If so would you mind learning more about Bible even if it is just s confrimation of what you believe about it?
http://www.biblemysteries.com/Lectures.htm
I found this really cool site about a lot of the confirmations of locations and things in the Bible.
It would be nice to have a discussions on these issues.
Email me if you would like to start a group for discussing a lot these matters either on the side of refuting or confirming.
Go about this is the most openminded of ways.
Much love to all
2007-04-18 04:21:58 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
so are a lot of you not even open minded enough to read some of the lectures?
2007-04-18 04:50:00 · update #1
Thank you. This is the most positive thing I have seen all this morning. I am going to the site now.
2007-04-18 04:26:41 · answer #1 · answered by soulflower 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pick up a historical fiction novel by someone like Thomas B. Costain or Mika Waltari. You'll enjoy them, first of all, but secondly you will note how many historical persons and places they accurately describe. They are still literature, and despite that they reference historical events and persons in accurate detail, they are still fiction. You get that don't you? The fact that I correctly identify the location of battlefields and which military units fought there doesn't make me a Confederate soldier, now does it?
The Bible also incorrectly makes some historic claims as well, such as the census under Quirinius which never happened, the slaughter of the innocents in Bethlehem by Herod which never happened, A dead man rising from the dead three days after his execution which never happened and a woman becoming spontaneously pregnant which never happened, and man walking on the waves which never happened, and we can go on and on. But you believe all this mythological nonsense I presume. Do you also believe all the Greek and Roman mythology? No of course not. You only believe the patently silly things you've been acculturated to believe,but if you'd been born Muslim you'd believe Mohamed flew to heaven on Pegasus just like they do.
You can have a mind so open your brain falls out you know. you bring me testable evidence of the miraculous and we'll talk. the fact that the Bible writers mix in events all their readers know about with ones they made up is not persuasive.
2007-04-18 11:36:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
George W. Bush,the President of the US, lived in the White House, and declared war on Iraq because the fairies, leprechauns and aliens got together, held a vote and informed him that was the most reasonable decision.
Now, I've listed quite a few facts in my story so do you now believe in fairies, leprechauns and aliens?
Every time I see the beauty of a flower or a waterfall, or the birth of a baby, I see masculine and feminine energies at play. Some form of reproduction is involved. Be it sexual or not...
The belief in a SINGULAR masculine deity, which reveres a non-reproducing female is unnatural.
2007-04-18 11:45:07 · answer #3 · answered by strpenta 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. At least some things in the bible have historical basis and some are based on historical fact. I do like to read the bible from time to time, though not Christian.
2007-04-18 11:25:49 · answer #4 · answered by kaffiria 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you know the difference between what Jesus said, and what Paul said in the Bible?
I am a Jesus Christian, I trust only the exact words of Jesus in the Bible (quadruple verified and verified by the non-Chistian Historian, Josephus). Also, if you read only the exact quotes of Jesus in the Bible, The Holy Spirit will witness to you, "If you live a harmony-loving life, you will go to Heaven after your stay here on Earth. (For the Holy Spirit to witness to you, you must be alone, and it will help if you are at least 5 miles away from an Church Building or oganized religion, or Bible pounder)
Most other Christians selfishly quote and believe in Paul, who knew nothing about Jesus, yet built his empire based on his claim that after Jesus died he (Paul) saw a hologram of Jesus, and he was appointed by Jesus to tell everyone Jesus' mission here on Earth.
Can you believe Jesus appointed Paul to condemn Homosexuals, belittle women, and that it doesn't matter how you live your life in order to go to Heaven (get saved); which is in direct contrast to what Jesus taught us.
Paul told us (In contrast to what Jesus said) you can go to Heaven simply by believing what Satan believes; Jesus was God's son, he died on the Cross, and he rose again. -- Satan Believes that, so does that mean Satan is a Christian according to Paul?
2007-04-18 11:34:26 · answer #5 · answered by Uncle Wayne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's not just about being open minded, it also has to do with historical fact...which we don't really have. the men who wrote these books are not easily tracked and therefore noone knows their real cause to why they wrote some of the things they wrote. some were homophobes, secretly gay men, pedophiles, women haters etc. It's a scary thing to believe in something you don't really know is for sure fact...dangerous too!
2007-04-18 11:28:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I looked briefly at the site and can't give an intelligent comment about it until I have had the opportunity to fully evaluated it. Interesting however.
2007-04-18 11:33:46 · answer #7 · answered by MoPleasure4U 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have read the bible many times. No real proof of the stories.
2007-04-18 11:31:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im not open to things that try to twist the truth, some things are set in stone like that fact that there is one god
2007-04-18 11:27:45 · answer #9 · answered by King of Crusade 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋