WHY is the Bible so hated?

Question

I simply cannot understand why people are agitated over the Bible. If you look at the history, The words and believers of this book have been relentlessly attacked. But why? Why does every generation try to destroy something so innocent? Athiests mock it, but yet they don't understand it. Evolutionists concoct theories taken from the bible and twist it. And out of all religions, this one is the most persecuted. All it says is that you shouldn't worship "Idols." Meaning a statue of an animal or things of that nature. And to love one another, even your enemies. Now some will say "Because God and J.C." don't exist, but if you look at the archaelogical evidence and the locations, they prove he did. I just want to know your thoughts on this, but spare me your rhetoric, because I WILL answer back. And DON'T give me the crapola of "Well you started it first..." I'll slap yo' mama and rape yo' daddy! (LoL) No seriously folks.... =)

And do NOT use "Because you push your religion on us," because that can be used opposite spectrum..

Figure: Very interesting indeed. I see your point.

Coco: I respect your point. But I'll admit to you, even I question the Catholic Church. (Errr...Don't hate me.) =(

Raven: It's amazing how quickly you got offended by my question.

Raven: So your idol is better than truth?

Answer 1

The Bible is hated because it is the Word of God. People want to believe what other people have told them or they just thought up on their own rather than what they can read about in the Bible. God's Will is revealed to us in the Bible. There are things about God and Jesus' teaching that people simply DO NOT WANT TO HEAR.

Jesus said he brought light into the world. What does light do? ...it exposes darkness. Jesus' teachings (now through) the Bible make people realize their sinfulness and requires them to repent and change. Jesus has already paid for our sins -- all we have to do now is obey His Gospel and change the way we live our lives. This is not what people want to hear!

Jesus even told His apostles that people would hate them because of what they taught ...
Matthew 10:22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

Well those apostle's teachings are now in the Bible for us to read and teach so it is only natural that some people will still hate the word today as they did then.

Hope this helps.

Think about it -- figure it out.

Answer 2

Hated is too strong a word. Too strong of an emotion to describe. And the Bible is not only the thing/one being attacked. Everything, depending on the aspect viewed or the topics discussed, is being attacked.

You could say it is because of HUMAN NATURE. Human by nature claims to be dominant, superior or supreme over all other living organisms in existence. And do goes the same for whatever beliefs he believes in, groups he belongs to, or his thoughts might think true or was trained to think to be true.

Don't get me wrong. I am a Christian, and a catholic. I am saddened by the fact that protestant Christians would call the my religion the anti-christ when in fact, the faith of the protestants were based on the catholic faith with [some] protests. I am hurt that they would not accept the catholics as Christians because we uphold Mary still as the Mother of Jesus. I am troubled because when they claim to be Christians, they seem to exclude the catholics, isn't being a Christian meant as 'one who is the follower of Christ?" Now, that out of my mind,...

The Bible is 'the' collection of books. Science cannot deny it's existence nor can science deny that what was written didn't transpire. Science is actually studying the events that have happened and correlating them to the events in the Bible. Science has yet to find the null in the Bible. Because from what i know so far, whatever science have found has only strengthened those what was written in the Bible (i.e., the parting of the red sea - they claimed really happened but them trying to explain in human terms what happened claimed that an earthquake occured at that time; the correlation of the Bible and ancient history such as the places, people, rulers, etc,..) The Bible contains the Word of God, the Works of God, of how we came to be today. It contains accounts of human experiences that we still experience up to this date. In the Bible, there is power of the Truth. I think it is also human nature, when in view of the truth and one cannot still accept the truth, then one would go thru all lengths and means to deny that truth. Take it as that, because the Bible is so powerful to have existed thru all these years and changing many people's lives but not their own that they want to nullify it's existence. But they have yet to succeed. Which i doubt is possible.

Humans are skeptics. It is hard to just believe without seeing. And even if they agree on some things, there would still be one thing they wouldn't agree on. Look at the different denominations of Christianity. That in itself is an example. Even the Bible have different versions according to different interpretations.

If people will ACCEPT that differences in anything does exists and will RESPECT those differences, then we can be in harmony.

Answer 3

Oh my gosh.

Why is it that if you disagree with someone, it's "hate"?

I don't believe that the bible is an accurate history book, nor a science textbook. I'll point that out on occasion. I'll also point out, as I have before, that it's to the benefit of Christians if they STOP trying to prove the validity of some of the stories in that book...if they recover the way of looking at scripture that was standard until recently:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ajb7nvKGatV8L1wnWst.5NMAAAAA?qid=20070301001353AAF5hfR&show=7#profile-info-b0636dcabdac676f3cf348ab8a00151caa

And, YES, I'll point out the absurdity of trying to claim that the bible is scientifically or historically 100% accurate. IT ISN'T.

That STILL doesn't translate to "hate", and personally I'm tired of this reaction/accusation.

I ALSO don't "hate" Jesus. I don't believe that he was the virgin-born (literally) son of the Abrahamic God, but (once again) that doesn't translate to "hate". My own opinion (which is at least a minimally informed opinion) is that Jesus was not trying to start a new religion, he was trying to reform Judiasm., and that as a good Jew, he would have considered it blasphemous to claim to be God.

But back to my gripe - this idea that "hate" can be defined in such broad terms as "to disagree with" or "to question the accuracy of" does NO good thing for ya'll. It just makes you look infantile.

Now, if the OT gives an accurate description of the acts of that very God of the Abrahamic peoples, HIM I could get a good hate on for.

But he's NOT my God, and not the God of my people, so if he's as described, he's YOUR problem to deal with.

EDIT: Not defensive, m'dear. Tired of hearing this opportunistic, inventive redefinition of "hate".

As for your "truth" - it's fine with me that that's your truth. It's not mine.