was important to deal with.
Heaven and earth shall pass away
2007-01-11 14:40:00 · answer #7 · answered by Sirius 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It is not the book but the reader that is the problem. It was not written for science, history, or your personal entertainment. For those who read it for the intent it was designed, they gain much
2007-01-11 14:44:56 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋