Originally posted by whodeySo you no longer have any doubts that the Bible is God inspired?
What a peculiar question. Well. I have LOTS of doubt that the Bible is "God inspired". That's why I am not a Christian.
Also, what led to your reappraisal?
Well as you ought to glean from my OP, the "reappraisal" of all such things is ongoing, it's not something that was "led to".
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Originally posted by FMFIs it by accident that the Holy Bible is different from other religious books?
[b]So you no longer have any doubts that the Bible is God inspired?
What a peculiar question. Well. I have LOTS of doubt that the Bible is "God inspired". That's why I am not a Christian.
Also, what led to your reappraisal?
Well as you ought to glean from my OP, the "reappraisal" of all such things is ongoing, it's not something that was "led to".[/b]
It gives the order of the creations of God. It states God made living creatures
to reproduce after their own kind. As much as evolutionists try, they have not
been able to disprove this fact. It has never been proven historically or
scientifically inaccurate, even though, it makes supernatural claims. It makes
many prophecies that have been fulfilled and many more that are waiting the
time for fulfillment. Some of the prophecies have been fulfilled in my lifetime.
http://www.cbn.com/spirituallife/churchandministry/evangelism/burns_godswords.aspx
http://www.alienresistance.org/ce4BibleVersusOther.htm
http://www.middletownbiblechurch.org/bofbooks/booksch1.htm
http://foundationsforourfaith.com/Foundationsforourfaith/HolyBible.htm
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Originally posted by RJHindsThis comes across as impersonal spam, RJHinds. You know well that I subscribed to the Bible for almost 3 decades. What's with this trite 'summary' and the links? How on earth could you think it appropriate to send this to an ex-Christian? 😞
[b]Is it by accident that the Holy Bible is different from other religious books?
It gives the order of the creations of God. It states God made living creatures
to reproduce after their own kind. As much as evolutionists try, they have not
been able to disprove this fact. It has never been proven historically or
scientifically inaccurate, even th ...[text shortened]... /bofbooks/booksch1.htm
http://foundationsforourfaith.com/Foundationsforourfaith/HolyBible.htm[/b]
Originally posted by FMFIt appear that you did not learn it the first time around. Some of us are slow
This comes across as impersonal spam, RJHinds. You know well that I subscribed to the Bible for almost 3 decades. What's with this trite 'summary' and the links? How on earth could you think it appropriate to send this to an ex-Christian? 😞
learners and need some refresher courses now and then, also.
I've never joined any organization—not even the ones I've organized myself. I prize my own independence too much. And philosophically, I could never accept any rigid dogma or ideology, whether it's Christianity or Marxism. One of the most important things in life is what Judge Learned Hand described as 'that ever-gnawing inner doubt as to whether you're right.' If you don't have that, if you think you've got an inside track to absolute truth, you become doctrinaire, humorless and intellectually constipated.
-Saul Alinsky
Originally posted by FMFNo, what I mean is that you have no doubts that the Bible is NOT God inspired.
[b]So you no longer have any doubts that the Bible is God inspired?
What a peculiar question. Well. I have LOTS of doubt that the Bible is "God inspired". That's why I am not a Christian.
Also, what led to your reappraisal?
Well as you ought to glean from my OP, the "reappraisal" of all such things is ongoing, it's not something that was "led to".[/b]
As far as your reappraisal, you don't have to give details if you don't wish to do so.
Originally posted by whodeyToo much doubt to be able to subscribe to it anymore. Better to be honest than to pay lip service. I could be wrong, I suppose. I have no appetite for the pompous 'quote'-littered pronouncements plucked from the thin air of imaginative speculation that devotees think 'subscribing' gives them licence to pluck. I retain enough 'doubt' (i.e. open mindedness) to be ready to entertain the ideas or urgings of somebody who talks sense to me about it one day. Mind you I doubt it will happen. I gave it a fair go I think, and feel much better for having ditched the entire pretense.
No, what I mean is that you have no doubts that the Bible is NOT God inspired.
As far as your reappraisal, you don't have to give details if you don't wish to do so.
The degree to which I think it MIGHT all be right (i.e. doubt about my decision) is limited and therefore I find it personally irrelevant because it doesn't provide:
1. credible explanations that necessitate action on my part,
2. the useful or applicable parts of its espoused code for living do not need the supernatural folk tales and personality cult that originates from The Levant and Hebrew books to work, and
3. the 'promised outcome' - immortality - has no evidence to suggest it's anything other than wishful thinking/human weakness, and I don't see how or why the prospect of this 'outcome' should affect my life; my life has meaning and I don't need to pretend that I'm not going to die.
I will say that I have no doubt that I will die. Every single human being gives us incontrovertible evidence of that! I still have enough doubt left to be ready to consider evidence proving there is an afterlife and that it is linked to a genuine revelation of "God's instructions", should such evidence emerge - which I doubt.
Originally posted by FMFWe all have doubts because we do not have perfect knowledge. God alone has
Too much doubt to be able to subscribe to it anymore. Better to be honest than to pay lip service. I could be wrong, I suppose. I have no appetite for the pompous 'quote'-littered pronouncements plucked from the thin air of imaginative speculation that devotees think 'subscribing' gives them licence to pluck. I retain enough 'doubt' (i.e. open mindedness) to be ...[text shortened]... lation of "God's instructions", should such evidence emerge - which I doubt.
perfect knowledge. We must evaluate our doubts and dismiss those that are
not reasonable, so that we can come to a rational decision considering all the
evidence we can obtain. But without revelation knowledge we may remain in
an undecided state.
