What if the Bible was just a joke?

Question

Just a part of somebody thinking it would be fun to write, sort of like the War of the Worlds broadcast?

Answer 1

I'd hate to be the one who will have to answer for writing that one day.

Answer 2

That Old Testament was actually written as a way to control the masses - it is a joke in a sense! We're much more evolved today and should consider the timing and history around the writing instead of believing it word for word.

I mean, come on - Adam and Eve? It's a great parable - a story to grab the attention of the people, but not factual. How could it be unless God herself (oops - is God a man or a woman??) actually sat down and wrote it?

The bible was written by man (as in huMAN) and written based on stories told over centuries and manipulated so that the people would be controlled by that generation's version of government. Control of others is a joke (although not the ha ha kind).

Answer 3

It could have been a joke, but the humor got lost over time as the scribes re-wrote it and altered it.

Of course it was not meant to be taken literally... the earliest christians (the first gnostics) wrote the bible as allegory. If you were a good believer they'd trust you with the secret meanings of the bible, and the mysteries. The words were immaterial, it was the hidden symbolic meanings that the religion was founded on.

However another group formed, the "Literalists" (who would later become the roman catholic church). Since their approach wasn't as exclusive (the "bible is true" makes it more easily accessible without someone having to divulge the secret meanings) they gained a lot more popularity and followers. They destroyed the gnostics and drove them out, destroying as much of their texts as they could. A few manuscripts survived which led to the gnostics to appear again (in horridly crippled form) a couple hundred years later.

So any real historian could tell you that it's not meant to be taken literally anyway.

Answer 4

Well your first problem is that you believe one person wrote the Bible. The bible is comprised of 66 little books written, under divine inspiration, by about 40 men or so, over a span of about 1,610 years. Kinda hard for one person to pull off a joke, dontcha think.

Answer 5

It would be a wonderful joke to pattern your life after. What if Darwin was a joke?
I see more evidences that the Bible is true than anything remotely suggesting what Darwin said is true.

Answer 6

that would be a long going joke. THe Bible was written over a span of 1500 years by, several dozen differnt people.

Answer 7

It is a joke , i mean come on how many times has that book been changed and rewritten over the years , and who knows , maybe the original one is even a hoax, ok ok .. maybe there was a guy that they nailed to a cross, but maybe it wasn't a big deal maybe they were just pissed at him because hes a douche bag who knows

Answer 8

Then it was written by an extremely intelligent, creative psychic. Do you believe that ALL of the prophecies and visions that came true were all just coincidences?

Answer 9

Religion itself is a joke. A terrible sick twisted evil joke.

Answer 10

And if wishes were horses, beggars would ride free. It's not a joke and this is a silly hypothetical.

Answer 11

Yeah! Almost like Darwin making up the theory of evolution and then laughing on his death bed saying "I told them they came from ape like creatures and those fools actually fell for it. Ha, ha, ha, croak.