What's wrong with believing in the Bible and God?

Question

I'm curious to know why many people are so against what belivers stand for. As a beliver in Christ, you are taught to Love others, think about how to help others, to serve others. To develop the fruits of the spirit found in Galatians 5:22-23 which is Love,,joy,peace,patience,kindness,goodness,faithfulness,gentleness, & self control.

I know that some people who proclaim faith act terribly but for those of you seeking knowledge the bible warns about false teachers who speak athuoritively in Jesus name. It tells us we will recogize them by thier fruit. Good lifestyles/ good fruit---Bad lifestyle/ bad fruit. This is for those of you who will no doubt point out Hypocrisy among us.

So what do you find objectionable about God and his Holy Writ?
I would really like to know.

Answer 1

There is nothing wrong, and in fact everything right in believing in God, and is the blogbaba's personal belief the the Bible is God's word. I also find it humorous that the Old Testament, the Torah and the First half of the Koran are for all intents and purposes the identical same book. Hint: God made a donkey talk, if he wants to he can communicate with you any way he chooses.

There is much wisdom threatening to shine through your curiosity about why so many people are so against believers (note the persecution of all believers, not just Christian or Muslim or Jew). Could it be that God is bigger than any one religion and since all religions are schools thought taught by men, maybe those men made some mistakes?

Ellie U R Good

Lastly, they lack the blessings bestowed by God through the gift of faith, so they ridicule and object to what they lack. Evil is the absence of God, and their behavior is a reflection of it.

Answer 2

The belief in god(s) is only objectionable when it causes people to deny themselves an education.

The bible on the other hand is trickier to explain. It is the only source to back up its own claims to being the "word of god". Any and all other writings making this claim, all have to go back to the bible to substantiate it.

Historically and scientifically it fails. Many events in the bible have been proven to never have occured (or in rare cases, occur on a MUCH smaller scale).

The bible also contains MANY moral imperitives that are questionable at best. It condones selling one's daughter into slavery, stoning disobedient children, hating homosexuals, lies...the list goes on. It does, mostly in the New Testament, teach some lessons that are beneficial to society; however, they're all couched in personal gain. There is not a single follower of Christ who follows and obeys his teachings for any sort of altruistic reason. It is always done with the promise of a divine reward. Ask yourself: when you donate your time/money/services to those less fortunate than yourself, are you doing so SOLELY to aid those people, or, ultimately, because through your action and belief you will spend eternity in heaven? The answer is usually yes to both...

Answer 3

There is nothing wrong with believing in the Christian Bible and the Christian God, if you are a Christian. However, the same standard should apply to those who are not Christian.

There are several religions that teach Love of others, helping and serving others, as well as Peace and Joy. So why not allow them to worship and believe as they will?



"So what do you find objectionable about God and his Holy Writ?
I would really like to know."----------- The implication that yours is the only religion with a path to "God"

Answer 4

You want the truth? I dislike how people can't look at the bible and realize that just because its old, doesn't mean it is THE WORD.

Most believer's honestly think that "God" sat down with Matthew and said "Write this, word for word. People have to know what I want them to do! No, no you spelled that wrong..." etc.

If that is true, then why was the story of Jesus's death not told until 50 years after his death (Mark), and then why would Mark leave out something so miraculous as the supposed ressurection of Christ?

Wouldn't "God" want everyone to know the explicit detail of who, how, when, what, why, especially when its something that concerns his only Son? And then, why throughout the four testimonies of Mark, Matthew, Luke and John, does the story get embellished upon? Mark doesn't actually mention the ressurection at all,

then Matthew adds "Oh yeah, and he came back to life 3 days later, but the women were afraid that his body was simply stolen because there were only burial clothes and no body, and ran away and never told the apostles."

then Luke adds even *more* "No no, the women were afraid because of the simply dressed man in white, oh and btw, they did tell the apostles, just later!" and then Finally, Jonn finishes it off with a mighty flourish. "No, not a man in white, two beautiful angels! And the women saw no body, went and got the apostles, told them what had happaned, and thats when the Angels showed up and told everyone the good news! Tada!"

Please don't be offended by my paraphrasing, its just shorter to write it out that way. Anyway.

Thats one reason. The others are simple historical facts.

Fact: It is well documented that if you were crucified, it took you 3 days to die. You had 2 days for shock or something to take you, and if you were still alive on day 3, they broke your legs. This made your body stretch at an odd angle, and inevitably before the 3rd day ended, you were most likely dead of a mix of suffocation and shock. See? 3 DAYS, not 3 HOURS. Hmmm...

Fact: Also, if you were crucified, you were not allowed a "proper" burial. At all. Your body was to hang for the birds to eat, as an example to others, and then I think they were finally taken down and just discarded somewhere.

Interesting, no? So there are inconsistencies with the Bible and documented History.

Also. The Council of Nicea. That is where the "current" version of the bible was put together. About 300 bishops came together in a big convention and kind of went.. "So we believe...what exactly?" And that is where Catholics got the "Nicean Creed". (Catholic= univerals, by the way) you can read if if you're not familiar with it, here: http://www.creeds.net/ancient/nicene.htm

And thats where the Catholic bible comes from, and from that other Christian denominations came to be.

Also, in the creed see the part where it says "in accordance with the Scriptures" Those Scriptures are straight from the Old Testament(I believe)-- which, by the way, is basically the back bone of the Jewish Faith, along with the Talmud. Please, if I am wrong on that particular point, then let me know. I know there is Tora ( books 1-5 of the Bible), the Talmud (kind of an interpretive book..like a guidline?) and the Tenachkha (The Bible of Jewish Faith, yes? Includes the Tora and Talmud and other things...? Sorry if I spelled it wrong!)

Sorry, my point was, so many Christians write off Judaism because "The Jews Killed Jesus!" Well guess what? Hellooo? Jesus= Jew. He was *very* Jewish. I mean, he was of the House of David, right? David= Jew. (Gotta love that Matthew, always trying to keep the Lineage of Jesus in there.) But wait...how is he of the House of David, if Joseph wasn't his biological father? Cause after all God allowed Mary to have a virgin birth, so that means Joseph definately couldn't be the biological father. So really, he was *adopted* by the House of David, if anything.

But regardless of that, he was still raised Jewish. Hm... So why disreguard a religion that "Lord Jesus Christ" obviously cherished so much? And I do believe that when he died he said "Forgive them Lord, they know not what they are doing", or am I mistaken? I don't think I am...

Oh, and if you think that he was a poor carpenter, you're insane. Carpentry was a highly sought trade. There is always work for a good carpenter to do, and if he wanted to be able to eat and keep a house, or haha travel so he could preach, he had to have some form of income. Just a thought.

And one more tiny thing...How come there are no books or psalms or anything like that written by Jesus himself? In his own hand? Hmmm? I mean, who better to write the Bible than the Son of God himself! Can anyone really answer that one?

Really, all of the above is what I find objectionable. And please don't tell me its a matter of faith, because you and I both know that's the "get out of jail free" card of Christianity. There are way too many discrepencies of what we now historically of that particular time, and what the bible says, for it to be, ver batim, what "God" inspired all those men to write down.

...sorry if this came off a little bitchy, but in my defense it is late, and I literally just had this conversation with a friend who disagree's with the way I live my life so I am a little frusterated. Never the less, I think I make some pretty good points.

Asker, feel free to e-mail me if you want to dispute anything I put here, ok? I promise I'll be civilized. ^_^

Answer 5

Nothing at all. Some people will take a few bigots out of a group and brand the entire group based on a few idiots' behavior. It's not fair, it's not right but, there it is. Your beliefs are yours and yours alone. It doesn't matter if people attack you for them if you truly believe in them. Just chalk it up to people wanting to feel mentally superior to you. If they really were, they wouldn't belittle you for what you happen to believe in. Healthy debates are great but, insults aren't needed.

I believe in God. I don't believe in organized religion or the Bible. The bible has been too messed with by man and religion is a man made agenda. I can do without those things but I don't begrudge them to anyone else who finds it works for them. I just never found the use for them myself. That's called being secure in yourself & in your beliefs.

There's really only a handful of people on here from all viewpoints that live & let live. Get used to the insults. Develop a thick skin and just ignore anyone who goes out of their way to be mean. It's their problem, not yours.

Answer 6

There is nothing wrong with believing in the Bible and God. The devil does. I even think everyone should be free to follow the devil, in respect to these two beliefs.

As far as objectionable? I find nothing objectionable about God, He is altogether lovely. As for the Word of God, it is my necessary food.

Answer 7

Nothing is wrong with you believing in God and the Bible. I only find it objectionable when someone else tries to force their beliefs on me when I'm not interested. I've been a Christian and I left Chrisitanity for a reason. It just doesn't work for me. But if it works for you - great! Just don't try to tell me I have to believe what you believe. :)

Answer 8

I personally believe in God's Holy Word, and wish that everybody else would too. That's just not going to happen. Keep in mind that God gives us a "Free Will." God gives everybody the "RIGHT" to do, say, feel, think, etc as they will. ( Of course, there will be consequences for not obeying him.) With this in mind, I don't judge others. Who am I to impose my beliefs on others?

Answer 9

Nothing's wrong with it.
You believe in god and the bible- fine! Great!
But leave the people who don't believe alone. Don't try and convert them cuz then they'll tell you you're wrong and you'll tell them they're wrong and you'll keep arguing and uhhhhhhhhh.
You get the point. Believe or not, don't try to make others believe and we'll all get along just fine.

Answer 10

Its sad how people turn their rejection of the false Christians to reject the true ones. I don't think "Intelligent Design in public schools" was a core teaching of the Bible! So many people think a fundamentalist Christian is someone who wants to basically impose religious-right principles, but a fundamentalist is one who follows the teaching of Christ - not the teaching of the Republican party. Sadly it is hard for so many to make a distinction.