Not exact matches
Well, if it comes down to
holy books, the oldest of the scriptures — the Rigveda of India has a take which is very
different and much more in accordance with what science is finding:
We aren't so
different and the
holy books in question contain the same messages.
Of course you can be proven wrong... your
holy book was written by man, no god involved; thus your belief is based on the fairy tales told by men who saw a gullible fool a mile away - see, how easy that is??? As for the actual number being only 1.6 billion, sorry the stats say
different and your opinion on who the actual number includes is moot.
If God, by the most wise and
holy counsel of His own will, freely, and unchangeably ordained the precise wording of Bel and the Dragon, the action - packed sequel to the
Book of Daniel, then how is this
different from inspiration, where he is said to have «out - breathed» or «spoken» his Word to the prophets and apostles?
As of yet no Intelligent design creationist has given anything but «faith» or «words» written down in a
book equivalent to many other «
holy»
books with
different and competing gods all throughout history that also have no verifiable evidence.
Once you realize the creator's perception of a day is
different to yours, Christianity is one of the few faiths on the Earth in which their
holy book's tale of all the events that led to today actually match science.
Just because he picked a
different set of bits and pieces of your «
holy»
book to follow, doesn't mean he isn't one of yours.
If what you mean to think is that there are many «
holy books», yes, there are many
different «
holy books» from
different religions, but there is only one
book called the Bible, which belongs to Christianity.
We criticize the near east for wanting to put their
holy book into the government, but how are we
different if we keep bleating that we need God in our congress halls?
It is also
Holy Scripture and I think that makes it a
different sort of
book than the great works of literature,» she said.
Oddly enough, Augustine was writing about the mysteries found within the
book of Genesis, when he said, «in matters that are so obscure and far beyond our vision, we find in
Holy Scripture passages which can be interpreted in very
different ways without prejudice to the faith we have received.
All
holy book scriptures have been subjected to the views of given authors — which is no
different than a modern - day biography — and, at best, should be used to guide one's decisions — much like a fable written for children.
Published in 1611, the King James Bible saw 40 translators work together but on
different sections of the
Holy book.
Momo, there are many
different intepretations of the
Holy texts, many
different books and often times
different ways to view the meaning within the same text.
It would have been better, easier and best to for them if to read the most recognized
holy books of the Three dominant religions and choose out a faith out of them taking the positive for life and society and leave out the negative for life and society rather than having it shoveled down your throat to take it as it is a be extreme on some thing that is mystic unexplainable or meant for
different ages and unsuitable or scientifically disapproven.
Critical thinker, You study a little science and suddenly you feel you have it figured out, Your meaning of life and the after life is based on other men's hypotheses, Yet it makes such good sense to you that you make a life choice based on it, then you stand up and criticize a person whose made a life choice based on A
holy Book written 2000 years ago, When it comes down to it how are you any
different, Your choices based on science which changes daily and theirs on the prophets.
With hundreds of Christian sects with hundreds of
different twists of their
holy book, what makes you sure you can pick out the «right one», rather than the one that simply aligns with your preconceived notions?