Why does the Bible Exist?

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see a couple posts prior.

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So you do believe the bible is a bad thing for humankind?

Glennn wrote:

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see a couple posts prior.

Don't allude! Make your reply.

I'll reiterate. Man is not "God." trying to justify murder because it appears "God" murdered can't be done if you hold the commandments intact.

trying to justify murder because it appears "God" murdered can't be done

Because some people wrote it and some more "sew" it in one big book.
Same reason every other book comes to be.

This work has got to be the most influential in all western civilization.

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This work has got to be the most influential in all western civilization.

Somewhat risibly in a magical sense, this is almost certainly true if you are talking about the Gutenberg Bible, although it wasn't the message that was important it was the messenger.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutenberg_Bible

" The Gutenberg Bible ... was the first major book printed using mass-produced movable metal type in Europe."

Jesus Christ was a man that traveled through the land
Hard working man and brave
He said to the rich, "Give your goods to the poor"
So they laid Jesus Christ in His grave
Yes, Jesus was a man, a carpenter by hand
His followers true and brave
One dirty coward called Judas Iscariot
Laid poor Jesus in His grave
He went to the preacher, He went to the sheriff
Told them all the same
"Sell all of your jewelry and give it to the poor"
So they laid Jesus Christ in His grave
When Jesus come to town, all the working folks around
Believed what he did say
The bankers and the preachers, they nailed Him on the cross
And they laid Jesus Christ in his grave
And the working people followed him around
Singing and shouting gay
But the cops and soldiers nailed him in the air
And they laid Jesus Christ in his grave
Well the people held their breath when they heard about his death
Everybody wondered why
It was the landlord and the soldiers that they hired
To nail Jesus Christ in the sky
This song was made in New York City
Of rich man and preachers, and slaves
If Jesus was to preach like He preached in Galillee
They would lay Jesus Christ in His grave

Yet you have demonstrated clearly that you have misinterpreted Romans 13, exodus 21:7, (and other passages regarding ‘slavery’), numbers 31, and even demonstrated you did not understand why God gave the law for a man to marry a woman he slept with.(you had it backwards)

I don't interpret anything in the bible. The words say what they say. Silly me.

“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

“The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’

“They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

“He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

“Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

That's an interesting challenge for you Jerlands.

maxdancona wrote:

That's an interesting challenge for you Jerlands.

If you simply believed what the Bible actually said... rather than following a modern explanation of what the Bible says from modern preachers and websites... what would your life be like?

You're suggesting modern preachers, teachers and others have some deep insight or that our modern view of anything is complete. This is wrong. Many will hear but few will listen.

Once you start explaining away words in the Bible, you are no longer following the Bible. You are following someones explanation of the Bible (which is not the same thing at all). You responded to my post where I quoted an actual passage of the Bible with a website (written by a modern person) explaining the passage. When you favor an explanation over the actual words, it is an example of the problem.


This is all mumbo jumbo... think of the bible as food, food for the mind. The extent one can assimilate food depends on a number of factors including 1.) gut health 2.) immune health 3.) mental health

Edit: Food assimilation begins in the mouth.. you have to chew your food completely.

This is all mumbo jumbo...