The bible

Revisionism.

The eyes have it.

It just seems like god's bipolar

Shouldn't that be omnipolar ?

The Israelites had a system of judges who would hold the equivalent of small claims courts so while an eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth is found in the Hebrew scriptures, it was not written about an individuals response to being wronged, it was a basis for which recompense was set by the judges. a measure awarded for a measure lost was the laws structure for justice.

Jesus teachings of forgiveness on the other hand were more specifically about an individual taking an active decision to seek peace and pacify matters when wronged, not to seek vengeance or retaliate to a personal grievance thereby winning aggressors and neutrals over with conduct.

Well I am still on the fence about a lot of these things... My brother believes that the bible is a history book and was written by man. Man is fallible which means so is the information in the bible. There is no way to really know if there is a GOD or why there are so many differences and discrepancies in the bible. All we can do is wait and see what happens. Maybe GOD is really an alien... Now wouldn't that be an interesting twist. :-) I think I watch too many Sci-Fi things.

Written in to the Bible is the idea that it is the inspired word of God, and therefor infallible. Do you see the circular reasoning? It claims to be it's own proof. As far as it being a history book... it is in a manner of speaking, but it is a collection of stories, some probably true, exaggerations, parables, and superstitions all biased toward the people who wrote it. They were primitive tribesmen with no concept of the scientific method, they didn't consider such things as observation, evidence and experiment. They used their imaginations and prior myths, legends and religions to explain the world around them and to create a power structure to run their society.

As an historical record it's pretty much crap, too.

Amen.

Give me one example.