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How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

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  • #31
    Re: How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

    Originally posted by Siggie View Post
    What do they do with the really ugly (violent, antitolerance, anti-woman, etc.) passages though? :-/
    All men get is some 2000+ yr old literature. Women get Lifetime TV.
    "Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it." ~Malcolm X

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    • #32
      Re: How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

      I despise the OT, it is full of nonsense and myths, Christianity should not have adopted it as a whole, only some parts can be considered.

      plus the God of the OT YHWH is a criminal war racist God who is only for Israeli people, while God of the NT is God of Love and peace.

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      • #33
        Re: How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

        How historical the scriptures are to you depends entirely on whether you accept God's word as the highest truth or not. If you accept God's word as the highest truth, you are bound to accept everything in the bible as historical, you simply have no other choice. So God chooses for you how historical the bible is.

        If you start treating the scriptures as a human enterprise rather (even if you still believe its divinely inspired), then its historical validity can be questioned, as it can now be to be dissected and scrutinized by historiographers who will compare it to other historical records. Once you do that, you have to abandon the bible's literalness as a coherent way to connect to God and find some other explanation for why you should believe in him.

        Originally posted by CilicianArch View Post
        I despise the OT, it is full of nonsense and myths, Christianity should not have adopted it as a whole, only some parts can be considered.
        Unfortunately, it's not Christianity that adopted it as a whole, it's Jesus himself: http://www.evilbible.com/do_not_ignore_ot.htm

        plus the God of the OT YHWH is a criminal war racist God who is only for Israeli people, while God of the NT is God of Love and peace.
        It's quite confusing how Jesus embraces both the God of the OT and his own message of forgiveness.


        Originally posted by Siggie View Post
        Okay, read it. Well-written btw. Thank you for the clarity and thoughtfulness of the post (if not for the brevity! *tickle* ).

        So, the Armenian church deals with this easily because they're not biblical literalists, basically.
        What do they do with the really ugly (violent, antitolerance, anti-woman, etc.) passages though? Just recognize them as products of the times in which these works were written? Can't they just be edited out in an official Armenian Apostolic version? :-/
        They replace biblical literalism with Church fathers who pick and choose how all Armenians from thenceforth should follow the religion. Of course, just as we are free to interpret the sense of biblical passages, so are we to interpret the guidance of these church fathers, and which aspects of their guidance to emphasize/De-emphasize.... thus still allowing for an indefinite spectrum of possibility for how exactly to think as a Christian.
        Last edited by jgk3; 10-30-2012, 08:06 PM.

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        • #34
          Re: How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

          How can you say that, the OT were men that had a vision from GOD & wrote what happened, & the NT was when Jesus was in human form & performed miracles. So first get your facts straight
          Originally posted by CilicianArch View Post
          I despise the OT, it is full of nonsense and myths, Christianity should not have adopted it as a whole, only some parts can be considered.

          plus the God of the OT YHWH is a criminal war racist God who is only for Israeli people, while God of the NT is God of Love and peace.
          Positive vibes, positive taught

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          • #35
            Re: How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

            How about we call out religion for the bs that it really is. How many versions of a fairy tail are there now and why should we even care? People have better things to do.
            Hayastan or Bust.

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            • #36
              Re: How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

              Originally posted by Haykakan View Post
              How about we call out religion for the bs that it really is. How many versions of a fairy tail are there now and why should we even care? People have better things to do.
              You are right, religion is bs it is all rules made by man,but Christianity is a close personal relationship with Christ & that's why it's 100% real.
              Positive vibes, positive taught

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              • #37
                Re: How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

                Was Christ not a man? When was the last time you saw this man you claim to have relations with?
                Originally posted by PepsiAddict View Post
                You are right, religion is bs it is all rules made by man,but Christianity is a close personal relationship with Christ & that's why it's 100% real.
                Hayastan or Bust.

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                • #38
                  Re: How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

                  Originally posted by jgk3 View Post
                  If you start treating the scriptures as a human enterprise rather (even if you still believe its divinely inspired), then its historical validity can be questioned, as it can now be to be dissected and scrutinized by historiographers who will compare it to other historical records. Once you do that, you have to abandon the bible's literalness as a coherent way to connect to God and find some other explanation for why you should believe in him.

                  Unfortunately, it's not Christianity that adopted it as a whole, it's Jesus himself: http://www.evilbible.com/do_not_ignore_ot.htm
                  I think it's foolish to accept anything without examining it.

                  << Jeremiah 8:8 >>"'How can you say, "We are wise, for we have the law of the LORD," when actually the lying pen of the scribes has made it into lies?

                  do I still have to make more considerations after reading that verse?

                  also have you ever came across the text of the song of songs? it's a full erotic speech full of sexual phrases and expresses. I'd like a nun to read some of that text on a Sunday mass and see what happens.

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                  • #39
                    Re: How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

                    Originally posted by Haykakan View Post
                    Was Christ not a man? When was the last time you saw this man you claim to have relations with?
                    Of course he was. I see him everywhere it's called Blind Faith

                    Just like you, you breather air but have you seen air, no you've seen clouds so how do you believe in air?
                    Think about it
                    Positive vibes, positive taught

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                    • #40
                      Re: How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

                      Originally posted by PepsiAddict View Post
                      Of course he was. I see him everywhere it's called Blind Faith

                      Just like you, you breather air but have you seen air, no you've seen clouds so how do you believe in air?
                      Think about it
                      I'm thinking about this...

                      ...still thinking.

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