In my opinion the rest of it is mostly pointless and or intended to promote organized religion and obediance to humans. What is your opinion?
2007-01-29 04:46:40 · 26 answers · asked by Immortal Cordova 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
its all fluff for the masses. control and slavery of the mind in religion is the same as bill gates trying to control the computer industry. both want power over everyone for self interest and preservation.
2007-01-29 04:48:59 · answer #1 · answered by user name 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Everything has a beginning, a middle and an end. The same is true for the Bible. Much of the new testament is based upon the old testament, in that the prophets prophisised the coming of the Lord. Thus one must know all parts of the story.
2007-01-29 12:58:16 · answer #2 · answered by stunna3m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, for example, Acts is the book that depicts the goings-on of the early church and describes how the religion was spread. Another example is the book of Romans, which is basically a cliff's notes of the New Testament. In my opinion, the Pauline books and the books that John wrote elaborate on Jesus' teachings and so on.
2007-01-29 12:51:09 · answer #3 · answered by Em-uh-lee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are other things written that tell us how the first century church had services, how we are to treat others, what things we are to do. Paul was an Apostle of Jesus Christ and HIS writings are certainly inspired, John was an Apostle of Christ and I, II, III John are definitely inspired writings. What do you find wrong with reading about the beginnings of HIS Church in the Book of Acts? Do you not feel that it is an inspired writing? Do you not want to follow HIS BIBLE because you want to stay away from people or what? GOD expects us to carry out the Great Commission and in so doing we are to work to make certain that bthose people are uplifted and grow as the first century Christians were told to do in the BIBLE. I hope that this makes some sense to you. If you have questions, please let me know. Thanks,
Eds
2007-01-29 12:54:23 · answer #4 · answered by Eds 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your approach to religion intrigues me. So what you are saying is, that you have a god, that has supposedly laid down all of this work in writing, but because you don't like parts of it, you get to pick and choose what you follow? That is awesome. I mean wow. There are a whole bunch of books in the bible, and of all of those, you think that only 4 are necessary...
Well let's take this further, which of the 4 versions of Jesus' life should you take as the true version? Since those 4 can't seem to get all the facts straight...
Bah, I say throw out all 4 of those gospels, and work purely off of Revelation... Nothing says "Religion" quite like a story that reads like it was written by a guy hopped up on acid and crystal meth.
2007-01-29 12:56:22 · answer #5 · answered by Infidelus_Prime 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If more people read and applied the teachings about the church history, we wouldn't have the various "denominations" and other "churches" that aren't mentioned in the scriptures. The church mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles and other scriptures after the Gospels is the church that Jesus established and is the example we are to follow today, not the churches created by man or the divisions of the churches.
2007-01-29 12:53:32 · answer #6 · answered by TG 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wow!
This is a new sick twist.
Yes we need all of GODs word. The Old Testament is about the fall of man and a nation that would do his will. The New testament is about the Man that nation was to bring forth to restore us.
2007-01-29 12:53:09 · answer #7 · answered by Bye Bye 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Which Gospels do we really need? Couldn't we get rid of John since it was written later and has all that boring theology? I think it is better have the whole NT so that we can see how the Gospels were interpreted over time and in different cultural settings.
2007-01-29 12:52:52 · answer #8 · answered by Boilerfan 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The old testament has a lot of history, yes... but it has a lot more. the prophecies of who Christ would be/is are in the old testament. without them, no one would have known who Christ was. and we cannot know God unless we see who he was from the beginning.
Yes, the new testament is very important and necessary to know Jesus and who he was, but the old testament give more guidance and insight than the new can give. It will show you how God interacted with people, how He spoke to and thru people, and help understand who he is.
it also helps to see that God is consistant from beginning to end.... in His love for us!
2007-01-29 13:00:17 · answer #9 · answered by livinintheword † 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it"s not pointless.If it hadn"t been for the O T we couldn"t have recognized Jesus as the Messiah. There we have the proof of the divinity and messianic mission of Jesus.In the OT we have the law given by God to the people of Israel which wasn"t abolished but perfected by Jesus.
And remember, the whole Bible was revealed by God!!
2007-01-29 12:52:18 · answer #10 · answered by inchristwetrust2001 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The epistles are the formation of the theology following the death and crucifixion of Christ. It is this systematic theology that is the basis for understanding the work of Christ and our relationship to God. You also have to understand the Gospels are written mainly to tell the story of the work of Christ. His teachings are the foundation of what the rest of the epistles teach us.
2007-01-29 12:53:13 · answer #11 · answered by mark777 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋