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I have read all of your answers, and that are all very good replys and some things that I havent even thought about, which is good, so I can have more sides to my essay.
But what if like, Heaven and Hell arent real, I mean, I know they are a majorly important part of Christianity, but what if Heaven and Hell were just writen in there figurativly, kind of like a story book, or like Santa. To show you that you should be good, and kind, or this horrible thing will happen to you, or possible even be rewarded for being a good person. I mean, shouldnt you just want to be a good person for the sake of being a good person, Heaven and Hell shouldnt be the thing to persuade you.
What if it was all, the entire Bible ment to be a storybook, rather than real.
What if the bible is supposed to be Nonfiction, rather than Fiction?
2007-05-18 06:03:26 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If the Bible/God was not true then nothing in this world would have meaning. Whether I live or die it would not matter, whether I was a mass murderer or a 'good' guy it would be relative and thus meaningless. Logic, Ethics, every experience in life would be void and without meaning.
This is a good reminder that with faith in the existence of the Christian God, every fact of human experience and knowledge has perfect meaning and relevance. Thank God the Bible is true. Every word of it!
2007-05-18 06:09:56 · answer #1 · answered by Brian 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The bible is history that means its a mixture fact and self serving propaganda. Good and evil are subjective every society defines them differently. Heaven was the place god came from, Hell was invented in the dark ages and is not mentioned in the bible. In twenty-first century terms God was an alien, what kind and from where has still to be determined.
2007-05-18 06:14:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is literal and historic truth.Study history.Not one honest historian denies this fact.They may not want to follow the Bible,but they know it is more than a mere book written by men.
2007-05-18 06:19:26 · answer #3 · answered by kitz 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If the Bible is not true, then Christians have lost nothing.
If the Bible is literally and figuratively true, then all who reject Jesus have lost EVERYTHING.
2007-05-18 06:07:41 · answer #4 · answered by Bobby Jim 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it is a storybook.
2007-05-18 06:06:35 · answer #5 · answered by Meatwad 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋