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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most people make up what they believe mostly by how they feel or what makes them comfortable.  Logically, the odds of what makes them comfortable being the actual order of existance is highly unlikely .  The bible May or may not be true, but since it is so compelling to outlast 2000 years of fads, PC, philosophy, kingdoms and all human spiritual experimentation and still be the number 1 selling book year after year..... It is logically more likely to be true, especially since so much of it is contrary to our nature and indicts our character .[/quote]

There is very little logic in what you say.  There are books older than the Bible and the reason they are not as well known by the masses is that they didn't have the huge PR campaign that the BIble has had for  centuries -- by that I mean the Catholic Church enforcing it's brand of religion, presenting the Bible as written by God,  Then the reformation and the printing printing press that made the Bible (and pretty much only the bible, for a while) available to the masses.  The Bible may be "best selling" but very few read it.   It' a common gift to give for confirmation, weddings, etc.  Also, don't forget all those bibles in hotel rooms.  Lots of people have several Bibles on their shelves, but who knows if they have cracked any of them.

Also, in many ways the Bible has not outlasted fads -- it's changed with the times.  There are so many different editions and different  interpretations of it, sometimes it's hard to recognize that people are referring to the same book.  Your logic sounds like something heard in Sunday school and then not thought much about -- something a minister would say to try to make a case for the Bible - and something people accept because  it comes from an authoritative voice.

Many would disagree with the Bible being "contrary to our nature,"  saying that it's wisdom is timeless.  And there is no evidence that it's contrary to our nature -- humans are complex - there is much in the Bible that is good and much that is horrible, reflecting humans at a point in time, over 2,000 years ago when life was different in many ways - when few people were literate, life was much shorter and we knew little about science.

Please think about these kind of things before you make another statement about the Bible.  [/quote]

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