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2007-01-13 03:34:03 · 11 answers · asked by Mr. I Don't Care 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I didnt post this to pick on the bible but to show that the bible also has a bunch of viloent verses in it that can be taken out of context just like the Quran.
"Out of context" is the key with both
2007-01-13 03:40:04 · update #1
im not your pal gary
2007-01-13 03:41:15 · update #2
The bible is about one God who demands total obedience.. the New testament is more peaceful as it is about grace not a physical kingdom.
2007-01-13 03:52:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A great part of it is text written by the scribes of a primitive tribe which was constantly at war and fraught with internal strife. In other words, it reflects the culture of the writers.
If you step back a bit, even the god concocted therein resembles the ruthless, vain, and insecure tyrant one would expect to rule in those days - a slaughterer of the opposition and the disloyal, and extremely needy of praise and adulation.
Again, it is a book of its time.
2007-01-13 11:45:07 · answer #2 · answered by JAT 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a book of Human History--- People are Violent!
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2007-01-13 11:40:40 · answer #3 · answered by whynotaskdon 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good vs. Evil and the fact that God was helping the Children of Israel by leading them to the land he had chosen for them and out of slavery in Egypt. Wars have often been chosen by God in the Bible. Even today Bush has claimed God has told him to strike here or there. Who are we to say it isnt true, and half the public dont even know because Congress told him that he had to stop talking about spiritual/biblical things in his addresses and speeches. The people in politics are ignorant to it all...........poor them.
2007-01-13 11:40:58 · answer #4 · answered by Kathy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible contains historical accounts of both the evil of mankind and the salvation that is available for all who will accept Gods plan of redemption.
2007-01-13 11:45:47 · answer #5 · answered by G-Man 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Man is basically a selfish, self centered person. There was violence during biblical times just as there is violence today. Seems man never really learns anything from past mistakes. That is why history constantly repeats itself.
2007-01-13 11:40:17 · answer #6 · answered by Lady Di-USA 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is full of violence....that is the reality of living on planet earth, Pal....deal with it.
You are really proving the bible is correct since it says 'All have sinned and come short of God's glory".
2007-01-13 11:40:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
shows you the war between good and evil. It's been around since the fall of Lucifer(Satan).
2007-01-13 11:37:24 · answer #8 · answered by Nish 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because people had/have sin in their lives and continue to turn away from God. Nothing good can come from continual disobediance to God.
2007-01-13 12:20:45 · answer #9 · answered by Mandy S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it shows humanity as it is.
2007-01-13 11:40:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋