I don’t read it because God told me to, I read it because I was interested in what the most printed book in all of known history has to say.
Is it based on faith? Yes, as well as my own personal experiences and exposure to what the Bible says. I assume you are saying my trust that God picked the right books. Quote:So your trust is based on faith in god? If we had the right tools and data, we can make a better and more informed conclusion, BUT since we don’t… I guess it is natural that some people would believe, and some people wouldn’t. Does that mean it definitively never happened? Or could it still POSSIBLY have happened. I guess it’s down to the “I have no proof that XX supernatural event happened other than these words in this book”. But does one story, maybe two stories, that is impossible to believe (based on our understanding of physics and nature and so forth) mean that nothing can be taken as fact? If so, I agree that those things are difficult to believe. I assume that when you say “simply impossible”, “improbable” and so forth you are referring to the supernatural events (fire raining down from heaven, parting the red sea, sound of trumpets destroying a city, whale eating a man who survives for months). Or is the overall consensus of this forum that 0% of it is true? And how does that compare with the analysis of other ancient texts? There will always be factual inconsistencies with historical accounts so at what point does a historical account become fact, especially for works that are waaaaay before our time. Much of it is also improbable, or in the case of the nativity story contrary to the historical evidence.Ĭan we agree to say that, I don’t know, 40%/50%/60% of the Bible is true? (At least the historical books). Most of the OT is simply impossible and much of the rest of it improbable. What it is emphatically not, is a historically accurate account.
Quote:Yes we all know it's a collection of books by different authors or groups of authors, some zanier than others. I'll try to keep it short in future posts. Quote:Hi, Blee, I guess I missed your introduction thread. Further many of the abolitionists were atheists including: William Lloyd Garrison and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Similarly, Christianity was used throughout Africa, North and South America to justify slavery. The scientific revolution happened despite, rather than because of the church.Ĭhristianity has been used as a prop for monarchies for many more years than have been western democracies. The information revived was Greek and Roman and much of the ancient documents admired and consulted were preserved by Arab nations. Don't even try to pretend that Christianity didn't play a part in the Renaissance, the Scientific revolution, the abolition of slavery, and the rise of constitutional democracies.Ĭhristianity is still a major part of Western Civilization, but The Fall of Rome happened despite the coming of Christianity and with it came a loss of much technical and artistic knowledge which was not revived for the roughly 1000 Christian years that followed. (Octoat 6:26 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: (Octoat 6:18 pm)Jenny A Wrote: Name one improvement to the quality of life created by Christianity.Western civilization.
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