When I read the stuff in the bible, I can't believe people actually take the stuff written seriouslly... Anyone with a brain should instantly see the many flaws brought about in the bible? Adam and eve the first ppl on the planet? If that was so, how could it have been recorded on the bible? To me, it sounds like a little kid made up the whole story. "Oooh I dont get how I was created, so what the hell, a big powerful being came along and created the whole universe in a few weeks, and then created man, and created women, etc..." LIKE COME ON!! HOW CAN YOU TAKE THAT SERIOUSLLY??? ARE HUMANS REALLY DUMB ENOUGH TO BELIEVE THIS STUFF? This is only ONE out of a huge number of examples by the way.. Obviously "someone" wrote the bible right? SO how could he possibly know what happened in the beginning?? It doesn't make sense... so much stuff that people believe in, if they bothered to realistically analyse it, its almost impossible to believe. The bible is all that is needed to fuel atheism
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I am a Hindu. It is against my religion to try to convert you to Hinduism and it is even more spiritually damaging for me to try to explain to you what I have experienced and understood of God. Hindus say that God is infinite...vast...big....and because of this each of us merely gets a glimpse of the whole, we only touch a small portion of the whole. \n\nThe story that is often used is about three blind men who each walk into the forest and come across an elephant. The first blind man comes across the elephant but is only able to touch the elephant's tail. The second comes to the elephant and is only able to touch the elephants nose before it runs back into the forest and the third only gets to touch its ears. Each of these three goes back to their respective villages where the people have never seen an elephant and tell about what they experienced. Is any of their experiences invalid? God is like the elephant and we are like the blind men who only touched a part of the elephant. Each of our experiences, our understandings, is valid for us. Therefore what I say about God is from my own experiences and understandings. You should search your own experiences and understandings. Perhaps God is not the in the personal form for you. Perhaps you see beyond the need for forms and names and divinity and see the Impersonal, formless, nameless One. Whatever it is, it is.\n\nThe Upanishads talk a lot about Brahman (the term they use for both the impersonal and personal form of the One...the Ultimate Reality, Cosmic Consciousness, etc). The question is asked "How do we know that Brahman is real?" and the answer comes that "You exist, therefore Brahman exists." This is better understood when you consider that the text has up to this point said that the entire universe came out of Brahman and that the Atman (usually translated as soul in English) within each of us is also Brahman...everything is Brahman and yet Brahman also pervades the universe. You could say, from a scientific viewpoint that Brahman was what was before the Big Bang (and even science can't really describe what that is and thus Hindus say that we as humans can often experience it, but cannot usually put it into words). The three words that come up in Hinduism a lot for Brahman are sat-cit-ananda (being-consciousness-bliss). In Buddhism and Jainism they talk about the Void, the Nothingness...as the terms are translated. Yet in every sense the Void, the Nothingness, the One...Brahman...etc....this is God, too.\n\nIn the words of eastern religions: search for yourself, test what you hear, and if it does not work for you, move on.\n\nPeace.
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i think u need to open the bible and read it , u are taking things way out of context. maybe read something before u start asking these questions that even if we gave u the answer u still won't understand. im not going to try to explain the whole bible to u, u can't just take 1 verse and go from there about what its talking about
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Well done for starting to think like a human.\n\nIt is pretty obvious that the bible is not true. It is a packaged product designed to create a religious truth with which to bind (and blind) people. \n\nBind in that you believe in 'God' and you have to take the bible wholesale (imperfections, contradications and everything). Blind int hat you have to ignore the real evidence of history in order to 'believe' and be saved.\n\nArcheologists do not tend to use the bible as source material because so much of it is false. There is no historical reference to Jesus outside of a few books in the bible. \n\nIn the ancient world myths were not seen as untrue in quite the way we see them today. Myths were a way of spreading a spritual idea or 'truth' through the telling of an allegorical tale that could work on many levels. \n\nThe Egyptians, for example, were prodigious record keepers. We have found written accounts for the tiniest minutea of their daily lives, and records for nobles and royal families stretching back many thousands of years. We even know the names of those kings that that they tried to have 'erased' from history. \nYet nowhere in any of these records is a high nobleman called 'Moses' recorded. And there is no mention anywhere of the Jews being held captive in Egypt, or of thousands of Jewish 'slaves' suddenly up and leaving via the red sea. \n\nRead the bible, by all means. But do not take it literally!
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People unable or too lazy to think for themselves believe the nonsense that is written in the Bible.  They would have you believe that there have never been dinosaurs because Noah didn't take any into the Ark.\nAs to Adam and Eve, did they pass on the tale of their origins so that it could be written down thousands of years later when man finally learned to write?  Pardon my chuckle.
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Just because Bible doesn't mention other humans prior to or alongside Adam and Eve does not mean other people didn't exist.\nIt makes sense for others to be there.  \nI know this opens a whole other can of worms but it is an interesting thought.
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The men who created God have showed the faults of their intellect and understanding of what was really going on. We have since learned that some of the things that they thought were wrong. They were dummies. So when mistakes are found in the Bible  people will come up with all sorts of self created explanations and excuses. Just look at some of the ridiculous answers they have given here.
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I've always held the belief that the Bible has been changed to fit the beliefs of whoever commissioned the latest translation.  It's no surprise to me at all that some of the stories were tacked on later as some were removed when they didn't fit in with what was being taught at the time.  \n\nWhy is the Bible supposedly above scrutiny?  Why is it that when people question whether or not it was written and re-written by men, people freak out?  In this day and age, if somebody were to claim they were divinely inspired to write a holy book, we'd call them nuts.  But, we should just believe that this particular group of men really were divinely inspired?
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O.K. admiralbob! I'm glad your not in charge of everything. Everyone wants to prove how things work, but they can't answer the question as to who made it all happen.....Anyway I've got broadband but the download is taking a minute so based off of others speculation and the website that I observed, I would say SURE THING. God is intelligent so why wouldn't he use science he created it? But yeah! They should use it to teach if they have found that proof! It would really back up the bible too.
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ok, im not a a genius, but i do read the bible daily..everyone gets something different out if the verses they read, just so it can touch them..thats whats so wonderful about it..secondly, he was talking about the evil right before he floods the earth..god cannot look upon sin..thats why jesus came and died on the cross for us and he washed away our sins..god was talking about sodomy and stealing and lying and sex and all the sins he could not look upon, he was upset that he made man and they turned around and disrespected him the way they did..i would be too you know..thats just what i believe
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Your question also begs a more basic question:  regardless of version, timing, or translation, human beings wrote the contents of, and chose and assembled, the texts that were called The Bible.  (Same with the Talmud, and the Koran.)  So it's reasonable to ask, why do so many believe it to be God's word?  I mean, it could be.  But why do people today so strongly believe it to be so, with such certainty?  When all they have is other people's word for it?  It is indeed remarkable, and hard to understand.
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Thank you for the article- it had some interesting insights!\n\nI have long thought that there was something odd in the part of Genesis 2:1 and the phrasing Genesis 1 used. I've been looking for things that explained it and your article did just that.\n\nIt simply makes no sense that the God who sent His people to the wilderness for 40 years would have (or needed to) rush the planet in 6 days, then fake various items to make it seem much older. He does not work that way at any other time, so why then?\n\nI have said for years that when the Bible and science or reality conflict, our understanding of one or the other is flawed- and I think we've really messed up our understanding of the Bible!
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The entire bible?  No.  In fact, there is proof that parts of the bible are inaccurate (like Genesis), and there is proof that parts of the bible really happened (we know many hisotrical leaders and occurances actually happened).\n\n- We've found Herod's palace, and it implies he was as carefree as the bible portrays him as.  One point for bible\n\n- We've found egyptian records that range from acheivements to embarassments.  They were quite meticulous at their historical records...yet no mention of Moses, losing their slaves, losing their first borns, plagues, etc.  One point against.\n\n- We've found evidence of a mass flood, one point for\n\n- It would be impossible for all species alive today to fit on the boat, not to mention carry enough food, deal with waste, etc.  One point against.\n\nSo you see, the bible is much like Greek or Egyptian mythology.  It is what was thought to have been known at the time...some of it was correct, some based on false rumor.
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People who claim to believe the bible have either never read it, or totally lack the ability to objectively analyze what they read or hear.\n\nThe bible is a book of mythology, has nothing to support it's accuracy from a historical view, is contradictory and for the most part incomprehensible gibberish.\n\nCan you believe some people assert that because Jerusalem or other places that existed (Egypt, Babylon, Syria, etc) are  mentioned in the bible, the bible must be true? Hard to believe how gullible some people are.
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Hi Gorgeous,\n\nThis statement is correct to a believer, once they make up their mind to believe, and it should be.  So, believer to believer, this is true, and does not need to be proved.\n\nIt is also true to all of the writers of any of the books in the bible.  It is certain that all of the writers were trying to spiritually discern something about God when they wrote what they wrote.  Thus, everyone one of them believes what they wrote was the truth.  Just like I believe what I am writing right now is the truth, even though someone else may not believe me.  \n\nTo a non-believer, the bible is a book written by people about their thoughts about God.  How does one prove this?  It is impossible, thus, any and all non-believers will be skeptical, and they should be.  The words inerrant word of God are wrong for the bible is a book of faith, not fact.  But, once you have faith, it is like fact.  Thus, if you are skeptical, it is a non-issue, it can never  be proven.  \n\nTo me, the bible is simply a spiritual book, since it was writen by spiritual people.  It is a realistic book, that describes how a human civilization grows and matures, and it includes all the realistic mistakes people and socities make when faith is gone, weak, or strong.  For this reason, you can read it and learn from the mistakes of others.  It is the most realistic spiritual book on earth.  And it is up to each person, to learn from it.  \n\nTo me, the right perspective is:  Leviticus to a new society that was forming is like the rules you have when you are young.  Highly prescriptive, and black and white.  As you mature and are an adult, you make the rules, like in the new testament, when you are born again, and are past the law [of Leviticus], as it is clearly stated.  That is a more correct context and perspective.  However, many Christians do what you did, and it is a mistake and causes great confusion.  \n\nLook how honestly things are included in this spiritual book.  These things truly happened at that point in time, so they were included.  There is no sugar coating.  Some terrible things are described.  Thus, truth is the standard, and not trying to create a holier than thou perception.\n\nIf someone from eastern someplace were to read the constitution of the US and then read a history of the US with slavery and discrimination and war, they would say the constitution is a fraud, for it speaks of rights, and yet does not do what it says it should do.  However, the speaking of rights is the vision that led us down the difficult road to eliminate slavery and to accept diversity.  Were our actions in Manifest Destiny wrong?  Some believe they were wrong.  However, our nation was young and growing and immature, the frontier was up for grabs, and we fought for it, as we fought to eliminate slavery.   Isn't this similar to the history of the bible.  Life is a maturing process and is an ongoing struggle for people and societies.  \n\nMy point is that I am proud to be an American.  And that a non-american can prove that americans are inconsistent, just like non-believers can show the bible and believers are inconsistent.  But that is reality.  When I was young, I was different than I am now, I learned and grew.  Does that mean I am inconsistent with my youth.  Yes, absolutely.  If perfection and consistentcy are the standards then we all have failed.  That is why context and perspective is critical.  \n\nAt least that is the way to have come to see both sides of this issue.\n\nHope this is helps.
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yes, that part is true.  The whole conspiracy thing is nonsense though.  The bible has been edited, translated and twisted many times.  There is still a huge debate between christians.  Some believe you should take the bible litteraly (i call these people retarded), others think it is symbolic.  I think it is all a bunch of crap either way you look at it.
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Huge Problems!!! where!!  have you ever thought the rules of the past may not be applied to what is today!  Adam is believed to have been created as a perfect being, and we know now that the humans are not perfect! get the point!!  Once upon a time Africa was a huge forest, now it is a big desert! ever wondered why!  think about it.\nDuring the time of ADAM and EVE, some believe didn't even have a spoken language, and now, we have so many languages!! ever wondered why!\nEarth is a living, or dying plant.  what was in the past, we many never see, or see again.\nCan you explain any of my questions! if you can! then you will get the answer to your questions as well.  Good luck if you can.\n\nIf the Genesis confuse you, try the Quran, but first take two asprines before you start reading. \ntake my advice.  Sincerely llewrose MD :)
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Amen! If you think the Bible is false, you would be calling Him a liar. If you think it's written just by men, you are calling God a liar. How could you believe in a God that would lie? You wouldn't. So no, you cannot believe God and not the Bible. Without the Bible how would you know God? God Bless!