In this case, do you find it possible that the bible and other religious books are not completely made up, and that some things written there could actually be true (even the parts that are not related directly to god)?
I'm not claiming anything, I just want to know what you think of it
2007-09-12 11:24:15 · 38 answers · asked by larissa 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Moirases Fate I am not claiming anything, it is just a presumption - a posibility
2007-09-12 11:43:01 · update #1
buddhist_20 did I actually said I was chirstian or that I blieve those things?
2007-09-12 11:46:46 · update #2
I believe that there is truth to the bible. There probably was a Jesus, but he was probably just a very nice, charismatic guy and the New Testament just mistranslated some information. It's kind of like the game "telephone".
2007-09-12 11:36:14 · answer #1 · answered by ren 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
For me, alot of the Old testament is the equivilent of Greek myths- seeking to explain, what was then, the unexplainable. The New Testament focuses more on morals and how to be good etc- basically kinda like Emily Post's etiquette books, which I could see a need for as I'm sure there was an incredible amount of degenerate values and not having any -one- source of knowledge to tell people what was right and wrong and why it was so. The Book of Revelations was written in reference to Nero.
I have no knowledge of any other holy books, but I'd assume they're about the same- a section of how everything was created then a section about how to behave and another section about how the deity of their religion will eventually save the followers and shun the non-believers. SHUUUUUN!
2007-09-12 11:33:52 · answer #2 · answered by Alex 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do believe that there is no smoke without fire, so who created god if god in fact is part of the creationist theory? If you in fact believe that than there would be no end, an infinite number of causes would exist. Also, I don't believe that the bible is entirely false, and yes I've read it. A man may have lived through those events but, just as in any case, everyone's view of the same incident will be different. I don't believe that someone should base their life around someone dying and calling it religion. People die for causes every day. I'm happy that you and other Christians have faith, I just happen to lack it.
2007-09-12 11:36:24 · answer #3 · answered by buddhist_20 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think natural human instinct is to want religion. Most people look at Greek mythology as not having truth behind it. I see other religions as being similar, but not the same. Also, many religious text completely contradict each other (either within a religion or across multiple ones). So by logic, one has to be completely wrong on that contradictory part.
So no, I don't view any religious text as the smoke to God's fire. But yes, i do believe some events happened and were expanded to be stories in religious texts. But they didn't happen as written.
2007-09-12 11:30:41 · answer #4 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes of course. You would have to be completely ignorant to think otherwise. In fact, as an Atheist, I think that more than 90% of the bible may be absolutley true. Its the supernatural aspect of the bible that my brain just cannot accept. The bible was written for a reason, whether to pass down what really happened, or to give future generations hope of a better world, you cannot fully dismiss the bible as a book of fairy tales.
2007-09-12 11:35:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Anything with out the ability to be cross-referenced is suspect. The bible and other early works have no ability to be cross referenced with documents of their own time period and therefore will always be suspect. Is there perhaps some truth - yes likely about places and major events not related to any kind of divine happening, but it is so twisted and buried in tall tales and fiction that I doubt it will ever come to light.
2007-09-12 11:30:56 · answer #6 · answered by genaddt 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, I dont agree with that. Chemicals being mixed together can cause smoke without fire.
That said, sure the Bible has some geographical accuracies in it. That doesnt make the rest of it true. Harry Potter also has geographic accuracies...its not considered a Holy Book.
2007-09-12 11:31:06 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I dunno about religion, but there's often smoke without fire. Sometimes, an object can get hot enough to smoke without actually having a flame. Sometimes what we see isn't even smoke, but just something that resembles smoke. Fog or mist maybe. Vapour. Using your own analogy, religious books seem to fall into this category - we have no way of knowing until its proven.
"Smoke without fire" is just another way of saying, "Everyone seems to believe, so it must be true." This doesn't actually verify or deny whether anything is true - only that some people think it is.
2007-09-12 11:36:14 · answer #8 · answered by Me 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Smoke is derived from hundreds of chemical reactions and only one of those reactions is considered "fire".
We will concede that the Romans, Egyptians and a few other societies that are described in the bible existed, as they are independently verifiable by something other than a book of fiction.
2007-09-12 11:32:12 · answer #9 · answered by sprcpt 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I believe that since the Bible and other holy books are written by Man and are therefore fallible and misinterpreted. Go Team Atheist By Defunct.
2007-09-12 11:31:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
A lot of things could be taken from old legends... e.g. The Behemoth and the Leviathan. Demons could just be diseased people who looked like zombies. Some things in religous books are just mis-interpretations of myths and legends. As for the religous stuff... i don't know
2007-09-12 11:30:39 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋