Is it a sin if I do this... What about this? Is this wrong?

Question

Guys...

Common sense tells you when you're doing something wrong. It's called a conscience. You don't need the 10 commandments to tell you that.

We ALL SCREW UP;

We ALL NEED JESUS.

So...please stop asking, "is this a sin?"

Because...if you're hesatating, it PROBABLY IS.

If you're sincere, then that's cool, but realize that IT DOESN'T MATTER, jesus came to fix that!

The Bible is not a rule book.

It's a guide book.

Question:

Preferably non-believers, how do you view the bible in terms of significance... and what kind of message do you think it portrays?

Did you ever believe in the Bible? What made you decide it was wrong? Did anyone influence that decesion?

Answer 1

The Bible has been immensely significant. That doesn't make it a GOOD kind of significance, but it surely has had a huge impact on the world.

Yes I once believed "in" the Bible. The fact that gods don't exist pretty much convinced me that the Bible was not divinely inspired. Actually yes, someone did start me thinking about my previous faith. He didn't MEAN to get me to be so introspective and analytical, but it's what happened. His name was David. He was in my Advanced Art class in junior year of high school.

Answer 2

I do not believe that the bible has any significance other that it is a book. An old book at that. To the believers, it portrays the message that there is life after death and if you lead a good life as suggested by the bible, you will go to heaven where you will have no worries. But if you lead a bad life and don't follow the rules, you will go to a place where you will burn for all eternity, go walking blindly in the dark, get bitten by unseen creaters and go hungry until it hurts. And all this because you don't believe or follow the word of the god that supposedly loves you.
I have never believed in the bible and I never will. There is no evidence to suggest that any of it happened. There is no evidence that any of the people mentioned in the bible ever existed, save for a couple of kings that did. Show me that this Moses actually existed or this Jesus existed and he did all these things. Show me how one can walk on water or turn water into blood without using trickery. I decided that it was wrong because I can think for myself. I don't need a book to tell me how I should lead my life. And I don't need some supernatural being to forgive me for the mistakes I made in life. Religion is just an excuse so that people can not be held responisible for their actions. If you make a mistake, suck it up and move on. Don't pray to the man in the clouds to forgive you. You have to forgive yourself, learn from your mistakes and move on. No one influenced my decision. This is called free will and I am glad that I live in a country that does not force any religion on me. The U.S. Constitution clearly states that there needs to be seperation of religion and state and that I can choose what or whether I could choose any religion.
Many of you religious people out there will say that I have lost touch or that the word has not reache me or I have gotten lost. All this is a bunch of baloney. It's just that I can think for myself and can make my own decisions and take responsibility for what I do.
By the way, I don't need Jesus in my life. This bible you speak of has no significance to me other than it is a poorly written, very boring novel written to control, scare and manipulate primative people

Answer 3

I have read the Bible, and I believed it in, and I don't really NOT believe in it, persay. I mean, I know alot of the stuff that happened in it really did happen, but I don't interpret it the way Christiand do. The Garden of Eden, for instance, I'm prepared to believe in, but I don't think those were the only people. Those are just the people that particular God made to be his personal playthings. It doesn't have anything to do with me. Obviously there were other people and other Gods, the Bible doesn't even deny it. I don't know why everyone else does.

It's all about sex and violence and doing horrible things to people. Lot's wife, even poor Mary, whole cities and the people who get honored. Moses with his showing off and tantrum throwing? Lot who slept with his daughters, but it's okay cause he was drunk?? What? It's inappropriate for young children for sure. I can't believe anyone condones that kind of behavior, even from a God and why anyone would choose to follow a God who thought that sort of behavior was acceptable. I mean, it's simple. I think anyone who read it and approached it like they would any other peice of literature would feel the same way. It's entertaining, yes in some parts. And some parts are lyrically beautiful. But I don't go around basing my life around every good book I read. That would be illogical.

Answer 4

I was with you until the caps lock kicked in.

Significance of the Bible - great. It has been used to justify much of the world's worst atrocities. The message it portrays is at best mixed. Sometimes terrifying and immoral, sometimes rather good advice.

I have never believed in the Bible.

Answer 5

Preferably non-believers, how do you view the bible in terms of significance... and what kind of message do you think it portrays

Answer 6

i've been to church like five times in my whole life, my mom is christian but didn;t go to church for like twenty years and my grandma is one of those people who had a traumatic childhood and found god. i've had doubts my entire life, as it seems just too darn wierd, and complicated.

i think the bible is a largely glorified (and exaggerated) version of somewhat true events, i think it seeks to teach people how to live together peacefully. i think jesus existed and believe what he taught to be valuable. i also think that the experience of "god" is surely exhilarating, but i have been unsuccessful at finding him even when i look. when i;ve needed god the most i have been met only by emptiness and sorrow.

Answer 7

Jesus killed sin so you are right . Yes the bible is a guide book .

Answer 8

Very interesting, bro. I had a time in my life when I didn't understand Him, and that because I had suffered a loss... Which is not the reason most non-believers will give you. Most of them just like living without Him.

Answer 9

Would you not rather have people on here asking questions about sins out of personal curiosity than have people on here bashing your views? Life can be confusing, they are free to ask.

Answer 10

Sin is an outdated concept. You are right when you say we all know when we do something wrong. However, what we consider wrong differs from person to person. Our conscience tells us when we do something we don't think is right.

We are human and we do all screw up. However, it is a lucky thing we don't need Jesus, because if he existed, he's died a long time ago.

The problem with the concept of sin is that it treats morality as if it is some fixed thing. It isn't. As society changes, what we think is right and wrong changes. The list of sins in the Bible is way out of date and too vague to really be useful. It also treats sin as something physical that can taint a person. It isn't. It is just a judgement by other people. You can't look at an object and measure the wrongness of it. If someone says that something is wrong, it is because of the person's judgement, not the thing.

Religion tends to make people morally lazy by spoon-feeding converts what they're supposed to believe is right and wrong. The converts are able to spew lists of what is right and wrong (according to them), but they aren't able to say why it is right or wrong, other than to just default to "God said so". Therefore, when it comes to really tough issues, they are stymied and come up with inflexible rote thought which seldom really fits.

The purpose of morality is to allow people to live amongst each other in relative peace. As society evolves we learn to do so more effectively. For example, women used to not be treated as equals. It was only in the last hundred years or so that they were allowed to vote. The Bible comes from a very patriarchal society and treats women as little more than pets.

We've come a long way since then and should not revert back to old stagnant rules.