Serious question for people who do not believe in God...do you?

Question

believe or have knowledge of the historical, factual events and people that the Bible speaks of? Do you understand the realism of the books of the Bible and if you do, why is it that you can't believe in Jesus? This is not meant to be rude, I truley want to understand your basis of why you don not think that God exists.

Spiritwanderer actually gave me an amswer that makes sense, even though I believe in the Bible and Jesus, he made an honest attempt.......

It's funny how general all of the answers are...slaves where part of the family, treated well and loved...but of course you would not know that because you have never been educated by a Christian leader that knows true history. All is well with me, you have all just made me believe even more! Thanks...mission acomplished!

Answer 1

Ok...I understand the historical references to the Bible, but a lot of books have historical references...like this..I can write a book, throw in a God, bring about a young martyr hero followed by a band of a ragtag group of fighters, and then write it with a bunch of historical references (like...I can write it during the Middle Ages and have historical references) Not trying to mock but I COULD do that...and pass it on as fact, could I not? Also, the reason why I don't believe in God is not because of the Bible, it's much more personal than that. As for why I don't believe in Jesus, I'm sure that there was a guy named Jesus, and that he was a good man, and he died on a cross and he was martyred for our sins, at least that was what he believed he was doing. Now, if he was the Son of God I don't know, I also don't really care. I doubt the Bible because of the translation processes and because that it is 2000 years old and there was bound to be things lost and destroyed, look at the Dead Sea Scrolls you know? Hope this answered your question.

Answer 2

The Bible is a just book and one that has been rewritten, reedited, translated and other such things so many times it is ludicrous. I will admit that the chances are high that at least some small part of the Bible is still accurate to a certain extent. For instance I admit that Jesus was most likely a real person in some capacity of the biblical character. However him being the son of a god or having magical powers is a completely different story.

Yes, there are facts in the Bible, but there are ten times as many lies. I accept that some what of the Bible says is plausible however the vast majority of it is fabrication and fantasy. To say that the Bible is a historical record or that it is realistic would be a laughable claim, as it is far from that in every capacity.

As to why I don't think God is real, because the only thing that supports his existence is the Bible, which is unreliable at the very best.

Answer 3

I was raised Christian and studied the Bible for years. It was this in-depth knowledge of the Bible, associated history, and theology that made me eventually realize that Christianity was a false religion.

Did you realize that there are basically no secular records indicating that Jesus actually existed? (There are 3 possible ones, but two are very iffy and one is an obvious forgery).

Did you realize that the town of Nazareth did not exist in Israel until around 400 AD?

Did you know that many of the Old Testament "prophecies" that Jesus supposedly fulfilled weren't actually prophecies at all?

Were you aware that many of the Old Testament scriptures that Jesus uses in his arguments are made completely meaningless according to his statements?

When you actually study the New Testament, without coating it in wishful thinking, it becomes obvious that the gospels were written by people who made up the story of Jesus and purposely added portions that they felt would be fulfillments of Jewish prophecies. However, these people were obviously very unfamiliar with the meanings of many of the Jewish scriptures.

The New Testament does a horrendous "hack-job" on the Old Testament. Its no wonder that so few Jews converted to Christianity. They would have easily seen what a pathetic job of interpreting the Torah Jesus did. Only the gentiles would have been ignorant enough of Jewish scriptures to be fooled by the gospels. That is why Christianity ended up being a gentile religion and not a Jewish one.

The Jews didn't "reject Jesus" because they lacked faith, the Jews "rejected Jesus" because they knew enough to realize the story was a lie.

Answer 4

I was a religion major in a Methodist college and spent a year in Seminary. So, yes, I am extremely familiar with the ideas of the bible.

I must take issue, however, with your description of historical "facts, events, and people."

The events in the Bible are largely undocumented elsewhere, and even though many of the cities existed, there is no more indication that the stories told about them are true than there is that, because New York City exists (and the Empire State Building) that the movie "King Kong" is true.

A few examples:
There's no indication in the fossil record of a world wide flood.
There is no indication in the historical record of the Israelites living in, working in, or escaping from Egypt.
There is no reliable indication in the extra-biblical record of the existence of Jesus as historical figure.
The historical record indicates that Christianity had wide variation, and was largely similar to the mystery religions that were common around the Mediterranean in the first few centuries CE.
If you had spent time reviewing the history of the Bible and early Christianity, you would find that there are MANY reasons to doubt not only Christianity, but the very existence of Jesus as a person.

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Answer 5

Who said atheists believe of the historical, factual events and people that the bible speak of? When or if an atheists read the bible it's for amusement or get a better understanding how or why christians believe the bible to be true.

Answer 6

If you all you study are christian books and things you agree with, you will NEVER understand why we do not believe. The bible is written in a way that can be interpreted to have predicted nearly any event. If you ever decide you want to learn more, stop reading the stuff that you've pre-decided that you agree with. Do some REAL research and look at BOTH sides, then you will understand how lame the Christian claim and defense is.

Answer 7

Harry Potter has London in it. So it has to be real...right?

They found Troy based on the Iliad. Does that mean that Zeus is real? Actually the Iliad had more predictions that checked out. Lots of stories have real people and events in it. But you are always quick to ignore the things that didn't check out.

Example: There is no evidence at all in Egypt that there were ever Hebrews there. No documentation, no art, no stories, nothing at all. If there were really that many there would have been some influence rub off.

Answer 8

Portions of the Bible do relate factual events related to real historical figures. This does not validate every biblical claim.

The Spiderman comic book is set in a real city (New York), and often features real people and real-life events. That doesn't mean that Spiderman is real.

Answer 9

Many fiction books have their plot lines tied to real historical events also. That doesn't make them true.

You need to read up on the original stories most the Bible was plagiarized from and you'll begin to grasp why many comprehend that book and its tales are not of the divine. Start with the Sumerian tablet stories of the Anannaki then read up on the many legends of 'virgin birth crucified savior' tales around long before Jesus was.

Answer 10

I absolutely do accept the historical facts of the bible, like the fact that biblegod condones slavery;

Lev 25:1 The LORD said to Moses on Mount Sinai,

44 " 'Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. 45 You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property. 46 You can will them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly.(NIV)

It's facts such as these that let me know the bible is certainly no place to learn about morality, since biblegod himself tells you how to buy slaves which become your property.

There's far better places to learn about morality, like Shrek, for instance.

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