God is your humanity and common sense. Do not do something for God do it for yourself. If you want to end relationships with family or friends end them because of evil deeds that person has done not because they do not believe what you believe. There are enough different God's written about in history to overpopulate most U.S. Cities. Who are you to say any one of them is the right one and the only one and no other belief is the correct way to believe but your own? If you convert a bad person to christianity then they see the evil laws of the Old Testament (I speak of the rules for engaging in war and the punishment of death for not following the old testament laws.) You can say that the Bible tells you Thou shall not kill, and argue that people should get severe punishment for breaking that law...But is that a law of the bible or of common sense? Jesus supposedly came to fulfill the profecies but if he did and we no longer need to follow the old testament is it ok to kill?
2007-09-21 14:52:30 · 13 answers · asked by klover_dso 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Why do we pick and choose what we want to believe from the Bible? Shouldn't we just leave it behind and read it as fictional mythology, using humanity and moral character to decide what is right and wrong?
2007-09-21 14:54:18 · update #1
Crazy? Maybe a little, but you would have to be to believe anyone that says God (or anyone else ) is talking to them through divine inspiration.
2007-09-21 14:57:37 · update #2
Don H???? Evil does not exist? I remember something of evil on the 11th day of Sept. 2001? And read about evil done in Nagasaki...BTW I am too lazy to proofread. spell this
Antidisestablishmentarianism
2007-09-21 14:59:49 · update #3
oops after the whole evil introduced to christianity and learns laws of old testament blah blah blah, I meant to say he uses these laws to justify in his own mind the evils of these words and becomes some crazy psychopath...Would you not see yourself as the bad man's introduction to a misleading religion with too many contradictions and false promises? I am not so much angry at Abrahamic religions as I am feeling sorry for their followers...Christians Muslims and Judaists are alike in their hatred toward each other and faith that the other's are wrong.
2007-09-21 15:05:10 · update #4
You were kind of all over the place, but you brought up some good points.
Especially: 'Shouldn't we just leave it behind and read it as fictional mythology'
Yes, that's exactly right.
It's entirely too bad that 'christians' (however one defines them) don't accept the bible/jesus/god as a cautionary tale/fable/myth/parable.
I think to a certain extent that they are missing out on it by not understanding where the book of mythology came from and what it means in a historical context.
Some of them instead try to take it literally which is just ridiculous. You can't literally believe donkeys can talk or that the world was flooded. If you do you aren't living in the real world. But that doesn't seem to stop some of them.
They just stonewall, stonewall, stonewall...
I think they're missing out on the meaning of the whole thing.
2007-09-21 15:00:59 · answer #1 · answered by Reverend Ludd A.A.A.A.A.A. 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
each and all of the writers of the recent testomony had own encounters with Jesus. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, James, Peter, Jude have been eyewitnesses to Jesus' existence, death and resurrection. Paul had an bump into with Jesus from heaven, however the writings of the different apostles validate Paul's apostleship. The bible is finished. There are various scriptures that let us know to no longer upload to it or do away with from it or go previous what's written.
2016-10-09 15:12:29 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your are speaking out of ignorance and much hatred.
Jesus fulfilled the law in the old testament.
He brought the New Covenant which is rules by the law written in our hearts.
Grace dear grace.
Too much to say
2007-09-21 14:58:38 · answer #3 · answered by K in Him 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Who God is has nothing to do with your humanity. God is Spirit and we are created in His image through the spirit man. Then He wrapped flesh around us. God bless
2007-09-21 15:03:20 · answer #4 · answered by spiritwoman343 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is telling you that evil exists it's not God inspiring you to write.
Love and blessings Don
2007-09-21 14:57:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hell is a real place. Its the place that Jesus Christ came to save you from . Good or bad, one must accept him to avoid spending eternity in hell. A place where one will be tormented day and night, that's the place to avoid, for eternity.
2007-09-21 15:07:03 · answer #6 · answered by faceeternity 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God didn't inspire you to grab a dictionary did he or click the check spelling button?
2007-09-21 14:56:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I liked your last divinely inspired writing, but this one leaves me a little flat. Are you hearing correctly?
Peace to you.
2007-09-21 14:57:41 · answer #8 · answered by Orpheus Rising 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how revealing
this revelation will not reveal anything to the "lost" (converted god believers)
2007-09-21 14:58:52 · answer #9 · answered by voice_of_reason 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This doesn't seem divinely inspired. It's just a pile of your opinions.
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2007-09-21 15:00:01 · answer #10 · answered by AuroraDawn 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋