The whole Bible is not from God. Some people who wrote parts of the Bible were wrong about God. God has never asked us humans to kill each other.
Yes many parts of the Bible is from God, but some parts of the Bible is not from God
How to know what is from God in the Bible? That is simple. God is love and just. What is against love and justice is not from God. God is against killing innocent people.
Any thoughts? Do you agree or disagree?
I was just talking to a dear (and new) friend, who is a devout Catholic. She said that she believes in ESP, but thinks that all ESP is bad. I pointed out that Revelation was supposed to be devinely inspired by "possibly" Saint John the Divine (some say that he was not the author). But, it occurs to me that perhaps the entire bible "might" have been divinely inspired by ESP from God Himself.
So, if God did inspire the writing of the bible, it is possible that they could have some of the information about the apostles.
My new friend told me that much of the info from the apostles was written by the apostles, themselves. I don't know about that. I never heard that they wrote anything. Wouldn't such precious documents have been mentioned in the bible, and wouldn't they be preserved (as long as possible)?
If the entire bible was divinely inspired, was it possible to hear God wrong? Could that account for the many contradictions in the bible?
Even to this day, the Vatican (with the pope's approval) are deleting sections of the bible that were not properly proven to be a part of the bible. But we are still often left pondering if there are sections that did not come from God.
Presumably, angels (likely at God's direction, since I can't imagine an all knowing God not knowing), told Abraham to murder his son Isaac. Then the angels told him not to, just barely before he carried out the orders.
If God had really told Abraham to murder Isaac, it likely was not a test to the loyalty of God, but, rather, a test of Abraham's understanding of God's commandment not to kill, and the understanding that one does not harm another in order to get into heaven (do unto others).
I think that the story of Jonah in a whale was interpreted incorrectly. I proper context, Jonah had been traveling through a desert, and was very hungry. I think that the miracle was that God provided a beached whale for him to eat and he ate the most succulent part (the bellly). Likely the wording was something to the effect: "sustained in the belly of the whale" (meaning he ate whale belly meat). But, translated incorrectly, it would mean that a whale swallowed Jonah and he lived inside of the whale. Logically, he would have drowned if the whale went under for any length of time, unless he could find an air pocket. Furthermore, he had no food to eat, unless he ate what the whale ate or ate the whale from the inside out. Also, there are no ancient whale bones large enough to have swallowed Jonah.
With large portions of the bible obscure in meaning, mistranslated, and contradictory, I have to admit that we cannot fully trust the bible.
But, if all we know of God is contained in the bible, then we have a problem believing the bible, and problem believing in God. However, some people's faith is based on their feelings about God, and some psychics claim to have contacted God or angels. So, perhaps they have their own reasons for believing that have nothing to do with the bible?
