Why would any educated person, read and QUOTE a 2,000 year old book?

Answer 1

I really don't know... I wish I did. Why people will read and quote 2000 year old nomadic goat herders, and reject reason and sanity... it's wierd.

Answer 2

Why don't you Google the Pythagorean Theorem? Just because people didn't have laptops and cell phones don't think they were stupid. When is the last time a Great Pyramid was built?
Did you know that it states in Isaiah 40:22 that "it is he who sits above the CIRCLE of the earth"? In other words, this 2,000 year old worthless book states that the earth is round.
Did you know that Christopher Columbus wrote in his diary that he found the new world by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit?
I Peter 3:15.....be always ready to answer every man that asks of you a reason of the Hope that is in you with meekness and respect.
I am able to defend my faith, but I admit sometimes that meekness and respect part really gets me... Oh, and yes, I have a BA in business management.
Should I assume by the nature of this question that the asker isn't very educated or well-read?

Answer 3

In fact it's a 2,000 year old book that has been changed so many times over the centuries by people who didn't like the way it was written, that they changed it to suit themselves and THEN ... King James messed the whole darned thing up! Some of the Bible wasn't even put down in text for 400 years after events allegedly occurred! It was just stories passed along from generation to generation!

Many of us have played the child's game where the first person in a large group whispers something like, "Johnny Smith joined the Boy Scouts and learned how to tie nautical knots," and after the message had been whispered to everyone in the group circle, the final message had distorted to something totally different like," The john in the boys room is where you learn naughty things you're NOT supposed to do."

The Bible cannot possibly be 100% accurate. Impossible.

Answer 4

Just because a book is old does not mean it's false. Quite to the contrary, there is more than ample archaeological evidence showing that the claims made by the Bible about Jesus are at least plausible. For that matter, Buddhism is a few hundred years older the Christianity, but people seem to have no trouble believing Buddhism or that the Buddha existed, so believing what the Bible says seems like a non-issue.

Answer 5

In 2,000 years, the treatise that Sir Isaac Newton wrote on calculus will still be true, and likely will remain quote worthy.

The problem here, I think, is that people have bought into the notion that anyone alive 2,000 years ago was a simpleton - a bumpkin - and could not possibly produce anything worthy of our consideration. Why should this be so? Are we really that arrogant as to dismiss the collective wisdom of the ages?

Answer 6

Just because it was written 2,000 years ago does not mean that it is naive. Perhaps the author was wise, and wisdom transcends any generational gaps. Also, the human experience is not so different despite the era. People today can relate to the thoughts, hopes, dreams and observations of someone 2,000 years ago. Most of these works have also withstood the tests of time.
However, just because it was written 2,000 years ago is no reason to consider it the absolute truth or complete source of wisdom. People should use discretion when quoting. When in doubt, use works of nonfiction. The old testament and the bible are definately fiction.

Answer 7

Who cares if the New Testament is 2000 years old; it is still relevant. It has never left me dry or empty. I read it and quote it because God reveals himself in it and I want to gain deeper knowledge of him. In fact I'm going to quote it some more right now:

2 Timothy 3:16-17
"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work."

Titus 1:9
"He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it."

And by the way, as of now I am the salutatorian of my high school. So you can't say I'm not educated.

Answer 8

I've also read the Iliad and the Odyssey and Beowulf. Those are pretty old, too. The whole point is that it gives you a feel for the time period. It's an anthropological study, really.

But for those who take it literally, I have no idea. I would take it seriously, but then they say that only certain parts are still in effect, etc, and it just gets into a screaming match. I want no part of it.

Answer 9

You mean, why would an educated person quote from Socrates, Aristotle, Plato, Milton or Shakespeare? I thought that ONLY educated people would be capable of quoting from ancient authors.

I'm sorry, was there some implied double standard here for quoting from religious texts, as opposed to quoting from secular ones? Are you just an anti-religious bigot, or just ignorant & uneducated?

Answer 10

THe same way any educated person would quote socrates, aristotle or any other older book. And which book is 2000 years old. The old testament is older then that. It's based off the torah.

Answer 11

Maybe for the same reason you read and quote your high school history book. where do you think the majority of the worlds history comes from? Thats right! It's all written there in conjuction with what scientists are learning today!