I am a spiritual person, but not a religious person....my personality is anti-establishment by nature. Organized religion in my opinion is the only major obstacle people have in getting to know god.
It seems to me, that so many people have used the bible as an excuse to do everything that the bible tells them not to do. Alot of people consider the bible to be "the word of god", when in all reality it was written by humans.
How can so many people put so much faith into a religious doctrine, and consider it to be "god's word", without knowing the true origin and purpose of it's creation ? Alot of people think the bible is a single book, when in reality it is many many books with exerpts that were "cherry-picked" from different books from different religions (judaism - tora), from different time periods BC and AD...translated, revised, retranslated, revised and retranslated over and over again.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibl
2007-06-21 05:59:29 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Julia Encarnacion > Being objective is what brought me to my conclusions and the desire to know the origin of what my parents and church taught me as a child. The catholic church I attended never discussed how the bible came to be, let alone the origin of Catholisism and how Orthodox today is not even close to the practices in early Catholisism.
2007-06-21 07:04:31 · update #1
My point exactly. However, it is possible to have faith based on any religion's scriptures after Biblical Criticism understanding. Many biblical scholars, who don't buy into any of the literal translation/direct Word of God stuff, have deep faith in their religion. It is possible to look at a text, knowing it was written soly by humans, as an expression of their faith, and still find inspiration. Those who wrote and compiled the texts were people of profound faith (and yes, there was a bit of politics involved in the selections of what to include). This is their testimony to their understanding of their God. Yes, it is bound by all human limitations. But if one agrees with their theological ideals (and I am NOT referring to any literal junk, cuz that wasn't the writers intentions-any real biblical student KNOWS this), then one can find faith in a particular religion's documents.
2007-06-21 06:15:08 · answer #1 · answered by Not Your Muse 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Bible has not been "revised over and over again."
It's been translated many times, true, but only because a) new languages have come into use over the centuries, and b) Christianity was brought to places where people spoke a language that the Bible hadn't appeared in before.
True, many people think of the Bible as one book rather than a series of books -- but that is a reflection on the people, not on the validity of the Bible.
Not to get personal about this, but you yourself brought up the fact that you are "anti-establishment" in personality.
This tells me that you're probably going to respond negatively, in a knee-jerk manner, to anything "mainstream," be it the government or organized religion. In other words, it sounds like perfect objectivity doesn't exist here -- it sounds like you've got pre-set biases in place when you approach an issue.
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2007-06-21 06:06:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The fact that the bible has a lot of books of disparate origin is unremarkable. A magazine has many articles of disparate origin, and yet nobody says, "Hey! That's not a real magazine!"
If we must use the publishing and author analogies, traditional Christian exegesis has always regarded God as the principal "editor" of the bible, and not so much the copy writer. That he's left to his instruments - the evangelists, the epistlists, Moses, etc. He is the reason it exists, and the Holy Spirit the primary reason for why it is the way it is.
But as with any good publication, God the editor has a large editorial and writing staff under his direction.
2007-06-21 06:07:55 · answer #3 · answered by evolver 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Every single book in this universe was written by man, since God did not thrown them down from the sky (like manna). The Bible, Koran,Torah,etc. have all been translated and revised from their original languages so the world can understand them. The Bible is several books (note Genesis, Exodus, Psalms,Revelations, etc. each stand for a different text that was recorded by different people). The Bible is faith based. Christians believe that God Prophesized to people through various methods; such as dreams (like with Joseph(Jacob's son) in the Coat of many colors) and they passed it along.
2007-06-21 06:07:36 · answer #4 · answered by Janice 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it were not for organized Religion how would anyone know God?
You are taking parts of organized religion in forming yourself you have to be.
If you know about God it is because of organized Religion.
Now, there are bad people within organized Religion, we are all human and anytime you get a group of people together, you are going to find that some are bad. That does not make the whole Group bad.
I am a Catholic, I know the origin of the Bible. I have studied it and have no problem with my faith at all.
Good Luck!
Peace!
2007-06-21 07:27:53 · answer #5 · answered by C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know it's origins and I've been reading and studying about it and also about the history of the Quran. The Bible and the Quran has nothing to envy from each other, the main difference is that the bible was followed literally in the past, when people didn't know any better and the Quran is been followed literally nowadays although people know much better.
2007-06-21 06:09:48 · answer #6 · answered by Millie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Way to go Mindy, look at you! :) Only Jehovah's Witnesses meet all of what you listed. There are much more than just those 8 things but if any religion could meet just 3 of the things listed it would be a miracle and Jehovah's Witnesses meet all 8. The 8 things you posted is only "a joke" to those who are not real Christians but are of Christendom. Myro and I both send you BIG HUGS (we read your other question post too BTW). Agape
2016-04-01 09:57:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting...
Wow that was an ignorant response. The thing is, the Old T is direct plagiarism of the Torah et al. The Torah plagiarizes other religions.
Then John, Luke and Matt sat down, smoked some weed and wrote one of the largest and most successful science fiction and fantasy books ever known.
The problem was that when it was translated, the lawyers forgot to include the "this is a work of fiction..." disclaimer.
It was like War of the Worlds on the radio. People actually committed suicide because they falsely believed in a fictional story.
2007-06-21 06:02:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Yea mate; you should all read the first edition of the King James Bible that was withdrawn after his death.
Personally I prefer the Dead Sea Scrolls myself. The Teacher of Righteousness and the Wicked Priest.
2007-06-21 06:09:29 · answer #9 · answered by Drop short and duck 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You seem to have made up your mind, so won´t bother trying to convince you. But for me, I´ve read ten different translations--they all tell the same story.
Took Bible as Literature in college--what a joke.
Have studied the origins of the Bible and variations--they all tell the same story, that Jesus is the Messiah who died for humanity.
Also, Daniel 12 reads the same concerning the encoded numbers that were sealed until the end of the days. See http://abiblecode.tripod.com
Thus says my donkey, Balaam
2007-06-21 06:06:03 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋