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Is the Bible true
- Thread starter Merlin
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Eliot Wild
Irreverent Agnostic Jerk
My answers would be:
No, not completely, though it contains truth.
and
Yes, there are people who believe that.
No, not completely, though it contains truth.
and
Yes, there are people who believe that.
McBell
Unbound
Breathe
Hostis humani generis
What Mestemia said.
My brother is one of them. :sad: It's a shame, he wasn't always a fundie. He wasn't even religious..
McBell
Unbound
Rainbow Mage
Lib Democrat/Agnostic/Epicurean-ish/Buddhist-ish
Yes there are still people who do that, unfortunately.
Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
Yes. There are also people who believe the earth is flat and the moon-landings were a hoax.
People believe all types of crazy things.
Breathe
Hostis humani generis
LOL! Nice going.
My brother isn't there, yet. He won't talk about Yahweh with me, but he will preach to me about Jesus, since I like Jesus' message. Unfortunately I don't like his interpretation of Jesus.
I'm pretty kind with him, though, especially since if he loses his faith he'll probably lose his wife and access to his children, too. Yep, she's that much of a *****. (Sorry bro!)
McBell
Unbound
Define "True"
Just_me_Mike
Well-Known Member
Do you mean to say in your post that those who believe in the bible are crazy? If so, please define crazy for me and explain the process you went through to determine what you say is true.
I agree the percentage of people that believe this might be small, but I am not prepared to call them crazy myself, just maybe misguided and in need of some patience, but I doubt the majority of them can be called crazy.
Rainbow Mage
Lib Democrat/Agnostic/Epicurean-ish/Buddhist-ish
I would call those who believe the Bible is entirely literal crazy, perhaps.
McBell
Unbound
Rainbow Mage
Lib Democrat/Agnostic/Epicurean-ish/Buddhist-ish
It is crazy to take a book written thousands of years ago by primitive Middle Eastern people literal, quite as crazy as if I were to start claiming the Egyptian myths all literally happened.
Kilgore Trout
Misanthropic Humanist
You don't have to be crazy to believe something crazy. For example, some people think if they teach creationists scientific facts about evolution, then they might accept evolutionary theory as fact. This is a crazy belief, as creationists are not concerned with facts - yet those who think they can teach them are not crazy. They are simply misguided - albeit, probably not for long.
dogsgod
Well-Known Member
You'll know "True" when you are crying out in total agony because you are burning in the everlasting flame that is Hell for all eternity, but by then it will be too late for you.
Just_me_Mike
Well-Known Member
How did you arrive at that idea. I didn't say that.
I think crazy is something that is permanent. Crazies are crazy, whether they read the bible and believe it, or believe that pink unicorns are naturally occurring. There are many like myself that might believe the bible for a certain reason, or if not believe in it, be drawn to it for whatever reason. I am not crazy cause I can walk away from it if I find it to be untrue. Which large parts seem to be untrue scientifically.
There is a difference.
Rainbow Mage
Lib Democrat/Agnostic/Epicurean-ish/Buddhist-ish
Do you think the Bible should be read entirely literally, as though it was without error?
McBell
Unbound
Your weak pathetic threats are useless against me.
I am immune to your imaginary friend and all the above shown "love" he has for me.
Just_me_Mike
Well-Known Member
If we think of 2,000 years from now, people will look at our engineering books, and mathematics books and it is hard for you and I to imagine they might look at these books we write today and call them fantasy. We don't know what it will be like 2,000 years from now.
The things is, those that lived 2,000 years ago thought they were probably writing truth but it seems to be slowly fading from society today, and it shouldn't be so much a surprise when people look to it for truth. Not everyone studies so deeply in their life today to research things they believe in. Most people are good people, just trying to live their life, and believe what they were taught.
These people might be crazy if they couldn't change their views, but I have not met anyone like that. Maybe a handful, but not many.