I've only heard the negative.
2007-03-21 11:35:13 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
they cannot because of their spiritual blindness and willful ignorance:
Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.
10Then he told me, "Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, because the time is near. 11Let him who does wrong continue to do wrong; let him who is vile continue to be vile; let him who does right continue to do right; and let him who is holy continue to be holy."
They must choose it is called freewill
7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge,
but fools [a] despise wisdom and discipline.
The atheist are fools
1 The fool [a] says in his heart,
"There is no God."
They are corrupt, their deeds are vile;
there is no one who does good.
2 The LORD looks down from heaven
on the sons of men
to see if there are any who understand,
any who seek God.
3 All have turned aside,
they have together become corrupt;
there is no one who does good,
not even one.
4 Will evildoers never learn—
those who devour my people as men eat bread
and who do not call on the LORD ?
5 There they are, overwhelmed with dread,
for God is present in the company of the righteous.
6 You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor,
but the LORD is their refuge.
7 Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
When the LORD restores the fortunes of his people,
let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!
2007-03-21 11:45:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 10⤋
Sure. I especially enjoy the part about dashing out the brains of babies against the rocks...
Seriously, it doesnt matter if the Scripture is positive or not. The issue stems from the religion claiming to be the only Truth, it being intolerant of other faiths, and its followers being hypocrites. Hell, Im certain we could find something positive in Hitler's speeches as well - should I then accept EVERYTHING he said too?
VLR
2007-03-21 11:40:19 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 8⤊ 1⤋
There are some good parts to be sure.
But that bad parts, IMHO, are so overwhelming that I can't get past them. Case in point - I don't believe in slavery, I don't believe in human or animal sacrifice, I don't believe in treating women like farm animals, I don't believe in killing outsiders or non-believers, I don't believe in damning everybody for a mistake made by two of their ancestors, I don't believe in committing genocide with a flood because my plans didn't work out, ...
Well you get the idea. I am too blown away by the bad parts to give the good parts much consideration.
2007-03-21 11:42:05 · answer #3 · answered by Alan 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I quite like how it was recorded that Jesus did not simply preach but truly lived his life to match his words. My problem comes from those who claim to follow him but can not seem to remember to live or act as he did.
The book of Job I use as a story of faith. It shows how true faith does not change because circumstances change. The story of the Good Samaratian is a good example of how we need to take care of each other.
My problem with the Christian Bible starts when I get told I must believe in it as whole and know without doubt that it was written by "God". There are good stories to learn and teach from within, but it is also a book of laws for a tribe that I do not belong to and do not wish to. I have faith and it works well for me just as Job's faith worked for him in good times and bad.
2007-03-21 11:46:05 · answer #4 · answered by Moonsilk 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Only the extremely obvious that you certainly wouldn't need to learn from a book.
That is why most of the positive values of the Bible are found in almost all cultures - they are a part of human nature.
2007-03-21 11:39:45 · answer #5 · answered by skeptic 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I am NOT a Christian, but I believe the Bible is full of great stuff. The teachings of Jesus in particular ar phenominal when taking at their own value without the Apostle Paul's interpretations.
Take care of the poor.
Share equally amongst yourselves.
Forgive your enemies.
Turn the other cheek.
Heal the sick.
etc.
2007-03-21 11:40:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
As a set of instructions for building a civilised society, then most religious texts have a good deal of sense in them. there is also a fair amount of complete rubbish as well.
The same applies to a recipe book. But that doesn't expect me to worship the writer.
2007-03-21 11:39:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Was there nothing in the Scriptures that you found negative or completely unbelievable?
2007-03-21 11:58:59 · answer #8 · answered by Fred 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No there were a number of things in scripture I admire. The Sermon on the Mount is one example. It's just that the whole of Scripture is not convincing or agreeable to me.
2007-03-21 11:39:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 0⤋
of course there is good and positive, just not divine. there's good and positive in many great works of literature, morality is the basis for most great books. that doesn't mean it comes from any place other than the author's mind.
2007-03-21 11:57:19 · answer #10 · answered by noestoli 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the teaching of the bible are a good way to live your life, it is what anyone would exspect to be treated like. but do i have to believe that a messia died in order to cleans me of my wrongdoing. NO. humans make mistakes, that is what we do, but we also learn from them. if jesus was put on this earth to teach the world how to find heaven, then he was late. why diden't the early egyptians get the chance to benifit from his teaching, how about the cave man, was he to good for jesus? hmmmmmmmmmm if you ask me the man was loonie toons. there i said it. enjoy.
2007-03-21 11:41:58 · answer #11 · answered by monkeyfingerslap 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋