I know of many Atheists
who study the bible.
He is a former Christian bible scholar
who studied the bible and found the mistakes and became an agnostic.
For starters, that kind of principle will inevitably mean that
those who study the bible beliving in it will think it says something completely different than others who read it.
Those who study the bible know what those scriptures are about and you obviously do nt have a clue.
As one
who studies the bible so fervently, I'm more curious how you reconcile some of the more biblical «problems».
You wrote: Anyone
who studies the bible with an open mind can reach but one conclusion.
Bless all of
you who study your Bibles.
Not exact matches
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And, I wish people
who have never
studied the
bible and the qu «ran to stop and learn the truth... both books are telling the same story of God's love and they both have been used to kill and enslave people.
At a church we once attended, we were assigned a new pastor, a middle aged man
who had not pastored before, but felt his experience in leading home
bible study groups well - qualified him to lead our church, a congregation of about 80.
Those
who take «the
bible» as the literal word of god would do well to
study the factual history of the compilations of ancient stories of the OT and NT that they cherish.
I love how you have a piece written buy a guy
who knows more about what the
bible says in and out and in different translations than any poster here, someone
who has
studied it for years and years, knows its history, and the history of the time it was written, but people still don't believe what he is saying because of what they hear from a preacher on Sunday mornings.
Jefferson was a Deist,
who studied christianity, editing his own «
bible», which was actually just the New Testament gospels, after deleting «the mysticism».
I sometimes wish that Christians
who use the NIV for their Bible
study would simply rip 1 John out of their
Bibles.
compared to the old there seems to be a whole different god or that god has changed i think i am going to trust
studies — at least they state the margin of error, the religious stand by the
bible as fact, the word of god... it would seem your god is a moron
who can't keep his story straight.
A
bible -
study course has been launched on Monday to help people
who may be feeling the effects of «Blue Monday» - a day dubbed the most depressing of the year.
Amanda Spielman, head of the non-ministerial department said new laws and powers to protect children
who mostly
study religious holy books such as the
bible, the Sunday Times reports.
As someone
who has
studied scripture all my life, has taken numerous theology courses and done extensive reading I must agree that this is an accurate interpretation of the
bible.
How about the ones
who teach
bible study?
I have had a great
study bible for years and years... it helps with the historical timing, context,
who wrote the books, logistics, geography, demographic, everything that will take some confusion away from it.
There are Christians
who don't read and
study the
bible much.
What if there is a Christian
who doesn't feel that he or she needs to pray more,
study the
bible more, tithe more, eat less, exercise more, sleep less, evangelize more...?
when they wrote it and how life was when they wrote it, believe it or not, I have faith if you REALLY
study the
bible and all aspects of it, you will see its weaknesses... for those
who believe are known for the lack of knowledge of there own faith, for those
who are PROPERLY educated with open minds, quickly loose there faith when they are saturated with the false evidence that's abundantly around us each day..
After all these years of
study, of experience, of seeing others change, and becoming a different person myself, my belief system has gone a long way from «because the
bible says so» to lets see everything the
bible has to say about it, what was going on then,
who it was said to, and what it means in the context of life today.
and
Study it from top to bottom with all the references, If you know how to understand the
bible, even in the least,
who ever reads this in ernest will have their eyes open to how many False teacher are out there.
I too get disgusted at those
who claim the faith, never pray, never
study their
bible, never reach others but speak with anger and hate because that is NOT our faith in Christ!
Others of my generation
who had also grown up in legalism regarding or abstention from alcohol perhaps, and so were exploring their emancipation with micro-brews and homemade wine over thick theology books and
bible studies and hymn - sings.
The person
who hears 1,000 sermons (or
bible studies) and doesn't love, he has problem, that problem is NOT knowledge, usually, still lack of knowledge.
You out of hand dismiss the opinions of people
who have dedicated their entire professional lives in the
study of the
bible, so you must have some really amazing credentials.
Ironically though, these same people
who spend some much time
studying the literal interpretations of the
bible are the first to ignore its glaring inconsistencies and most only focus on the final 1611 compilation ignoring the inconvenient texts that were left out.
I know many atheists
who are atheists precisely because they started reading and
studying the
bible critically, rather than just taking it as truth without consideration.
My son Nic,
who will be showing up soon, is very devout on his
bible study and made me aware of what I have been missing??? I look forward to all the input that will follow.
Its funny to me that this man
who claims he has
studied the
bible for so long would miss those few verses.
If you are at all interested in learning more about how and why people
who love Jesus — why long time faithful disciples
who have a high view of Scripture with a deeply Christian ethic around sexuality — are arriving at this conclusion, I would commend to you a season of
bible study and theological reading and prayer in company with the Holy Spirit and the body of Christ.
That having been said, anybody
who truly
studies the
bible and understands the literary, cultural, and theological nuances within the scriptures can easily creates very cogent argument in support of gay marriage.
Many atheists become atheists after thorough
study of the
bible, its history and origins and its effects on the people
who believe.
For example, on Friday mornings, I have coffee with a group of men, no
bible study or agenda, just a group of believers
who come together to share and encourage one another as we go through life together.
There are many historians that
study these times
who seem pretty convinced that this really happened I read a couple of books along time ago that made a convincing case, I realize that doesn't make it so, I think it is true because the red letters of the
bible have power.
Religious leaders
who have
studied the
bible for years do not agree on most anything in the
bible.
To believe in anything other is foolishness, read the
bible,
study, we are living in the last days, and no matter
who is running for president, what is written is what is going to happen, as it has been for some time... so when our time comes the Lord is not going to ask, did you run for president?
It might funny there are many books to read and many books to
study from that a good thing but there one book that when you
study from it you will understand the past present and future and no that there is one in control of the world and everything in it and that is God
who gave us a way of out and that though his son Jesus and gave us the Holy Spirit to lead and guide you that your conscience the
bible tell us everyone born has a conscience of God.
I am not against guns I am angst phones chritsians, bas theologians, flocks
who believe whatever crap their priest tells them, people wh not not don't read the modern
bible, edited by your priest, but
who don't
study the cannon, religions,
who wrote the books or any theology.
Anybody
who doesn't believe exactly what Chad does hasn't read or
studied the
bible, or at least that is what he tells himself so that he can sleep at night.
@Mass Debater «I have read many works that
study the history of the Jewish people and their culture as found apart from biblical sources, I have yet to find one that did not include supposition about the veracity of it's own work, with none claiming absolute truth as to
who the authors of the
bible or
who the historical figure of Moses could have been.»
But to those
who have
studied both the
bible and the book of Mormon it is obvious that the one contradicts the other.
When I read a
study bible it is more like the annoying guy
who has already seen a movie you are watching and keeps interrupting or talking over it.
A
bible -
study course has been launched on Monday to help people
who may be feeling the effects of «Blue... More
Why do we give up some people to the devil, thinking that they are «beyond hope of redemption,» while we lead yet another Bible
study for those
who already know their
Bibles forward and backward?
I got this recipe at a
bible study a few years ago, but don't know
who to give the credit to for it.
My daughter gets the
who, what, when, and where of each book of the
bible and she feels she has a roadmap to her
studies.