Biblical inspiration

[Gunny]

LOL! Could be... but it does mean the translation isn't inerrant, doesn't it?

It doesn't mean it is either errant or inerrant. It is what it is.

 

[manu1959]

But, I don't use message boards to be popular. I'd rather be right.

damn 0-2....

 

[Bullypulpit]

Look guys.... it's called faith for a reason. We accept the Bible as God's word, you don't. It's like arguing over which cola is better, Coke or Pepsi, and just as futile.

God may not exist, the Bible may be a total invention. If so, our mistake, we've lead lives according to a fairy tale. If so, we've been misled into leading a lives based on charity, love for our fellow man, and belief in absolute right from wrong. In the process of being hoodwinked, we may have led better lives than we would have otherwise. Oh well, our mistake, but just the same, we left the world a better place... so what's the harm? The Bible does not teach hatred for our fellow man, it teaches us to love the sinner but hate the sin. Granted, some, using the pretense of following God's word, have committed atrocities in God's name, but that is not the case of the majority of Christians over the course of history.

But then, God may exist, the Bible may be God's inspired word. Is so, your mistake, eternal damnation in Hell for you. Now, what does a belief in no God get you? Nihilism. We're nothing special, so why bother with good works, let the good times roll instead! Atheists have persecuted others for following one religion or another and still do today. I can point to the People's Republic of China and their treatment of the Falun Gong sect. I can also point to the same government's treatment of the Tibetan people and the forced exile of the Dalai Lama for the past fifty years. Those atheists, however, are not contradicting their professed doctrine, they are obeying Marx's admonition against religion to a tee.

And Kagom, don't forget, that while some Christians may be intolerant of gays, most are not. Many of us may not agree with your lifestyle, but we're willing to look the other way and treat you and other gays decently. On the other hand, Stalin and his fellow atheist commies persecuted gays with just as much vigor as the most hate stoked Bible Beater, if not more so. Homosexuality was a crime in the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries. A crime, by the way, that required the Soviet style of justice. Meaning prison, prison camps in Siberia, torture and possibly death. So, don't be too hard on Christians and other religions, the atheists have nothing to offer you.

Sorry, but a lack of belief in a given deity does not result in nihilism. Absolutism, however, can lead to nihilism. After all, if everything is pre-ordained, why worry? We can do what we want when we want, it's all been determined for us anyways. Any atrocity can be condoned in the name of one's favorite deity so long as one is a member of the unwaveringly faithful.

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[webwzrd]

Sir, your argument, irrespective of any validity it may have from the basis of scripture, is irrelevant simply because that basis is in itself tainted by translation. Catch 22. Chicken or the egg. Translation or error therein. You are quoting the translated text.