Were most christians raised to not ask questions about the bible after God allowed you to have knowledge?

Question

and free will?
The devil is not responsible- God allowed the devil and the tree to be in the garden and for 2 first perfect intelligent human beings that walked and talked with God everyday turned out to be real dumb? Its a ridiculous story

Answer 1

Why do people ask rhetorical questions about politics and religion just to have a forum to express themselves and ridicule others? Isn't that what blogging is for?

Not being a "pansy"....it's honest. The majority of these questions aren't real questions. They aren't attempts at free and open expression of ideas. These questions are particularly aimed at a certain group of people in a hope that other people will join up with them and then they can group ridicule.

Answer 2

It's an all too human story. You do not know how long they were in that garden before they slipped up. You consider yourself intelligent. Have you ever done something dumb? Does that make you ridiculous?

Answer 3

Really? I have a friend from India nick-named Vish. Once I was at Vish's house and there was this beautiful carpet & scroll hanging from the wall. It had a picture of a elephant picking up a log with its trunk. The elephant was trimmed in gold and was dressed in fancy garmet. I looked up at it and said that it was very beautiful. Vish said, "Yes...and it is our God." I paused and said, "your God is an elephant carrying a log shrouded in gold lace?" AND Vish said, "Yes, the elelphant is our God".

Your facts are a little off, but the gist of what you are saying is correct, except for the "ridiculous" part. But God does encourage questions and exploration about him, the universe as well as the Bible. Your questioning is right-on and the pursuit of "the truth"....and in time you will have your truth and you will know, but your discovery will be unique to you. It will not come from words expressed to you from another person, it will be individual to you and at some time in the future. Good luck in your journey for the "truth" about GOD/Jesus. (By the way, there will be many people who are threatened by your questioning. They will get mad and upset. Ignore them. Their faith is weak). I wish you well! Peace be with you, my friend.

Answer 4

If it's "just a story", then it's not real, right? How many rational people allow themselves to get bent out of shape if it's only "just a story"? Or are you just really nervous that maybe you'll find out after you die that the whole thing really was true? What a dilemma,eh?

Answer 5

I think it's OK to ask some questions. Asking questions is one way of gaining a clearer understanding. If a school kid doesn't understand how to do some math problems, is it wrong for him/her to ask the teacher questions as to the how and why of things? No. If there is something you can't quite grasp...ask. Ask a minister, go to a Bible that has verse explanations, see if you can find other articles on the subject of your question. Seek and find.

Answer 6

There are whole sections of the Vatican dedicated to nothing but questioning doctrine and the Bible. The last Pope wrote a whole bunch of encyclicals on his thoughts regarding his studies and interpretations. Questions regarding faith and practice eg the contraceptives issue, are always under review.

Answer 7

SORRY ,YOU HAVE IT ALL WRONG,IT WAS ADAM THAT GAVE THE APPLE TO EVE,FOR WHO HAS THE ADAMS APPLE,WOMAN BRING LIFE INTO THE WORLD,MAN BRINGS DEATH HERE UPON THE EARTH,IF I WAS THERE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN,I WOULD CUT THE TREE OF GOOD AND EVIL DOWN AND BURNED IT AND ALL WOULD LIVE FOREVER,YOU ARE STILL EATING FROM THAT TREE AND ALL DIE AS I SAID YOU WOULD

Answer 8

I used to think that way till I saw the truth for myself. I was not always a Christian till I saw the truth myself. they were decieved. you can't base the Bible on one story or verse you need to read everything with faith or you are just wasting your time with it.

Answer 9

Only two contradictions of the New Testament have been mentioned, but others will be referenced when the Trinity, Divinity of Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship of Jesus, Original Sin and Atonement are reviewed.
How could the "inspired words" of God get the genealogy of Jesus incorrect (See Matthew 1:6-16 where it states 26 forefathers up to Prophet David, and Luke 3:23-31 says 41 in number). Or for that matter, give a genealogy to Jesus who had NO father? See II Kings 19:1-37, now read Isaiah 37:1-38. Why is it that the words of these verse are identical? Yet they have been attributed to two different authors, one unknown and the other is Isaiah, who are centuries apart; and yet, the Christians have claimed these books to be inspired by God.
I looked up the word Easter in the Nelson Bible dictionary and learned that the word "Easter" (as mentioned in Acts 12:4) is a mistranslation of "pascha," the ordinary Greek word for "Passover." As, you know Passover is a Jewish celebration not a Christian holiday. I think human hands, all to human, had played havoc with the Bible.
From the brief points mentioned above, and the fact that Biblical scholars themselves have recognized the human nature and human composition of the Bible (Curt Kuhl, The Old Testament: Its Origin and Composition, PP 47, 51, 52), there should exist in the Christian’s mind some acceptance to the fact that maybe every word of the Bible is not God’s word.
As a side note to this subject, let me mention that some Christians believe that the Bible was dictated to Prophet Muhammad (SAW) by a Christian monk, and that is why some of the biblical accounts are in the Quran. After some research, I found that this could not have happened because there were no Arabic Bible in existence in the 6th century of the Christian era when Muhammad (SAW) lived and preached. Therefore, no Arab, not even Prophet Muhammad (SAW) who was absolutely unlettered and unlearned, would have had the opportunity to examine the written text of the Bible in his own language.

What is According to:
Christians, as I once did, boast about the Gospels according to Matthew, according to Mark, according to Luke and according to John. However, if we think about it, there is not a single Gospel according to Jesus himself. According to the preface of the KJV (King James Version) new open Bible study edition, the word "Gospel" was added (see below) to the original titles, "According to John, according to Matthew, according to Luke and according to Mark."

If you read Luke 1:2-3, you will learn, as I did, that Luke (who was not one of the 12 disciples and never met Jesus) said that he himself was not an eyewitness, and the knowledge he gathered was from eyewitnesses, and not as words inspired by God. Incidentally, why does every "Gospel" begin with the introduction According to. Why "according to?" the reason for this is because not a single one of the gospels carries its original author’s autograph! Even the internal evidence of Matthew 9:9 proves that Matthew was not the author of the first Gospel which bears his name:
"And as Jesus passed forth thence, He (Jesus) saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and He (Jesus) saith unto Him (Matthew), follow me (Jesus). And he (Matthew) arose, and followed Him (Jesus)."

Without any stretch of the imagination, one can see that the He’s and the Him’s of the above narration do not refer to Jesus or Matthew as its author, but a third person writing what he saw or heard - a hearsay account and not words inspired by God.

Who wrote the gospels?
It is worth noting, and well known throughout the religious world, that the choice of the present four "gospels" of the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) were imposed in the Council of Nicea 325 CE for political purposes under the auspices of the pagan Emperor Constantine, and not by Jesus. Constantine’s mind had not been enlightened either by study or by inspiration. He was a pagan, a tyrant and criminal who murdered his son, his wife and thousands of innocent individuals because of his lust for political power. Constantine ratified other decisions in the Nicene Creed such as the decision to call Christ "the Son of God, only begotten of the father."

Literally, hundreds of gospels and religious writings were hidden from the people. Some of those writings were written by Jesus’ disciples, and many of them were eyewitness accounts of Jesus’ actions. The Nicea Council decided to destroy all gospels written in Hebrew, which resulted in the burning of nearly three hundred accounts. If these writings were not more authentic than the four present gospels, they were of equal authenticity. Some of them are still available such as the Gospel of Barnabas and the Shepherd of Hermas which agree with the Quran. The Gospel of Barnabas, until now, is the only eyewitness account of the life and mission of Jesus. Even today, the whole of the Protestant word, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Seventh Day Adventists and other sects and denominations condemn the Roman Catholic version of the Bible because it contains seven "extra" books. The Protestant have bravely expunged seven whole books from their word of God. A few of the outcasts are the Books of Judith, Tobnias, Baruch and Esther.
The permission to call "According to" writings the Gospel was not given by Jesus nor by any other divine guidance. These writings; Matthew, Luke, Mark and John, were never originally to be the Gospel. Therefore, Mark 1:1 can not be a true statement that his writing is the gospel of Jesus.

Which Gospel is Gospel of Jesus?
Concerning Jesus’ teachings of the Gospel (Injeel), the Gospel writers frequently mentioned Jesus preaching the Gospel: Matthew 9:35, Mark 8:35, and Luke 20:1. The word "gospel" is recurrently used in the Bible. However, in the New Testament Greek edition the word Evangeline is used in place of the word gospel, which is translated to mean good news. My question was: what Gospel did Jesus preach? Of the 27 books of the New Testament, only a small fraction can be accepted as the words of Jesus, and only of the 27 books are known to be attributed as the Gospel of Jesus. The remaining 23 were supposedly written by Paul. Muslims do believe that Jesus was given God’s "Good News." However, they do not recognized the present four Gospels as the utterances of Jesus.

Answer 10

Silence Heather.. She stating her opinion and wating for someone to oppose her position. I think it is interesting. So stop being a pansy. thanks!