Why the Bible is wrong

It promotes it, trust me; I would go as farther as to show all the passages that praise those that use their mind.

I think telling people that they will burn in hell is foolish, I've been told the same thing by christians. I think I'm going to burn in hell for a number of things.

Personally, I don't believe in hell look up the word Gehenna.

The bible promotes free will, trust me.

 

Do I sense a challange. I think I do.

Post some examples of free will be demonstrated and praised in the bible.

New Testament would be easier than the Old.

 

Proverbs 14:15;
1 Corinthians 2:1-16;
Acts 17:11;
Adam and Eve which you are fimilar with....?

 

Guess it might help me if I actually had a bible

 

www.bibles.net

 

Cant be bothered, you win the argument. Even im not stubbon enough to actually read the bible to prove a point. :Angel:

 

why waste our lives debating others that are not going to change, and should they?

as long as we are not harming others and not supporting others to, then we are fine. as long as we help others, and not harm them, then it does not matter if the bible is right or wrong.

what does matter is we do good and set good examples to be modeled after. we cannot force our beliefs on others, nor can we expect others to change their beliefs because of our own ideas.

as a buddhist, i see christians as having opportunities to be good humans and good christians, but it is up to them. the pure and simple answer is; do not be a hyprocrit.

if thou shall not kill, why do you kill or support war, kill insects or eat veal? hehe

i've read the bible, and i can say, much of it probably is written and alot of it is not to be read literally. instead, it offers insight to enlighten the reader so they can be a good christian while helping and forgiving others. those whom forget to help and forgive, end up being what a christian is not to be.

and what is that?
they are not to turn away others, they are not to cause them harm, they are not to hurt others physically, materially or mentally. at the same time, christians are to respect others and give them assistance, regardless of faith.

when all of these are met, they truely are on the path of faith and forgiveness. when they fall astray, i hope thier blindess is healed by jesus or else they are going to have a longggg eternity haha

 

You have an extreme disliking for religion.....

 

I attribute my great life to it. :Angel:

 

i'll look it up later, but in no was shape or form does the bible promote free will, religion is the oldest form of socital control and brainwashing of all. nad the cons of the afore mentioned still outweight science by a long shot.

 

Nice points aikiMac. I especially like the analysis of Galileo.

 

Bold is me.... couldn't figure a better way to address the points. Sorry if was too confusing.

 

Let be explain this is simple terms, reguardless of what Gallelios preferance was, someone realized where his research was going and tried to put a stop to it. the catholics may have preserved a few things, but once again, as with anything related to religion, the pros don't outweight the cons. impede progress for 200 years/save a few documents. balance beam guys.

 

no. our crappy high school are ruining your status as a religion. something i am quite proud of.

actually, i agree with what you just said about the jews

 

oh yeah, well there in lies the problem. thats what you're doing. hurting, killing, and brainwashing. kinda hard to overlook 2 millenia of that don't ya think?

 

Tekkengod agree with aikiMac more often!

 

The Church isn't being spit upon, at least not by me. Yes, I do not look blindly at the history of the Church and say that everything it did was good or just, yet neither do I quite believe that it is the bastion of Evil that some make it out to be.
In a very real sense, we owe much of what we know of the ancients (Greek, Roman and pagan) to the Church. For thousands of years, it kept the light of science, reason, history and philosophy alive. Yet, it is also one of the worst violators of what would now be considered natural human rights. It is a human institution, and as such, has all the weaknesses of humans. So, in the end, it is both, such as we all are.

Dietary laws, all societies have social moreys. When they are codified, they turn into religious or political laws. Dietary laws in all societies tend towards having once been a practical way of preventing food born disease. Then other social contraints become added. Also, if you look at the archeaological records of hte area, you'll notice that the tribes who became what we consider Isreal were not indigenous to the area. But be that as it may, indeed, there are other peoples who share some of the same dietary laws.

Sciene being controled by those idiots we elected (both sides of the fence mind you, I don't put much trust in politics period) is bad knews. Also, we have already gone 'round the bend on the whole public school issue in another thread. I agree to think you're wrong, you agree to think I am. I was quite happy to leave that at the state of affairs, weren't you? I don't think either of us could advance any arguement that we haven't already covered.

If you want my personal belief for clarification: I don't believe the Bible factually, but do allagorically. There is quite a bit in there that is, at the risk of sounding facisous, good stuff. I just jumped on the thread because I believe that religion has a place in society, it just doesn't happen to be in the sciences.