The Dive Bible

In Dive's bible, everyone goes to Heaven.

In Dive's bible, Jesus was awesome, except for those parts He warned about hell, which are excluded from Dive's bible.

In Dive's bible, everything that Dive wants to be true, is written.

In Dive's bible, the Jonah story didn't happen.

Get your copy.

(Everyone has their own Bible)

It's called interpretation.

(And all Bibles are different)

@chaney3 said
(Everyone has their own Bible)

It's called interpretation.

(And all Bibles are different)

You claim to be a Christian and yet many of your posts and threads are about things in the Bible that you don't accept or believe. Is there something wrong with differing interpretation and disagreements and discussions about what is and isn't credible? You are engaged in it all the time.

@fmf said
You claim to be a Christian and yet many of your posts and threads are about things in the Bible that you don't accept or believe. Is there something wrong with differing interpretation and disagreements and discussions about what is and isn't credible? You are engaged in it all the time.

Yes.
It's possible that the bible is not credible.

@chaney3 said
Yes.
It's possible that the bible is not credible.

So, what is your objection to divegeester thinking for himself about what he finds credible and what he doesn't find credible? And if it's not an "objection" that you are making with this OP/thread, what is its purpose? Perhaps you should lay out your own beliefs as they pertain to "Heaven" and to "Jonah".

@fmf said
So, what is your objection to divegeester thinking for himself about what he finds credible and what he doesn't find credible? And if it's not an "objection" that you are making with this OP/thread, what is its purpose? Perhaps you should lay out your own beliefs as they pertain to "Heaven" and to "Jonah".

I guess the objection would be, if Dive does not think that the Bible is credible, then upon what does he base his faith?

@chaney3

(Everyone has their own Bible)

It's called interpretation.

(And all Bibles are different)

If you're an expert on different Bibles maybe you could tell us:

Which one says there is no God?
And which one says Jesus is not the Son of God?
And which one says He is not the Lord and Savior?
Which one says He did not die and rise from the dead for our salvation?
Which version teaches against these MAJOR tenets of my Christian faith?

Here are some English versions to choose from.

New International Version
New Living Translation
English Standard Version
Berean Study Bible
New American Standard Bible
King James Bible
Christian Standard Bible
Contemporary English Version
Good News Translation
Holman Christian Standard Bible
International Standard Version
NET Bible
New Heart English Bible
GOD'S WORD® Translation
JPS Tanakh 1917
New American Standard 1977
Jubilee Bible 2000
King James 2000 Bible
American King James Version
American Standard Version
Brenton Septuagint Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible
Darby Bible Translation
English Revised Version
Webster's Bible Translation
World English Bible
Young's Literal Translation

@whodey said
I guess the objection would be, if Dive does not think that the Bible is credible, then upon what does he base his faith?

His sincere belief that the living Jesus Christ has actually come into his life and changed him, and given him hope and purpose that he cannot choose to believe is unreal.

@fmf said
His sincere belief that the living Jesus Christ has actually come into his life and changed him, and given him hope and purpose that he cannot choose to believe is unreal.

Which he got from the Bible.

Right?

@whodey said
Which he got from the Bible.

Right?

Incorrect.

@whodey said
Which he got from the Bible.

Right?

All these years. You haven't been listening.

@whodey said
Which he got from the Bible.

Right?

i was sixteen or seventeen in the late sixties when i sat on the grass in the breezeway of my texas high school, asked the Lamb to wash away my sins, restore my soul, and the Holy Ghost came to reside in my heart...

i didn't read that in the bible...
it just happened...

lotsa crap has happened since then...

@whodey said
Which he got from the Bible.

Right?

You are a bit of a Pharisee-type text-bashing dogma-peddling religionist like sonship, and not a very 'spiritual' person, aren't you?

@fmf said
You are a bit of a Pharisee-type text-bashing dogma-peddling religionist like sonship, and not a very 'spiritual' person, aren't you?

So is Dive a 'religionist' as well, as you claimed earlier?

Or has he not yet enlightened you as to his definition of 'religionist'?

Or has he, and so now you feel entitled to bash sonship with the term? If so, how is calling sonship a 'religionist' any different than calling Dive a 'religionist'? Painting both with the same brush shows your misunderstanding of the term.

Apparently, though, you've come to the realization that a 'religionist' cares little for 'spirituality', so I ask again, do you stand by your labeling of Dive as a 'religionist' as well?

@suzianne said
So is Dive a 'religionist' as well, as you claimed earlier?

Yes, for the reasons I explained.