Originally posted by karoly aczel
The bible may do all of those things but it certainly doesn't do them well.
example: the 10 comandments. every one of them tells you what not to do. I find this sort of approach negative and restrictive. Whereas say the Buddhists will tell what to do. It's more of a guidelike approach than the biblical 'one size fits all' approach.
The bible may do all of those things but it certainly doesn't do them well.
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It gets people in touch with the living God well.
Of course people have to be willing to let their lives be changed by reading it.
Most of the people I know who do not want to be changed by God stay clear of the Bible.
At the same time they seem to fancy themselves as experts on the book they stay clear of.
example: the 10 comandments. every one of them tells you what not to do.
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The commandment about the keeping of the Sabbath day is a "shall do" much more than a shall not do.
The commandment to honor father and mother is a shall do.
I find this sort of approach negative and restrictive.
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The law of God was given very much for the purpose of exposing the sin nature which cannot please God.
Fallen man said "All that the Lord has commanded we will do" because the fallen man is full of self confidence. One purpose of the law of Moses was to expose man's inability and need for redemption and salvation.
Whereas say the Buddhists will tell what to do. It's more of a guidelike approach than the biblical 'one size fits all' approach.
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Many people will always prefer a Force or The Force or a Vibration or Oversoul of energy of something like this to a Righteous living God. All the forces of mystical Buddhism are on a lower level of existence than a living Person. You can look down up IT and use IT. It preserves human expected autonomy.
In the natural man, the sinner will always prefer obligation to a Force than to Righteous living God. Of course the Love of a Righteous God is the other side of a living Person which you would not get from a Buddhist state of "salvation".
The other side of obligation to a living God who is absolutely Righteous is the eternal Love of that God also.