The real question is, "why does anyone believe any religion!"
Every one of them is nothing but mythology and superstition. The key to having religion is that it normally has to be put to you when you are young. If someone told you everyday since you were little that faeries caused rain....every time it rained you would see proof of faeries.
If someone raises you to believe that a dubiously constructed book of fairy tales written by a bunch of superstitious desert dwellers is the flawless word of God...then that is also what you will believe.
I am surprised you didn't throw in some of the historical aspects of the debate Blasted... for instance that Constantine assembled a committee who assembled the bible. That they left out hundreds of books. That the Catholic church and European royalty edited the book repeatedly since it's compilation...
Bible is useless except for use as firewood.
Have you read the bible? Didn't think so, it contains no contradictions. The bible is completely and wholly the word of God and has not a single contradiction. And simply saying it does, does not support your argument
Not really a contradiction, but an epic fail from god and the serpent dings a level.
Well, I hope non-religious types can answer. I agree that it is full of contradictions and not only does it contradict itself, science has proven a great deal of what it says to be false. I think that it is possible that some of the events in the Bible happened, I think they were embellished, but that the book is a historical account of one family or tribe through out it's history.
I also think that religious people find ways to explain the contradictions or use the term "faith" to over ride those contradictions. I don't always think that there is anything wrong with this, to each his own, believe what you like, but please do not try to convert me.
Dinosaurs DID exist, evolutions IS real.
But I know that there are many intelligent educated people that do believe exactly that, and I'm hoping to get some insight into what makes them believe.
The bible is true and thats all i know. No one else will tell me otherwise
2 Corinthians 5:7 We live by faith, not by sight.
If you are going to follow that stuff at least read the book and know it.
after all these years you a have book that was compiled by men and still has men's finger print on it, so how could this be from God ??
When Christians say that the world is only 5000 years old, men can live in the belly of whales, virgins can give birth, humanity can start with only two sets of DNA, and rape, slavery, and murder are all OK if God says they are.....they aren't lying. They are just wrong!
Thank you for pointing at that distinction.
Blasted - now look what you did!
Hey Blasted---
You do have a knack for pulling those folks in, though! Right?
(And now, whenever i see one of these "dramas" begin, I look to see where you are !)
Hi BlastedR,
Well as you know I am one of those religious types, so maybe I could offer my 2 cents here...
The splendor of the human spirit cannot be contained in words... which is why the Bible (as well as other holy books) just doesn't cut it with logic. But images, symbols - those can act as transformers to connect us in with who we really are. And so the Bible conveys its message in imagery.
Something like lightning is too powerful, but take a power line with transformers and you can switch on your electric lights not to mention your metal...well, the human spirit is the lightning here - too great for the logical mind to contain.
Anyway as an example from your website, the "wealth and riches" in the house of one who 'fears' the Lord Ps. 112:1-3, that refers to an unconditional sense of inner abundance irregardless of whether you are rich or poor. And by contrast, the rich man who cannot get that camel to go through the eye of the needle... well, that rich guy has to spend so much energy on his money that you really have no energy left over to explore your own inner abundance!
Likewise with each of those contradictory pairs...when you look deeper they are always consistent, no contradiction at all.
In any case, religion was never meant to INSTRUCT us in salvation, it was intended to support and nurture our own inner knowing. And I hate to tell you this but some of you 'atheist types' here on Ask I think do seem to be coming along quite beautifully in unfolding the love in your hearts, which to me is what religion (not to mention life) is all about...
I'd never thought of the "transformer" analogy and I'm going to think about that. A lot. It's a brilliant perspective.
BR wants to give you two green thumbs, and so he might. I'd like to add you to my "Follow" list twice to make sure I don't miss a single word.
look up the documentaries 'banned from the bible' and 'ancient aliens' very interesting!
Two hands working are stronger than 10,000 hands praying.
my friend im a muslim and I ask myself that question everyday in my life... i guess the bible is a book that could only be perfected trough faith but for sure like you said it's not a textual book...
http://www.answering-islam.org/Quran/Contra/
http://www.islam-watch.org/SyedKamranMirza/Quran-contradiction-flaws.htm
http://carm.org/contradictions-quran
You're welcome! :)
God is challenging people like you to find any mistakes in the Quran, God Himself says:
Holy Quran 4:82
Then do they not reflect upon the Qur'an? If it had been from [any] other than Allah , they would have found within it many contradiction.
Everybody here may believe something similar, or we could all be different. Despite this, we should respect other religions, no matter how many contradictions. Now if this religion harmed others then I would fight it, Harm to self or others is against my religion.
I can't give a god any respect that requires mere mortals to do his killing for him. That counts out [...thinking...] Oh yah! All of them! My god (and he ain't showed up yet, zackly) kills his own enemies, cuz he's all kinda powerful.
Then, I'm going for a god that thinks killing is bad. Yah I know, just a crazy kid with a dream
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You are taking the insult upon yourself, this fight like your God...is all in your head!