It seems to be a very big stretch that anyone would come to this conclusion. I could see thinking the stories were well written fables to provide a solid moral basis (along with a lot of contradiction) but to come to the conclusion that it was the word of God? I don't see it.
What in the Bible would give this conclusion?
2007-11-01 07:06:53 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Premahol, your suggestion that the evidence that the Bible is word of God is in the Bible itself is ridiculous. By that line of reasoning, any author could accomplish the same.
2007-11-01 07:19:38 · update #1
Jomboy, who said I didn't like the answers? The only answer I responded to was one using circular logic that was ridiculous. I am wide open to good answers, and indeed am hoping to find one. Why do you answer a question with no attempt at providing an answer?
2007-11-01 08:00:59 · update #2
I can understand why you might think so, but forgive me if I suggest that you are mistaken.
Case in point: "Stranger in a Strange Land". This book is overtly fictional. It obviously portrays events that are not real. It could only be called a religious work in the loosest of senses. Yet in spite of this, it has inspired a religious movement which exists to this day (link 1).
Even with no knowledge of the past, I have very little doubt that people who came across so many Bibles - with so obviously moralistic stories many of which purport to be complete truth, and to some extent which directly attempts to describe and encourage religion - I have almost no doubt that those people would almost immediately found a brand new Christian faith. I wouldn't even give it longer than a couple weeks.
Besides, you neglect another possibility (though I don't blame you for doing so): if there really IS a diety behind the Christian faith somewhere, there could always be the possibilty of further divine inspiration. There are any number of people around the world right now who claim to have some kind of communicative connection to that entity. Whether this is so or not is something we are unlikely to be able to determine from the outside... but it is a possibility to consider.
2007-11-01 08:09:43 · answer #1 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, most people believe that the Bible is the word of God because it was an article of faith from the Catholic church of th 400s. It has been carried into the Protestant general consciousness with the Reformation and Luther, and is the common view. In Christian academia however the reigning belief is that fallible men in difficult times were divinely inspired by the Spirit to write thoughts, stories, and praises about their new relationship with Christ. Since the selection and codification (by a committee of men) of the 66 separate books into what we now call the Bible, this decision has become mystic and holy due mostly to its age and the inherent value of the words contained in those pages. So I do not believe the mystical aura surrounding the Bible in common Christianity would re-arise after this memory wipe for a few thousand more years.
That being said, if the scriptures ARE divinely inspired words, then the Spirit can work through the flaws of languages and and writers as it has for centuries. We don't need all the garbage surrounding religion, and I for one believe that your idea would be beneficial. A reset on our prejudices, backgrounds, educations, etc would force religions to stand on their own merit. Personally I feel Christianity would prosper from that.
2007-11-01 08:22:45 · answer #2 · answered by Bitterpill 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course there would be people that still believe that the Bible is the Word of God. How do you think it got to be that way in the first place? The first time anyone hears the Word, they have to decide it for themselves. How would erasing peoples memories effect that in any way? Belief in the Word is the result of a person wanting to believe in something greater than themselves. That has noting to do with memory or conditioning. Now, which people would believe in the Word may be different than the ones who believe now, but the whole point of religion is the expression of faith in a persons life. That will not change.
2007-11-01 08:11:59 · answer #3 · answered by Gee Whizdom™ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Okay, well then . . .if God went to all the trouble of speaking the Words to go into the Bible so as to be remembered, would he let the whole world have its memory wiped away, start over, and not have a back up plan or a good reason for it, thereby not even needing the Words to be remembered?
2007-11-01 08:11:54 · answer #4 · answered by Kbrand5 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you "think" the Bible is not the Word, then you are reading without the Spirit! Eyes that cannot see, only find conflict in the scripture. The Bible says that the scripture is the "dead" letter until it becomes "alive" in you!
2007-11-01 07:13:47 · answer #5 · answered by Premaholic 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think that rather than deem it a work of God, people would see all the interpretations of the Bible and see it as man's word in honor of God. In my dreamworld utopia, people would also see the Koran and Talmud as an extension of this ancient religion and we would all embrace peace as brothers and sisters rather than kill each other in the name of our gods.
Alas, such a utopia could never work.
2007-11-01 07:11:41 · answer #6 · answered by alaisin13 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If everything you knew was wiped. 1. you'd never be able to read the Bible :P 2. You would believe ANYTHING because you have no memory that "lies" exist.
2007-11-01 08:50:42 · answer #7 · answered by lufiabuu 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋