why we don't read the bible in familyl at home before go to bed?
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for teh same reasons that husbands and wives don't sleep in seperate beds anymore,  times they are a'changin.
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I follow the Bible, and many doctrines that many many churches follow are not scriptural. People accept them without asking, why? We are taught to read for a reason. \n\nIt has SERIOUS implications! Christianity carries with it a HUGE responsibility that so many Christians either do not recognize or ignore. Look at the questions and answers on this site, at the comments of unbelievers. Look and listen to their negative views on our faith because of some Christians - they fight amongst themselves, they can't decide what they believe, they judge, they are hypocrites, they believe blindly. Well, if you want to lead more people to Christ, then we had better stop all this non-scriptural doctrine and start waking up, because as it stands, there will be many Christians answering to God one day for why they led others away when they had the opportunity not to.
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Because it is not necessary for us to know Enocs writings. Everything we need to know is in the Bible.
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I have been going through the same thing right now.  I have done a lot of research and it is something that is really hard to prove.  Also there are 5 or 6 books that aren't in there and it makes me wonder who decided which books belong in the Bible and which don't.  Also have you noticed that other religions are just a loyal and believe just as strongly in their religions or "bibles" laws.  It's a strange thing.  Sometimes it makes me wonder if I always believed just because I was born here and my parents do .... I'm interested to see the answers you get though.
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You may have noticed that when people 'quote' the scriptures, they tend to take them out of context. The preachers are there to help 'teach' the things of God more accurately. However, personal study is important.\n People will always quote the bible because they want to be right. Unfortunately many miss the mark of proper scriptural handling.
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For a few reasons:::\n\n1)People are too lazy to learn Hebrew\n\n2)People are scared that if they learned Hebrew, they would discover that the Bible does not say what they were taught.\n\n3)People make money off of translations, so they translate the Bible and then tell everyone their's is the best, and those people who are '1)too lazy to learn Hebrew' rush to buy their version to continue their studies.\n\nI use the original Hebrew, when i am not feeling lazy. \nWhen i look at the English translations, i use the RSV, Oxford annotated.
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People read the bible but, they dont take time to study the bible.
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Absolutely not. That's ridiculous. I think there's a LOT they don't understand. I'm the only Christian one in my family, if I was intellectually lazy I wouldn't believe in God at all, just like them.
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Because they study the Bible as literature, and not the Word of God. This is where belief comes in. You have to believe it, and apply it.
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Because the Bible is a book that demands life-changing action, and declares that we are morally responsible to someone greater than ourselves.  If man can prove the Book false, he can do whatever he pleases!
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Mommy Chaos,\nLooks like you got some choices here. The Bible was written and complied during a period of time when life was a whole lot rougher than it is now.  Maybe people back then didn't have time for humor.
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You have to understand that the Bible was an oral tradition for hundreds of years.  People told the stories long before they were written down.  Do you remember the story of Goldilocks and the three bears?  Do you remember the exact words in the story from the first time you heard it?  I doubt it.  But you remember the message and could still tell the story to your children.\nWhen the Bible was first written it was in Hebrew (atleast, the Old Testament was).  You're reading an English translation.\nIn all of this, things change, and we shouldn't focus on one word "Us."\n\nMore to think about: Royalty in medieval brittain referred to themselves in the plural (i.e. "We are not amused.")  When the Bible was translated by King James (the most famous English translation) any royal attributes of the day may have been given to God as the Almighty King.  \n\nNo one knows for sure.  You could study this for years and not know.  I hope this summation here does the subject justice.\n\np.s. many people referred to the Trinity (I don't want to say they are wrong, but I don't agree with them).  \nThe trick with that is that the Trinity as a concept wasn't known to humans until the Coucil of Nicea in 325.
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I grew up with my preacher dad and preachers wife mom always taking a "nap" on Sunday. Trust me those were noisy naps. Dad even wrote a college thesis on the Sabbath. I guess it is all ok.
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your first rule of reading the bible you need to accept that it does not make sense and it is full of contradictions\nit is only a book of fairy tales
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I know personally that I read the Bible because I gain knowledge from each time I open it. God is Truth. The word of God is Truth. By gaining an understanding of the Bible and reading it, we can use that in our daily lives to defeat Satan. We can also use passages that we read to apply to our daily lives. On how to live and etc.
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:}\nMany people do read it.  I reread it at least one time per year, \nThere are new and easy to read modern English versions available.  Let me recommend the New Living or the Holman Christian Standard, even the message or a little more difficult but still about a 9th grade level the New American standard (a very accurate word for word translation)\n\nIt is not read and understood because it takes spiritual eyes to see and spiritual ears to hear. Spiritual things are discerned spiritually.
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Funny how Christians can explain away the incest as "necessary" to populate the world. Another example that people can blindly accept the words of the bible.\n\nWhy can't god just create more humans so that they don't have to inbreed? Or does god PLAN for us to inbreed??? Utter bulls**t!