Why does the Bible get misinterpreted so often????

neologist wrote:

Really real. Why don't you just tell timber that the existence or non existence of God is not an exercise in coin tossing?

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The only criteria by which one might exempt that particular question from the laws of probability would require a series of assumptions on the part of that one.

RL wrote:

Truly.

Course if he really does think that nearly every thing in the world is a 50-50 proposition, then there's always that chance he will change his mind. Or that he won't.

Nonsense - not unexpected of course; apparently nonsense and straw man is a standard form of rebuttal to the points I've raised here. There's not a thing I or anyone else can change about the laws of probability. Occam's Razor is not kind to the religionist proposition.

You needn't concern yourself with my probability estimation performance; though I don't frequent casinos or play lotteries, I've been relatively satisfied with the results of my work in the real estate, securities and commodities markets over the past few decades, and I haven't been surprised by very many political contests over roughly the same period. I haven't always been pleased by the political developments, mind you, but I've been unsurprised by them. As for martket performance, well, my portfolio consistently performs comfortably within a profit curve, upmarket or down. You might get a kick out of checking my track record on such things here on A2K - for years now, some folks have just about made an industry outta tellin' me why my projections, financial and political, are totally wrong. What really bugs them folk is the way it turns out; I ain't been all that wrong, and that's cost a few of my honorable and respected opponents not a little money and embarrassment.

Had some fun with this very subject, "My Track Record", Way Back Here.

cicerone imposter wrote:

What I find most interesting is how most christians interpret the bible even though there are passages that say god is a jealous, vendictive, and demanding god.

Christians conclude god is a loving and forgiving god.

It's a mystery. It seems christians are capable of misinterpretation or rationalization of what the bible really says.

If I read (in the bible) "I am a jealouse god," I interpret that to mean god is capable of jealousy. But I would have to ask the question, if god is omnipotent, why does he have to be jealous? Jealous of what?
If god is perfect, what's with "jeolousy?"
If god is pure, what's with "jealousy?"
If god is love, what's with "jealousy?"
If god is forgiving, what's with "jealousy?"

It seems there are more questions than answers.

If your wife slept with another man, would you have a right to be jealous?

......Nevertheless, before you can assert a % chance of anything some data must be gathered..........

I thought it was God being jealous. And I didn't even know he was married.
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In the end they, like everybody, gets what they deserve.

In the end, everybody gets a chance to experience the life Adam and Eve lost. Or they reject that chance and get the eventuality brought upon them by the Edenic rebellion. You weren't expecting that, were you?

jealous....why is this bad?
vengeful...cite some scripture or story that shows "revenge"
spiteful....same as above
hateful.....what does he hate
god.....you got this one right

neologist wrote:

In the end, everybody gets a chance to experience the life Adam and Eve lost. Or they reject that chance and get the eventuality brought upon them by the Edenic rebellion. You weren't expecting that, were you?

How can anyone worship a god that punishes everyone for an offense a particular individual commits?

And considering that the god set the "particular individual" up in a sting to commit the offense...it is even more baffling.

Comparatively speaking, the bible god is "evil." Killing innocent people is not godly at all.

Who else but God could do Godly things?