Why do you not believe that the Bible is divinely inspired?

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Anonymous wrote:The wisdom and anecdotes offered therein are truly above and beyond

So is Star Wars.

“Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” Yoda 3:16

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Anonymous wrote:This was sort of the subject of the sermon today at my church...Can the Bible be Trusted? The sermon is obviously too long to post here, and honestly can't remember all of it. But basically, it was stating that the writings that comprised the Bible, or at least the NT, was historically accurate from a purely historically point of view, and as CS Lewis stated (not verbatum), Jesus was either a raving lunatic to claim he was the Son of God, or he really was the Son of God.

Or he was a legend

I don't believe in the divinity of Jesus, or in the divine itself, but there are sufficient extra-biblical references (including Roman historical references) to conclude that there was a man named Jesus, he was a Nazarene, he was one of many self-proclaimed Messianic prophets of the time, he had followers, and he was crucified.

that's another possibility -- he was just a guy during those times.

Also, it is not a conclusion that this particular guy named Jesus existed. The extra-biblial references are slim and may not be trustworthy - i.e. embellished or added later to make a case for the Jesus of scripture.

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that's another possibility -- he was just a guy during those times.

"Vell, Zaphod's just zis guy, you know?"

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Men wrote the Bible. Do you know of anyone in power who wouldn't write something to benefit themselves?

Think about politicians. Are they all 100% honest or is it more like 1%? (I know I'm being generous by saying 1% of politicians are honest).

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You mean including Leviticus?

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Oh yay! Another haterz thread. Thanks for reminding me why I stopped coming to this forum!

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Anonymous wrote:Oh yay! Another haterz thread. Thanks for reminding me why I stopped coming to this forum!

But you're back!

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That guy who catches the ark to keep it from falling on the ground and then God kills him for daring to touch the holy ark.

Lot offering his daughters up to the mob.

A lot of wisdom in the bible but also a lot of stupid stuff that I have a hard time believing God would endorse.

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Watching science try to figure out the shroud of Turin .

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Anonymous wrote:How can something so misogynistic and divisive be divinely inspired? It was truly a male inspired book. A book written by for men for men to control others.

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+2 x 100000000

The Bible was written in a time period where pretty much the majority of the civilizations around the world were misogynistic. It was written with this culture in mind. When it says "Slaves obey your masters", it doesn't state that the writer condoned it, but rather addresses the culture of the times. Most people who read the Bible don't understand the culture of the times; they take it word for word, and not the spirit of the word. That's where the problem comes in.

I am a female BTW and consider myself somewhat a feminist. If you read the Bible from this perspective (keeping in mind the culture of times), you will find that Jesus was actually pretty progressive when it came to women's rights -- saving the prostitute, showing himself to women first after he was resurrected, telling his disciples that the woman who was listening to him rather than preparing the food was actually doing what was right, etc. Even in the OT, you will find some strong women characters.

I don't disagree with you on much of this but it's one thing to appreciate the books of the bible as literary and inspirational works of their times. It's another to say those books were divinely inspired. Unless you're using the term "divine" loosely.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How can something so misogynistic and divisive be divinely inspired? It was truly a male inspired book. A book written by for men for men to control others.

+1

+2 x 100000000

The Bible was written in a time period where pretty much the majority of the civilizations around the world were misogynistic. It was written with this culture in mind. When it says "Slaves obey your masters", it doesn't state that the writer condoned it, but rather addresses the culture of the times. Most people who read the Bible don't understand the culture of the times; they take it word for word, and not the spirit of the word. That's where the problem comes in.

I am a female BTW and consider myself somewhat a feminist. If you read the Bible from this perspective (keeping in mind the culture of times), you will find that Jesus was actually pretty progressive when it came to women's rights -- saving the prostitute, showing himself to women first after he was resurrected, telling his disciples that the woman who was listening to him rather than preparing the food was actually doing what was right, etc. Even in the OT, you will find some strong women characters.

I don't disagree with you on much of this but it's one thing to appreciate the books of the bible as literary and inspirational works of their times. It's another to say those books were divinely inspired. Unless you're using the term "divine" loosely.

If Jesus were divine you'd think women's lib would have caught on sooner

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Because at Nicene in the 4th century men not God, decided what to leave in and what to leave out

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It's a sin. Sorry .
Join the rest of us!

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Anonymous wrote:Oh yay! Another haterz thread. Thanks for reminding me why I stopped coming to this forum!

Christian haters can't resist !

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God allegedly said to Joshua that the city of Jericho was his, he could have it, so Joshua stormed the walls and killed every man, woman, child, and their asses and farm animals.
So what was the sin of these victims? They worshiped other gods apparently.