I not against bible, folks...Please me give views to be more inspired by it...Thanks a lot!!!\n\nHave a great & blessed day!
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The bible could be compared to a letter from a loving father to his children. It provides information on how to deal with life's problems such as lonliness (James 4:8), hope for our dead loved ones (Act 24:15), why things are the way they are in the world (1Tim 3: 1-5), the purpose of life (Gen 1: 28 - 31) and the answer to many questions we may have.
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Well done.  I knew about the one in Exodus, but the others are new to me.  Thanks for pointing that out.  \n\nI'm a Bible believing Christian and I have always supported abortion.  In fact, I support abortion even when the mother doesn't want to in cases where the child will be born seriously defective.  \n\nI have gotten into many arguments with my Christian friends over this and I believe their problem is that they listen to what the preacher says and not the Bible.  For me, the Bible trumps the preacher any day.\n\nGreat job.\n\n===\nTo Williamzo: Exodus 21:22 says {para} "If two men fight and during the fight a pregnant woman is injured such that she miscarries, the man shall be FINED as the judges determine, but  if the woman also dies, then the man is put to death."  I suggest you read it again.\n\nWhat God is telling us in this verse is that an unborn baby is NOT the same thing as a human life.  If it were, the punishment would be death for that also.  Thus, God is telling us that abortion is NOT murder.\n\nBefore conception/before entering the womb - Isn't it obvious that God is talking about their spirit and not their physical body?
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Look,  \n\nIt is not anti God.\nIt is meant to expand your mind. It is only suggesting that history  has been written to please the people writing it and reading it at the time.  There is evidence of certain 'Books' or 'Gospels' being left out of the Bible that we all read today.\n\nEver wonder why??  You should.  You should study and find out what information was in those books, and who wrote them.\n\nI believe there is a God without a doubt, I don't believe the Bible is meant to be taken literally.  I think it consists of stories meant to teach us things.  I also believe that 'men' wrote those stories, not God.  Just as you may not like what Mr. Brown wrote or believe it, some people may not believe every word in the Bible, yet we know there are important lessons being taught on those pages.  You should consider the same thing. Anything you learn or read that makes you expand your mind and think 'outside the box' can only be good for you, even if it doesn't change your mind it will have at least strengthened your resolve.\n\nI have read the book and seen the movie and in no way got the idea that anyone was trying to say there is no God.  Educate yourself and then form your own opinion.  Until you know all of the facts don't hate on anything or anyone.\n\nChristian that you are\n\nJudge not, lest you be judged.
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Well.... I have a problem with 1, for starters.  I don't think the 10 commandments of the bible are that hard to improve on.  Let me find a thread for you.
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It is very sad. Anyone who does a good amount of reading on ethics will know better. Christians tend to not read good books. They just accept the beliefs they were raised with and stick to them out of loyalty, fear, and familiarity. A lot of people don't like to think that what their parents taught them was wrong. A lot of people also have a very hard time dealing with mortality without a belief in a Heaven and benevolent god waiting for them. The truth is, we really just do not know what happens. There could be a deeper purpose to our being here. There could of been an intelligence behind what is. I would never say there definitely is or is not. On the same token though I can see the works or man from a mile away. The Bible wreaks of man, and all his fears. It's far too obvious that a god had nothing to do with what's in that book. I can can spot it just like I can spot the hand writing of a three year old. It's a shame others have such a hard time seeing this. I think this goes beyond their intelligence or lack thereof. It comes from a much deeper emotional issue. To lose faith in God would be akin to losing meaning to everything and that would leave them horribly broken and lost. It's too bad they can't see the other alternatives. One can lead a very spiritual life without placing belief in ridiculous claims.
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It contradicts nothing,The Bible is a instructional book,This story\nwas to teach US God is first in all things.
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God didn't write the bible. It was written by man, way after Christ lived.\n\nI would take what is written in the bible with a grain of salt. There are tons of contradictory things written in there, and since it wasn't written by God himself, you have to wonder if some of their "human" agendas got in there...
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I'm of the christian faith. I live in the bible belt of the United States, though I've rarely been inside a church.... I put effort into my religion every day, every second of every day, and have done so since I was 4 or 5, am not even sure of my age when I began to seek God....since that time I've read and studied my bible( nearly every home in the bible belt has several bibles at the least); however, since gaining internet access 4 years ago, I've extended my research to studying the origins of christianity (which originates in Judaism; big DUH but the statement make s my line of thought flow more smoothly:)... and have found the books of the Bible ( especially the new testament) to be the best documented piece of ancient literature yet found and Judaism to be non polluted/diluted by other ancient religions...the Bible was penned by 40 different authors from many different social backgrounds and over 1500 years worth of writing; and all of those writings don't conflict in any way.. the bible can be argued with ( though all arguments so far can be traced to mistranslation of original language or ignorance of cultural context) but not proven false.... in a nutshell,there is no physical/scientific evidence to disprove either Judaism or its culmination,Christianity... Shalom v'shalom
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The Bible is clearly against homosexuality.  If you are gay, I recommend not believing in the Bible.
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i think its a great book and it opens peoples eyes even though it fiction, i think that a lot of it might be not to say true but a bit convincing. I think that the church hides lots of things and the bible is just a book written with the things they want us to know. I think that some of the books that have not been included in the bible are taken out for reasons that would make us think twice about the entire world and the entire religion thing. The same way that it would make us change the way we see Jesus.
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I never thought the bible is a myth...the bible is a book written by man, why should I base my life and beliefs on a book?  Just because it was written a long time ago?
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Just so you know where I stand. I asked a question of whether or not all the Bible should be taken literally or not. The best answer chosen was a good one.\n\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ales.wK5IftnZfqP3dD5hbHsy6IX?qid=1006012504879\n\nWhen Jesus said regarding the bread and the wine, "this is my body and this is my blood of the New Covenant", He was not speaking literally. When the Bible says that the blood of Jesus washes away sin, we do not go off to mount Calvary and look for spots of blood to wash our sins away. Jesus said, "I am the door, whoever enters by any other way is a theif." The disciples did not turn to Jesus and see a large board with hinges and a knob. Jesus was saying there is a single way to heaven, and He is the Way.\nQuite a bit of the Bible is spoken in allegorical and metaphoic language. Jesus said that He was the Light of the world, the Good Shepherd, Living Water, the Bread of Life, and more. He came as the Lamb of God. He will return as the Lion of the tribe of Judah. All of which is true, but all spoken in a metaphoric language.\n\nWrath, I have not run in to any Christians who believe the Bible is 100% literal. However, there are many areas of the Bible that ARE literal and many are trying to change the statement because it is not politically correct, or they have an agenda or they find it personally offensive.\n\nCase in point:\nRobert Anderson worked for Scotland Yard during the Victorian era. He was the main investigator for finding Jack the Ripper. He took the prophecy in Daniel and was able to calculate the coming of the Messiah to the DAY. This is in the his book "The Coming Prince". He started this project based on taking the prophecy as being literal. He was rewarded for this effort with knighthood from Queen Victoria and became Sir Robert Anderson. However, in this same book, he notes the prophecies about Israel being gathered together and becoming a nation once more. Seeing how this has never happened in history, he dismissed the literal meaning as pure fantasy. In May 14th 1948, this brilliant man was proven wrong. The idea that the Jews would return to the land and make it Israel was so preposterous that this brilliant man equated it to being metaphorical--the literal interpretation was too hard to believe. So we could easily make a mistake by either way.\n__________________________\n\nBTW-This topic reminds me of a very good movie called "Lady Jane". One of the main focuses was the rise of the Protestant movement against the Roman Catholic church--especially in regard to transubstantiation. The Roman Catholics took the sacraments as being literally the body and blood of Christ, while the Protestants kept arguing that it was metaphorical. Check it out sometime!
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I don't get it.  The Bible is utterly insane!  How can one base a believe system on it.
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the bible was written by man. keep that in mind.
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God inspired the prophets to write the bible, it is the Word of God and what we have to go on. However I don't and am not spoon fed by religious leaders. I am glad that we are free in the US to own a bible and read for ourselves.
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Faith in Jesus without bible is a good idea, but then what do you believe?\n\nBeing good, turn the other cheek, etc?\nWhat about gay people, athiests, single mothers, black people, etc, without the bible and the church how will you grow a healthy hate for these people?\n\nhttp://flushaholybook.com
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I think the site is very interesting. Conservative Christians believe the bible is the word of god, which is obviously not true, as people here have said, there is a difference between the old and new testiment... therefore they ignore parts of the bible, so people DO ignore some of gods words! I have always wondered how people decided what parts of the bible they to ignore and what parts they follow... and have posted a lot of questions about that.. no one has an answer, they say you feel it in your heart or through god... all this explains why in the past Christians were so racist and destroyed so many cultures... and why they are homophobic now. They are affraid to even question the bible, but by ignoring things (like the old testiment) they not only question, they judge and reject. The site is worth a read... as it comes to the conclusion.. lets just reject the lot!\nChristianity is like this weight dragged along by humanity, reinforcing old out dating philosophies. We drag them along.. and say to them... slavery is bad.. they argue its in the bible, its ok... then after time the accept, because its from society where they get their beliefs not the bible.