Originally posted by RJHindsisn't it funny how someone needs to read the bible to understand the bible? and how one needs someone else to explain it?
To Andrew Hamilton:
But according to the Holy Bible, God created everything physical
that exist, including time and all the natural laws.
You need to read the Holy Bible and get someone to help you
understand it.
RJHinds
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Originally posted by ZahlanziYes, so it seems like it requires people to pass down through the generations the explanation of the bible. Doesn't that leave a LOT of room for error?
isn't it funny how someone needs to read the bible to understand the bible? and how one needs someone else to explain it?
EDIT: I also find that people who try to explain it do not explain it very well to make sense. Do we need people to explain how to interpret people who try to explain the bible?
Originally posted by lauseywhy does someone needs to explain it in the first place? there are passages in the bible that are open to interpretation. why is someone elses interpretation better than mine?
Yes, so it seems like it requires people to pass down through the generations the explanation of the bible. Doesn't that leave a LOT of room for error?
EDIT: I also find that people who try to explain it do not explain it very well to make sense. Do we need people to explain how to interpret people who try to explain the bible?
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Originally posted by lauseywhy dont you try reading it for yourselves and make an evaluation with your own minds, tell you what, ill test you out with some basic Biblical questions shall I, lets see how much you understand with regard to the ancient text. Ok, first question, an easy one,
Yes, so it seems like it requires people to pass down through the generations the explanation of the bible. Doesn't that leave a LOT of room for error?
EDIT: I also find that people who try to explain it do not explain it very well to make sense. Do we need people to explain how to interpret people who try to explain the bible?
when did the 400 year exile of the Jews begin and end.
Originally posted by robbie carrobieConsidering the small amount of the bible that I have read does not make sense at all to me, how would studying it to any depth make any more sense?
why dont you try reading it for yourselves and make an evaluation with your own minds, tell you what, ill test you out with some basic Biblical questions shall I, lets see how much you understand with regard to the ancient text. Ok, first question, an easy one,
when did the 400 year exile of the Jews begin and end.
My argument was against RJHinds' comment about having someone else explain it. All I will be getting is someone else's interpretation of it.
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Originally posted by lauseyIs that an admittance, it sure sounds like one. Sooo if you went to a lawyer with a legal case and he offered you his opinion you would dismiss it out of hand merely because it was an interpretation? Nooo, but that is the very basis with which you object to RJHinds statement. Bible is a huge volume, it takes years to study its intricacies, just like a lawyer who may spend years to become well versed in the law. Citing that its an interpretation is a very weak argument indeed.
Considering the small amount of the bible that I have read does not make sense at all to me, how would studying it to any depth make any more sense?
My argument was against RJHinds' comment about having someone else explain it. All I will be getting is someone else's interpretation of it.
Originally posted by karoly aczelAnd we should believe Stephen Hawking.....why?
Stephen Hawkings basically admitted the existence of aliens.
1000+ saw a ufo in the middle of New York city late in 2010.
These are the two main feature stories on my ufo website.
Everything I've learnt about Dawkins has come from RHP. Good stuff, too
Originally posted by robbie carrobieThe bible doesn't make sense to me due to illogicalities. Like the talking snake, the universe being created in 7 days etc.
Is that an admittance, it sure sounds like one. Sooo if you went to a lawyer with a legal case and he offered you his opinion you would dismiss it out of hand merely because it was an interpretation? Nooo, but that is the very basis with which you object to RJHinds statement. Bible is a huge volume, it takes years to study its intricacies, just li ...[text shortened]... ecome well versed in the law. Citing that its an interpretation is a very weak argument indeed.
If I find that a lawyer is using such logic to argue my case, I will get another lawyer.
Originally posted by robbie carrobiewhy dont you try reading it for yourselves and make an evaluation with your own mind
why dont you try reading it for yourselves and make an evaluation with your own minds, tell you what, ill test you out with some basic Biblical questions shall I, lets see how much you understand with regard to the ancient text. Ok, first question, an easy one,
when did the 400 year exile of the Jews begin and end.
Oh the irony!!!
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Originally posted by lauseyweak, very weak. It doesn't make sense because you do not understand it, because you have not studied it, is it not the case.
The bible doesn't make sense to me due to illogicalities. Like the talking snake, the universe being created in 7 days etc.
If I find that a lawyer is using such logic to argue my case, I will get another lawyer.
There is no indication that a day is a literal twenty four hour period, if that were the case, when you speak in terms of, 'in your fathers day', you are speaking of an unspecified duration of time, not a literal twenty four hour period. Same with scripture. Again there is no indication that it was actually a literal talking snake, the scriptures make it clear that the 'original serpent', was a rebellious angelic being, termed Satan. Snakes dont talk, they have no vocal chords with which to form sounds.