Why are people so fanatic that they just believe everything in the Bible?
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Because they Don't know anything about false info or even the very clear contradiction in it like\n\nWho incited David to count the fighting men of Israel? \n\n(a) God did (2 Samuel 24: 1) \n\n(b) Satan did (I Chronicles 2 1:1) \n\n\nIn that count how many fighting men were found in Israel? \n\n(a) Eight hundred thousand (2 Samuel 24:9) \n\n(b) One million, one hundred thousand (IChronicles 21:5) \n\n\nHow many fighting men were found in Judah? \n\n(a) Five hundred thousand (2 Samuel 24:9) \n\n(b) Four hundred and seventy thousand (I Chronicles 21:5) \n\n\nGod sent his prophet to threaten David with how many years of famine? \n\n(a) Seven (2 Samuel 24:13) \n\n(b) Three (I Chronicles 21:12) \n\n\nHow old was Ahaziah when he began to rule over Jerusalem? \n\n(a) Twenty-two (2 Kings 8:26) \n\n(b) Forty-two (2 Chronicles 22:2) \n\n\n\n\nHow old was Jehoiachin when he became king of Jerusalem? \n\n(a) Eighteen (2 Kings 24: \n\n(b) Eight (2 Chronicles 36:9) \n\n\nHow long did he rule over Jerusalem? \n\n(a) Three months (2 Kings 24: \n\n(b) Three months and ten days (2 Chronicles 36:9) \n\n\nThe chief of the mighty men of David lifted up his spear and killed how many men at one time? \n\n(a) Eight hundred (2 Samuel 23: \n\n(b) Three hundred (I Chronicles 11: 11) \n\n\nWhen did David bring the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem? Before defeating the Philistines or after? \n\n(a) After (2 Samuel 5 and 6) \n\n(b) Before (I Chronicles 13 and 14) \n\n\nHow many pairs of clean animals did God tell Noah to take into the Ark? \n\n(a) Two (Genesis 6:19, 20) \n\n(b) Seven (Genesis 7:2). But despite this last instruction only two pairs went into the ark (Genesis 7:8-9) \n\nWhen David defeated the King of Zobah, how many horsemen did he capture? \n\n(a) One thousand and seven hundred (2 Samuel 8:4) \n\n(b) Seven thousand (I Chronicles 18:4) \n\n\nHow many stalls for horses did Solomon have? \n\n(a) Forty thousand (I Kings 4:26) \n\n(b) Four thousand (2 chronicles 9:25) \n\n\nIn what year of King Asa's reign did Baasha, King of Israel die? \n\n(a) Twenty-sixth year (I Kings 15:33 - 16: \n\n(b) Still alive in the thirty-sixth year (2 Chronicles 16:1) \n\n\nHow many overseers did Solomon appoint for the work of building the temple? \n\n(a) Three thousand six hundred (2 Chronicles 2:2) \n\n(b) Three thousand three hundred (I Kings 5:16) \n\nSolomon built a facility containing how many baths? \n\n(a) Two thousand (1 Kings 7:26) \n\n(b) Over three thousand (2 Chronicles 4:5) \n\n\nOf the Israelites who were freed from the Babylonian captivity, how many were the children of Pahrath-Moab? \n\n(a) Two thousand eight hundred and twelve (Ezra 2:6) \n\n(b) Two thousand eight hundred and eighteen (Nehemiah 7:11) \n\n\nBut The Quran makes the clear challenge, that if you are in doubt about it - then bring a book like it. Also, to bring ten chapters like it and then finally, to bring one single chapter like it. 1,400 years - and no one has been able to duplicate it's beauty, recitation, miracles and ease of memorization. Another challenge for the unbelievers to consider; "If this (Quran) were from other than Allah, you would find within it many contradictions." And yet, another challenge offered by Allah in the Quran is for the unbelievers to look around for evidences. Allah says He will show them His signs within themselves and on the farthest horizons.
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HAHA I can see what your getting at. This isnt a battle that you can win. Neither can I. I'm christian but a relaxed one. People have their opinions and who am i to tell them different. I dont beleive everything I hear. I beleive things that i know however. And I dont know for sure that a god even exist. I guess thats the whole concept to a religious faith alone. People tend to take the bible TOO literal. Then things begin getting mixed up. I am a scientist as well, some things in the bible just dont make sense. But if you read a book that offered a way for you to live in a sunny nice beach, and youve lived in the projects all of your life...and all you had to do has follow the books teaching...would you take it? I'm sure you see what i'm getting at as well.
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We call these people hypocrites.  Others may say, it is because people don't really understand the Bible and invent their own interpretation.  Then other want to act cool to others and do other things behind close doors.  Then others say "God gave us the choice to believe in Him or not to believe in Him.  In the end we all will be judge.
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Most Bible followers are hypocrites, and those believers who are not hypocrites are called extremists.\n\nI look it like this.  The Bible is a buffet bar and people go through picking and choosing what they like, and passing over the rest.
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They want to believe part of God's Word... but not all of God's Word.  God is the same yesterday, today, and forever more.  They deny that.\n\nTo be stern, its called being a hypocrite.  And God hates hypocrisy too.  If you are not going to be hot... be cold.
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This is all just a story of fiction, so believe whatever you want to.  The bible has been written, re-written, translated from one language and back again so manty times, it's even more of a work of whoever was writing it and whatever was believed at the time than anything to be taken for "truth".
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because most of those type, haven't ever picked up a Bible, much less read one. Insead, they rely on crack induced rhetoric, by people who say the name of God with every political policy and blame everything on the Great Evil Liberal. \nAnything that agrees with them is good, and anything that disagrees, is either evil science, brainwashing liberal education, a non-answer, a socialist conspiracy, or Godless lies.\n\nthey are a sick breed of humans that will ultimately be the people who put the anti-christ in power(if there is such a thing), their own Book says so!\n\nTheir whole belief system is based on zero-tolerance of anything that might change their views, probably nurtured by a drunken abusive parent!
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Firstly I think your question is slightly misleading, "most people" do not believe in the Bible let alone take it as literal. Within the Christan community I think that the basic tenants of Christianity are regarded as enough i.e do unto others as would be done to you, it is a small but vocal and powerful minority that are fanatical  (the same is true of Islam and there is interesting parells). There is also quite a difference between the European (where I live) views and some of the more evangelistic US versions. I think the fanatics that preach literal interpretations (although missing out all the bits they don't agree with) do so as a means of social control, to gain political power  and make money. But I also think that peole like this, Father K above makes a very valid point; when the Church of Rome was supreme people where able to follow i's rules and doctroines without question. When the reforamation came along and removed that, humanity lost some of its certainty in life, we as a society became lost; there was no objective truth in the world anymore. we have been trying to get back to that certainity ever since, with some of the more fundamental christains this had been be adpoting The Bible as a literal infaliable truth (Father K's "Paper Pope". there is a famous painting of Martin Luther overlooking a church and crying out "My God what have I done", a question Protestants have struggled with, to replace the security of the Papacy they have put their faith in The Bible
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That's just what they believe...don't make fun of other peoples culture and their beliefs. You wouldn't like it if they talked about our Holy Bible. Think about it....they probably thinks its crazy that we believe in only one God.
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Everything in opposition of the Bible drives them crazy. It's already been established that it is fiction, and not even an original piece of work as it was stolen from other writers. But some people believe that it is really possible. That's their perogrative. I have not seen the movie so I can't comment on the contents. \n\nBut I agree you really do have to wonder when someone gets that upset over something. Perhaps it's not near as strong and firm as people would like you to believe if they get that threatened by a work of fiction.
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I believe in God just not the bible, how dare anyone claim to know what God thinks, I have more respect for God, there are hundreds of archaeological finds proving that the bible that exists was put into place by church hierarchy that had ulterior motives for including and not including what THEY wanted in the bible, only someone who had ALL the original texts and could read them in the original language that they were written in would have a good understanding of what the ancient religious leaders had in mind, and who's to say they were God inspired, insane asylums are full of people who hear God
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I think the bible is a book. Printed on paper made by men, with ink made by men, and full of fables and folklore written by men for the purposes of men. \n\nMany Christians hold to that book as though it is their "idol". They believe it so blindly that even if God itself were to come down and tell them that even ONE verse in it was wrong they would side with the "idol/bible" over God itself.
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No-one really knows what they're talking about, because everything these people know has been told to them by somebody else. They dont have the ability to think for themselves so they adopt someone else's belief system. Yes, a lot more crap went on back in the day, but people change what the bible means to humanity to suit their own needs at that time, which is why beliefs keep changing. Even the New testament was written by a bunch of people who never even knew Jesus. So you or I could just as easily write another new testament and go and call that the bible.
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Many people that believe what is written in the Bible to be true have never read the Bible from cover to cover.\n\nIt's easy to pick them out too.  When they make statements about the bible, they start off by saying:  "my pastor told me".\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThat's some deal, six questions for the price of one.
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Many do not believe that,because they don't believe in God. Many of them also say they know the Bible better than the believers,and thus they will also be held accountable for all the knowledge they have gotten from God's Word and still remained unbelievers.
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bible is a history of faiths, that's all.
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Because each faith has changed it to whatever they want to believe.  The original scripture has been translated so many times incorrectly that I doubt it bears even the smallest resemblance to the actual wording.  And whenever anyone tries to give insight into that, the Christians persecute them, not wanting to alter the beliefs they've held for so long even if it means getting the truth.  Sad.