Sentences with phrase «bible stories from»
Yep, there are many, many Christians outside the US, but most understand that bible stories from the so - called Old Testament are primarily allegory, not literal truth.
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If a species, especially an advanced one, had similar stories to ours and also insisted on a god similar to that of the bible, could that be construed as some evidence that a god exists and that its the one from the bible?
Use the bible for what it was intended, moral stories of how people should act, although current societal norms would certainly preclude stoning and other current justice and civil rights departures from the rigid teachings / interpretations of the bible.
I actually enjoy reading the bible, I enjoy listening to my religious leaders explain how different religious leaders have interpreted different sections of the bible over the years and what stories of morality etc. we can gleam from the Bible.
The bible is merely a reflection of stories from other cultures re-packaged to make them more easily digestible by the masses as things shifted to a new power base.
Let us not forget that all the stories in the bible are adapted from stories that already existed long before the bible was written.
We read the story from the children's bible that was given to her by her grandparents.
How about if you actually paid attention to the article it stated that religious or not he's books mimicked stories from the bible..
Some of us were not bathed from birth in a sea of bible stories or threatened with hellfire forever if we do nt believe or shamed into believing.
We have a notion — we learn it from Bible stories in our children's illustrated Bibles — that God speaks to people, but what's startling is feeling you're in the presence of a God to whom you need to speak back.
Story after story in the bible show God seeking lost sinners, wooing them, urging them to turn from their freely chosen evil deeds, be forgiven and walk in his Story after story in the bible show God seeking lost sinners, wooing them, urging them to turn from their freely chosen evil deeds, be forgiven and walk in his story in the bible show God seeking lost sinners, wooing them, urging them to turn from their freely chosen evil deeds, be forgiven and walk in his ways.
Actually, it has been proven that the stories in the bible were actually stolen from religions that came before it.
Once you see the bible for the progoganda that it is, you can free yourself from the ridiculous stories, false stories and just try to do right by your fellow man.
Most of the bible was coppied stories from over a thousand years ago.
Interestingly, the first thing that jumped in my head from the bible, about how to pray, was the Tax Collector and the Pharisee... it took a Google search to come up with verses, and it also jogged my memory to the song «Pride (In the Name of Love)» by U2, in which I thought the lyrics «one man come in the name of love, one man he come and go» in part was a call - out to that story.
Many of the stories in the Christian bible are simply stories carried over from the Jewish book.
First of all if the second coming ever happens is Jesus going to appear out of thin air or will Jesus be born from a virgin once again as he was in the bible story and grow up amongst us all invisible to non-believers and also wouldn't the Anti-Christ be born around the same time to play his part?
i do nt know if people here still view the bible as literal, but its interesting to me that many who say they trust the bible or sacraments over direct experience of God seems ironic considering the bible details from beginning to end story after story of Gods supernatural intervention time and time again.
We break our hour - long service up into three segments which include a lot of interaction, dynamic story - telling, crafts and at the end of the service I grill my kids with questions from the bible lesson for the week.
Please don't listen to these people on here they have so many different views and ideas of their own but don't listen to them they have closed their heart to God and are doing Satans work of misleading people away from the Almighty they look for men who like to have their ears tickled so don't take mine our anyone else's word for it look it up for your self history attests to the bible as true and The writings of Moses is far older than anything they have ever found thats right Moses wrote the first parts in the bible 3,500 years ago The scriptures weren't inspired by Pagan stories Pagan stories was inspired by actual events just like those in the bible because if you notice that a lot of the stories found in the bible have a lot to do about people worshipping false Gods.
Christians arguing stories from their bible vs. scientific facts is like arguing about Santa's sleigh flying... sure it says it flies in the stories but the facts are that there is no Santa (sorry kids), there is no magic sleigh, and there are no magical reindeer to guide his sleigh tonight.
You are ware that your Christian bible borrowed the virgin birth, the resurrection, the story of Noah and the ark, Jonah and the whale, Adam & Eve, and the creation story from other cultures that came long before Christianity, right?
Your statement that the bible is «an ancient collection of letters, laws, poetry, proverbs, histories, prophecies, philosophy and stories spanning multiple genres and assembled over thousands of years in cultures very different from our own.»
The Bible is a collection of stories from one small portion of the world and most of those stories come from years before the bible was put together by the pagan ruler Constantine.
its so amazing there people is this world are so caught up in living for themselves, what if the rapture happened while reading my text, what then, will you stil care what clothes you are wearing or what what car you are driving,, while GOD is removed from this earth, and now society will have to make a real decision if they want to contine to live in sin or realize they now understand the truth and the warnings given before, but now bc of the anti christ have to denounce GOD (take the mark of the beast) or be killed, and if you do nt believe in christ now, will you be willing to die for christ then, i would rather be ridiculed by the world for being a true christian then be gay, seperated from GOD, and then cast in the lake of fire for all eternity tormented bc i refused to repent bc i wanted to live for myself, ready the story about the man in hades who to this day, still has not had a drop of water on his tongue to quench is thirst, THE BIBLE WAS WRITEN BC HELL IS REAL AND GOD IS REAL, DO NOT BE DECEIVED, YOU HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE WHO YOU WILL SERVE, THE NARROW ROAD WHICH LEADS TO LIFE OR THE WIDE, AND IF GOD CALLS YOU AND YOUR STILL ON THE FENCE, IN GODS EYES YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE A CHOICE, THE BIG QUESTION IS: WILL THE LIFE YOUR NOW LIVING BE WORTH SPENDING ETERNITY IN LAKE OF FIRE?
I have been far from God at times in my life and that is why the prodigal son is my all time favorite story in the bible.
Obviously the stories are from the Middle East, you'd expect some archaeological discoveries to match places mentioned in those stories, but nowhere near all claims in the bible have been verified.
It's another story from the bible that doesn't make the least bit of sense....
I love the whole spirit of Christmas; The Christmas story from the bible is beautiful and so is the whole St. Nick (Santa) story and they both touch my heart... if you only want to love the jolly old elf because he gives toys to children then that is certainly your right... because we live in the land of the free... Peace on Earth and good will toward men (and women)... no matter what you believe.
the idea of jesus was taken from other myths, similar to most of the major stories in the bible.
Ms.johnie, sorry i don't accept your demented stories, about our lord, the man came from God performed miracles every day being clean all the time would be nothing idiot, plus one more thing the bible warns us about cretins like YOU!!!
3) Holywood draws from many sources for their stories, just like those who wrote the bible drew on earlier versions of the same stories that are in the bible.
Oh... forgot you Proving... I wasn't referring to what he said... on the surface, it's fine to have a point of view... whether I agree with it or not... but when you are A) in a position of influence and B) spending money to fight the opposing view... and it's to stop two people who love each other from wedding in the eyes of their Lord, then it is hate... if your ignorance allows you to think my comments are stupid... so be it... and one last point about slavery... whether it was Democrats or Republicans who supported, or fought against slavery... many justified slavery because of their perverted interpretation of the bible... most people can't tell a simple story from one person to the next... but so many foolish Christians think they know exactly what the bible is saying w / o any doubt... forget the fact that it's been translated and passed for 1000s of years... yup you must be right that God is against two people loving each other... He must have made a mistake with those folks huh?
However, the Association of Christian Teachers has described the move as a step too far, speaking on Premier's «News Hour», Chief Executive of ACT, Clive Ireson said: «from a Christian point of view they're aren't nurseries; of very many of them that would be teaching it as a scientific fact during their science curriculam, they'll be teaching it during their RE curriculam areas and those bible stories like creationism need to be taught during that time».
From Moses to the prophets to Jesus to Paul, throughout the bible there are stories and passages that, as Jeremiah's scribe Baruch would write, ``... uproot and tear down, destroy and overthrow...» I'll call...
While I'll agree that much of the bible is stories and fables (Catholics don't typically view much of the old testament as hard fact, but as a way for God to teach mankind right from wrong and ways to live), even some atheists follow the teachings of Christ.
From Moses to the prophets to Jesus to Paul, throughout the bible there are stories and passages that, as Jeremiah's scribe Baruch would write, ``... uproot and tear down, destroy and overthrow...» I'll call them the 10 de-s.
Everything we know about Jesus and every other figure in the bible comes from stories, thats it.
The bible is just a collection of stories from a wildly mixed cast of bearded dorks from the distant past.
The bible is a story book of myths, passed down for generations, (and we know that stories get MORE accurate as they go from person to person.
The bible is nothing more than a bunch of bedtime stories that were handed down from generation to generation, elaborated upon each time the stories were told, and finally put down in print and sold to a guilible public.
Zeus Kreiszchte «The fact that the story of a Great Deluge happened to be popular in the region is no surprise, but that does not prove that «god did it» @Chad «good point, it's popular because it actually happened, looks like you are acknowledging that... does nt prove that God did it, however, it does demonstrate that the bible is accurate, and that your comment about it being «ripped off» from some other ancient tale is nonsense..
We begin our time together by reading a story from the children's bible or a portion of the same story from the NIV.
Read this story to your toddler from a child friendly bible story book.
Whilst remaining true to his aesthetic, he has published stories everywhere, from Italian Vogue, where Sozzani was an early champion, to the edgy London style bible i - D.
«Remember the prophecy...» PureFlix has unveiled a trailer for the new religious propaganda movie called Samson, an epic cinematic version of the Samson and Delilah story from the bible.
Working from a brilliantly Pynchon-esque script (writer Earl Mac Rauch took several passes at it, resulting in a 300 - page «bible»), Richter helms the action with the confidence that his story is weirder and wilder than virtually anything else out there.
These cloths were covered in images and stories from the bible to help p...
These cloths were covered in images and stories from the bible to help people learn about God.
At the football camp, Sagebrush Community Church took the opportunity to announce that the church was going to start a new series named the  «Greatest story ever told.»  The six - week event is to span the entire bible, starting from Genesis and working through to Revelations.