You said: «
The bible only points to the truth», but actually, you say that with nothing more that faith as evidence.
The bible only points to that.
Not exact matches
Op implied that
only primitive individuals will find value in the
bible, I
pointed out the blatant inaccuracy of his statement with the quote.
I'm not saying that when you'll do this you'll become an atheist (though personally I believe if you truely do think about it, that you will become one soon enough) there are a few people on this board (like JW) who has thought long and hard about god and rationalized it enough to still be a believer and make some sense, but fred, I will not be even remotely swayed to understand your
point if you
only use the
bible as your bullhorn.
If your
only point of reference for what love is is the
bible, you could well have the equivalent of battered woman's syndrome, equating abuse and degradation for love.
i don't expect that this little discourse will change your views —
only that if anyone does not accept their need for a Savior in Jesus Christ then what could possibly be the
point to studying the
bible verse by verse or otherwise.
My
Point?????? ppl who believe stuff just because it's in the
bible are morons and ppl who selectively pick
only certain passages out of the
bible to justify their prejudices are manipulators on a power trip.
If you rely
only on the
bible to make a
point, that
point is considered worthless because we've already proved the
bible worthless as source material.
Evidence
points to theories and they're reputable and so I trust those more than a religious person using the
bible as the
only source of proof for history, science, philosophy, ect...
There are pretty cool things about all the prophecies Jesus fulfilled, historical info
pointing to Christ and the disciples, as well as psychological analyses of the changes seen in people in the
bible that could
only be logically explained by major shifts in belief.
I agree with Bill Maher, but then again I'm a lifelong atheist... I have never believed for one minute that the god as portrayed in the
bible or koran has any possibility of being real to everyone, otherwise that god would make itself obvious and not hide behind man made lies and cultural practices that self perpetuate thanks fo fear... otherwise there would not be several thousand man made religions trying to claim that god as their own... yes, it is an opinion,
only valid to the opinion holder and no one else... Bill, thanks for so strongly making that
point, not that it makes any difference to god fearing people... they will hold on to their opinion as strongly as they hold on to their shotgun, thinking that each provides them with some form of security... to intelligent people, neither is secure and neither leads to true freedom of the mind...
I believe the
bible chronicles mankind and tells complete stories but doesn't intend to
point scathing fingers at humans but
only to guild them into a more balanced being, one that doesn't need to be forgiven because there is nothing to forgive.
Creationists arguement is many times this (as it seems to be the
point you're driving at): Evolutionists
only have theories on how life started, but creationists have PROOF (the
bible)!!
Even * if * the
bible (pick whichever version you like as a starting
point) was not actually changed, as in a version 1 + was never released, christians
only pay attention to the bits they like, so in effect, the
bible and christian's adherence to it, have changed over the years.
As a christian apologist, Chad, has 2000 years of «facts and testimony» to draw on to defend the delusion, not to the degree of proof or evidence;
only to the
point that a whole lot of people bought into the scam, therefore the scam is true based on the
bible, why, because a 2000 year old book, that very same
bible says so, which completes the circle.