were stupider than people today? Is it really so hard to believe that a book written 2000 years ago is just an ordinary book of fiction?
2007-09-18 18:31:54 · 20 answers · asked by RcknRllr 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Why is it so hard for non-believers to accept that the Bible is not just an ordinary book? We have our beliefs and you have yours- get over it. Peace
2007-09-18 18:41:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
ok dude, "were stupider than people today" you know that’s just asking for it.
A literal belief in the bible appeals to a lot of people, I personally don't understand the attraction nor do I understand where they get the idea from..
that being said .. I would not dismiss the Bible or its overall message... It really does have a ring of truth to many things, and really when i read John, and even Mathew,( yes I know written at least 200 years AD and the man was the king of the hyperbole ) I can get excited about a belief in Christ and his message .. which I think is pretty good.. Love all, be kind, don't cause pain .. believe in something greater than yourselves ...
2007-09-19 01:50:24 · answer #2 · answered by Wondering Faith 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Greetings,
You certainly would not have said that,if you had read the Book through which God has made his Sons Faithful,Through which People have come to the Lord for help,through which many believed and are saved.Do not be like the heathen.Pray to God,to open your eyes,for nothing is impossible with God most high.He is the Creator of all things.In this this whole creation,nothing happens without the Consent of God.He is so caring about all his People that so much so that not even a hair falls from their head without him Knowing.
The Bible is the Living Word of God, through which your soul and the soul of all those whoever believes in "The Word" might be saved.
Peace Be With you.
2007-09-19 02:02:35 · answer #3 · answered by Nick Carter 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To ask an intelligent question, you first have to be certain of the information presented as facts in your question. The protestant Bible contains 66 separate books. The Catholic Bible has several more. You would do well to look up the history of each of the books and discover how old the Bible really is. Then ask your question so that it even applies to reality.
2007-09-19 01:38:01 · answer #4 · answered by javadic 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Bible was written by people like David & Paul through the inspiration of God. Now, even if I take out the 'inspiration' part, how stupider can they be compared to you.
We are free to ask anything here at Yahoo Answers, but please, reflect first on what you write.
Why not tell us about the 'book' that you do believe.
2007-09-19 01:49:10 · answer #5 · answered by DannyLua 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The traditional Christian opinion as taught by the fathers and theologians of the ancient Church is that the Bible was written by human beings *about* God. But I would not say that they were 'stupider' than people of today. Most of what you consider 'stupid' is actually satire, hyperbole, or allegory.
2007-09-19 01:44:14 · answer #6 · answered by NONAME 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I accept that the bible is nothing more than a collection of stories. But some people for whatever reason are not able to see that, and what is ever scarier is that most want to follow the bible literally.
For goodness sake the book of Lev: is filled with acts of atrocities to commit to someone who goes against god
2007-09-19 01:37:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
How many other books you know of lasted as long and been through as much trouble as the Bible has, NONE. One with solid backing as to it's origin, and authorization, NONE. One that has told of past and present events and has been proven. It also predicts the future.
2007-09-19 01:41:46 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The people that wrote the book as they lived it, is not stupid, they had all it took to write it, if the people of today can not read it and understand it, then who is stupid? Man then and man now does not want to believe or do the needed work required in a correct way before the God the book speaks of.
BOOK WRITTEN:
At year 2513, O.T. 1110 years, 39 books, many write, 443 before Christ. Pages 1401. N.T. [ to yr. 100, 27 book P.1834 ] for 396 years in 2007 AD or CE past WW1 and WW2 as population is organized earth wide 93 years.
TIME EVIDENT:
Gen.1:1,2; Job 38:4-7, 30-32; All exist billions, old earth prepared ages to
intended inhabitant. Gen.1:3-25; Gen.1:26; Intended inhabitant man/Adam.
EXAMPLE OF BIBLE EXAMINATION AS HISTORY OF 6073 YEARS:
Flood year 1656, year 2368 Joseph's death ends Genesis.
Joseph dies 712 years after the flood year, 1698 before Christ. Gen.50:26; Page 92.
Jacob [ Onto generation four of Jacob Gen.47:9,11,28; At 215 years after covenant he is in Rameses Egypt, Levi, Kohath, Amram Exo.6:16-23,26 ];
Moses born 777 after flood is generation four [ after flood year 1656 ].
Jacob at Gen.47:9; is 215 years to Moses is age 80 Exo.7:7; 857 after flood. Exo.12:40,41; Exodus from Rameses Egypt 430 years after Abraham gets the Promised Land covenant Gal.3:16-18 [ 430 years and heirs get the law of the land and the law of God and be law enforcement people ].
Num.33:38,39; Aaron age 123 dies. Deut.34:7; Moses age 120 dies, 897 years after the flood, 2553 years after Adam in Eden, 1513 before Christ.
Josh.5:6,10,12; 14th day New Year is 898 years after the flood. 2554-1512 before Christ.
Judges 11:26; 300 years is 1198 years after the flood for Judges to Jair dies.
Samuel Acts 13:20 [450 plus 857 is 1307 years after flood ]: Moses and the Exodus and 450 years of Judges to Samuel age 80. 1103 before Christ.
Eli 1Sam.4:15,18; Samuel 1Sam.7:2,13,15; Saul Acts 13:21; and king David 1Ki.2:10,11; are a few of those in this time period.
1Ki.6:1; 480 years and 897 is 1377 years after the flood Moses death to year 4 of king Solomon to began the temple as [ from 1333 to 1373 after flood, and 1077 to 1037 before Christ king David established Promised Land peace 1Ki.2:10,11 ]; king Solomon has 36 years 1Ki.11:42; to 1413 years after the flood and 997 before Christ.
Judah kings of 18, last 391 years to Babylon world Empire #3 desolates the Promised Land, no temple [ THERE WILL BE NO KING UNTIL JESUS AT HIS SECOND COMING, HIS FIRST COMING IS IN ROME WORLD EMPIRE #6, 606 years after Promised Land is desolate, Dan.9:24-27; a less time
period after Jerusalem is rebuilt, thus the O. T. done 443 before Christ.
Christ came and ascended in year 33. The book was published to the world 1611 after Christ, 396 years ago at 2007 AD or CE.
2007-09-19 02:30:20 · answer #9 · answered by jeni 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it were an ordinary book of fiction, why have countless Christians given their lives for it?
2007-09-19 01:37:09 · answer #10 · answered by Paulie D 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋