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

I can understand and accept why people do not believe in any kind of deity and why they might get out of patience with someone trying to convert them. What I don't understand is antagonism towards people of faith for nothing other than having faith. Referring most specifically to the recent posts of these last two pages.

Who tempted Jesus? Did he tempt himself?

And for trinitarians:

Who resurrected Jesus?

Clever word games may obfuscate Jesus' identity to the credulous; but obfuscation is proof only of intent to deceive.

Three more incisive posts from down under. No four - Wait, five. The glib that keeps on glibbing.

neo, Many glibs and no retort or defense for the truth from the "believers."

Is that you talking, C.I.?

neo, If they are so "glib," it would seem a simple retort or challenge would be better than your non-sequitur.

Is that you talking, C.I.?

No, it's my imaginary persona for a2k.

Ah, your own imaginary friend. Everybody should have one. ;-)

Yes, I agree.

You do? Oh good, do we get to make fun of yours too then? :wink:

Taxi Driver: You talking to me? You talking to me?

Let me ask you this. What's the difference between the bible being misinterpreted and anything else that's written? Just because one person believes it means a certain thing doesn't mean everyone else is obligated to believe that. Right? There are many different solutions to every problem. If there were just one solution, life would be easy for everyone. What works for me, might not work for you, or anyone else. The bible does get misinterpreted quite often. People take one scripture and base a whole belief system on that, rather than showing the whole thing in context because they haven't actually researched what they are talking about. That can and does happen with anything though. If there's three people at the site of a car accident who all watched it happen, do you really think they are all going to tell the exact same story word for word to the cops? No. Because they are different people with different perceptions. They saw the accident from different angles. So one might have seen more than another. And so on. That is the story of life.



Yup.



He has. The bible is very clear. It is people who complicate it. Twist it. Make it harder to understand than necessary. Some do it without realizing that is what they are doing. Some do it intentionally to make others feel bad about themselves in order to feel better about themselves. Like they are smarter or more knowledgable. It doesn't matter what anyone else believes though. Really. Faith is a personal thing between each person and God. Understanding the bible is a personal thing between each person and God. If you really know what you believe then what you believe can't be shaken. That's my theory anyway.

It's not fair for you folks to talk bad about imag'nary friends. Some are just altereggs. . . er, how d'ya say that neo?

Yeah, they were hatched in the brain some four thousand years ago, and it grew exponentially to what we have today; a monster.

Whose imaginary friend are you talking about?

His?

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Uh, this would be your imaginary friend, not mine.