08 Sep '12 02:52>
The collection of historical writings of the Middle East over some thousands of years, known as "the Bible" has been turned into an idol.
What is an idol? Something physical made to be the equivalent of a god, that has powers of that god and is worshipped just like the god. It is unquestionable like the god. Anyone dealing with that physical object poorly, even by logically contradicting it or questioning it is blaspheming against the god, and in the past could under threat of death.Today its severe disapproval and ostracization and being pronounced unpatriotic or a heathen. But the true heathens are the idol-worshippers!
Idols were made to control people. To exceise emotional and actual power, by those wanting to keep hold of that power.
The Bible is not God or the very words that came out of "his" so-called "mouth". To see it like that is to treat it as an idol, and to be easily manipulated by others who use its many diverse and often contradictory words and stories from a wide span of human history to lead people by their naive and uninformed noses, to do what the powerful want. It is particularly used by the Christian Right to equate "Bible obeying" with national patriotism.
It is used to back up every despots ideas by carefully selecting verses out of context and saying its "God's Word", so bow down and obey the idol folks - or else!
What is an idol? Something physical made to be the equivalent of a god, that has powers of that god and is worshipped just like the god. It is unquestionable like the god. Anyone dealing with that physical object poorly, even by logically contradicting it or questioning it is blaspheming against the god, and in the past could under threat of death.Today its severe disapproval and ostracization and being pronounced unpatriotic or a heathen. But the true heathens are the idol-worshippers!
Idols were made to control people. To exceise emotional and actual power, by those wanting to keep hold of that power.
The Bible is not God or the very words that came out of "his" so-called "mouth". To see it like that is to treat it as an idol, and to be easily manipulated by others who use its many diverse and often contradictory words and stories from a wide span of human history to lead people by their naive and uninformed noses, to do what the powerful want. It is particularly used by the Christian Right to equate "Bible obeying" with national patriotism.
It is used to back up every despots ideas by carefully selecting verses out of context and saying its "God's Word", so bow down and obey the idol folks - or else!