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05-12-2007, 05:23 AM | #21 |
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That rundown on the alleged history of your god's communication with mankind was... ahh... interesting... but um, why did your god try to communicate in the first place with all of mankind if he knew that it would “blow up in his face”? I mean, he is omniscient, correct? Why would an omniscient, omnipotent god EVER have to change game plans?
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The thing about the Bible from beginning to end is that it is a moral guide if nothing else. If someone doesn't find the moral, then they are not reading it correctly. I think too the Bible has a lot of science references in it that explain that God understood something the writers could not have. I already talked about the Virgin Birth and Adam and Eve, these are funny, but quite amazing, because we now know in the age of science, this is possible. That is why I believe God is speaking directly to people of all ages. Jesus spoke in parables so when generations later read they could find meaning. The fact that Jesus said that was like He knew there would be a time when people would need that and that His sayings will still be said. If this was just a make up story, myth, how would he know that? If the disciples made it up, how did they know that? Clearly to me there is more there. That is in my opinion how you should be reading the Bible. Think when you read, try to find how it fits in today. There are things throughout the Bible that if read unbiased, with no prejudice that can show that the writers (who lived in a time, where things were not known,) could not have known this so they had to be somehow enlightened. The reason why I think Christianity is the correct way is not only for these reasons, but also Jesus started a revolution to care about people, we are all equal in God's eyes. Turn the other cheek? what a concept? Mark 4:10-12 Quote:
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