Can atheist enjoy the Bible?

[rightwinger]

Is that really what you believe happened? That all of these different authors were writing fictional novels?

Fiction such as a great flood and parting the seas?

Embellishment to make the account more memorable and easier to remember and pass down.

In other words, fictional tales
No, the whale did not really swallow Jonah

What if, 2000 years from now, people read Game of Thrones and accept it as Gospel?

Again... you are missing the informational aspect; the transfer of information.

But if you want to dismiss that, be my guest. It's probably easier for you that way than it is to acknowledge what it really is.

The Bible is composed of morality tales meant to inspire certain behaviors. A work of fiction

No, the earth did not flood
Jonah was not swallowed by a whale
Moses did not part the Red Sea

Makes a good story though

Considering the age of these texts, I find your conclusions to be overly simple, unbalanced and biased. It never ceases to amaze me how a group of people who see themselves as intellectually enlightened fail to actually take an intellectually balanced position on the things they hate.

My conclusions are that they are fictional parables.
Not the word of God

God does not have to lie

 

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My favorite Bible Story is Moses leading the Jews out of Slavery.
Inspiring.

Then when Moses receives the Ten Commandments, not ONE OF THEM condemns Slavery

God makes coveting your neighbors goods a sin.......But not Slavery!

Slavery was for the Jews, meant indentured servitude not forced slavery and the practices established for treatment of indentured servitude at that time were heads and shoulders above that of their neighbors.

Revisionist history
They were Slaves, their children were slaves
Bought and sold, beaten, women routinely raped and sold off.

You would think God would say it was a bad idea

Not revisionist history. And since you don't believe God told them anything, you don't believe your own argument.

 

[ding]

Is that really what you believe happened? That all of these different authors were writing fictional novels?

Fiction such as a great flood and parting the seas?

Embellishment to make the account more memorable and easier to remember and pass down.

In other words, fictional tales
No, the whale did not really swallow Jonah

What if, 2000 years from now, people read Game of Thrones and accept it as Gospel?

Again... you are missing the informational aspect; the transfer of information.

But if you want to dismiss that, be my guest. It's probably easier for you that way than it is to acknowledge what it really is.

The Bible is composed of morality tales meant to inspire certain behaviors. A work of fiction

No, the earth did not flood
Jonah was not swallowed by a whale
Moses did not part the Red Sea

Makes a good story though

Considering the age of these texts, I find your conclusions to be overly simple, unbalanced and biased. It never ceases to amaze me how a group of people who see themselves as intellectually enlightened fail to actually take an intellectually balanced position on the things they hate.

My conclusions are that they are fictional parables.
Not the word of God

God does not have to lie

That you believe God never actually told them anything your argument that it's not the word of God is genuine but why in the world would you believe God does not have to lie when you believe God doesn't exist. That's super weird.

 

[rightwinger]

I once made a thread on how I would have done a better job than God in his Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

After watching the Ten Commandments on TV last night it reminds me of how God, the creator of the earth and he stars, who created man in his own image, was not having one of his better days when he wrote the Ten Commandments. I could have done a better job I am the Lord thy God, which have...

www.usmessageboard.com

What I would include in my Ten Commandments

1. Thou shall not allow slavery. Moses led the Hebrews out of slavery and struggled to free them. Yet God does not even prohibit slavery in his ten commandments. I would prohibit slavery and order employers to pay an honest wage and order workers to give an honest days work

2. Thou shall be clean in thy person and thy environment. God could have saved hundreds of millions of lives with this one. Sanitation was a major killer of mankind. Keep yourself clean to avoid germs. Do not pollute your drinking water or your environment. Could have prevented the plague and other killer diseases

3. Thou shall not engage in War. War is a practice of man and not God. God should encourage peaceful resolution of conflicts and consider war an act against God

4. Thou shall educate yourself and others. A critical trait of man. Learning and the spread of knowledge. You should strive to learn your whole life and spread knowledge to others

5. I would expand the honor your father and mother to honor your family. Parents should honor their kids, make sure they are fed and clothed and protected. You should work hard to take care of your family

 

[Mindful]

and/or evading the police for not wearing one.

Sorry.

We’re like wayward children


Can I post this?

It's 2021, so by now, you should realize Christianity is all about social justice and liberating those kept down by white patriarchial cis-normative systems of oppression. Jesus said it best when he uttered the timeless command: "Go forth into all the nations, and loot them until they become Socialists."

But Jesus wasn't the only one! There are a ton of great examples of heavenly wokeness in the scriptures. Here are the top 10.

The Babylon Bee Presents: The Top 10 Wokest Bible Characters

It's 2021, so by now, you should realize Christianity is all about social justice and liberating those kept down by white patriarchial cis-normative systems of oppression. Jesus said it best when he uttered the timeless command: "Go forth into all the nations, and loot them until they become...

babylonbee.com

The Bible is just filled with heroes to emulate! Now go forth, and be woke!

 

[Mindful]

I once made a thread on how I would have done a better job than God in his Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

After watching the Ten Commandments on TV last night it reminds me of how God, the creator of the earth and he stars, who created man in his own image, was not having one of his better days when he wrote the Ten Commandments. I could have done a better job I am the Lord thy God, which have...

www.usmessageboard.com

You must be well into anthropomorphism by now.

 

[ding]

and/or evading the police for not wearing one.

Sorry.

We’re like wayward children


Can I post this?

It's 2021, so by now, you should realize Christianity is all about social justice and liberating those kept down by white patriarchial cis-normative systems of oppression. Jesus said it best when he uttered the timeless command: "Go forth into all the nations, and loot them until they become Socialists."

But Jesus wasn't the only one! There are a ton of great examples of heavenly wokeness in the scriptures. Here are the top 10.

The Babylon Bee Presents: The Top 10 Wokest Bible Characters

It's 2021, so by now, you should realize Christianity is all about social justice and liberating those kept down by white patriarchial cis-normative systems of oppression. Jesus said it best when he uttered the timeless command: "Go forth into all the nations, and loot them until they become...

babylonbee.com

The Bible is just filled with heroes to emulate! Now go forth, and be woke!

Ironically you yourself reveal your preference for good over evil with every moral argument you make. Which also shows that you believe in absolute truth and morals. Otherwise you would have no expectation for one outcome over another.

 

[Mindful]

and/or evading the police for not wearing one.

Sorry.

We’re like wayward children


Can I post this?

It's 2021, so by now, you should realize Christianity is all about social justice and liberating those kept down by white patriarchial cis-normative systems of oppression. Jesus said it best when he uttered the timeless command: "Go forth into all the nations, and loot them until they become Socialists."

But Jesus wasn't the only one! There are a ton of great examples of heavenly wokeness in the scriptures. Here are the top 10.

The Babylon Bee Presents: The Top 10 Wokest Bible Characters

It's 2021, so by now, you should realize Christianity is all about social justice and liberating those kept down by white patriarchial cis-normative systems of oppression. Jesus said it best when he uttered the timeless command: "Go forth into all the nations, and loot them until they become...

babylonbee.com

The Bible is just filled with heroes to emulate! Now go forth, and be woke!

Ironically you yourself reveal your preference for good over evil with every moral argument you make. Which also shows that you believe in absolute truth and morals. Otherwise you would have no expectation for one outcome over another.

Is that so?

Thankyou for telling me.

Do you hold seminars too?

 

[ding]

and/or evading the police for not wearing one.

Sorry.

We’re like wayward children


Can I post this?

It's 2021, so by now, you should realize Christianity is all about social justice and liberating those kept down by white patriarchial cis-normative systems of oppression. Jesus said it best when he uttered the timeless command: "Go forth into all the nations, and loot them until they become Socialists."

But Jesus wasn't the only one! There are a ton of great examples of heavenly wokeness in the scriptures. Here are the top 10.

The Babylon Bee Presents: The Top 10 Wokest Bible Characters

It's 2021, so by now, you should realize Christianity is all about social justice and liberating those kept down by white patriarchial cis-normative systems of oppression. Jesus said it best when he uttered the timeless command: "Go forth into all the nations, and loot them until they become...

babylonbee.com

The Bible is just filled with heroes to emulate! Now go forth, and be woke!

Ironically you yourself reveal your preference for good over evil with every moral argument you make. Which also shows that you believe in absolute truth and morals. Otherwise you would have no expectation for one outcome over another.

Is that so?

Thankyou for telling me.

Do you hold seminars too?

Yes and I pass out free copies of Mere Christianity to everyone who attends.

 

[Mindful]

and/or evading the police for not wearing one.

Sorry.

We’re like wayward children


Can I post this?

It's 2021, so by now, you should realize Christianity is all about social justice and liberating those kept down by white patriarchial cis-normative systems of oppression. Jesus said it best when he uttered the timeless command: "Go forth into all the nations, and loot them until they become Socialists."

But Jesus wasn't the only one! There are a ton of great examples of heavenly wokeness in the scriptures. Here are the top 10.

The Babylon Bee Presents: The Top 10 Wokest Bible Characters

It's 2021, so by now, you should realize Christianity is all about social justice and liberating those kept down by white patriarchial cis-normative systems of oppression. Jesus said it best when he uttered the timeless command: "Go forth into all the nations, and loot them until they become...

babylonbee.com

The Bible is just filled with heroes to emulate! Now go forth, and be woke!

Ironically you yourself reveal your preference for good over evil with every moral argument you make. Which also shows that you believe in absolute truth and morals. Otherwise you would have no expectation for one outcome over another.

Is that so?

Thankyou for telling me.

Do you hold seminars too?

Yes and I pass out free copies of Mere Christianity to everyone who attends.

Please don’t plagiarise CS Lewis.

It’s not polite.

 

[ding]

and/or evading the police for not wearing one.

Sorry.

We’re like wayward children


Can I post this?

It's 2021, so by now, you should realize Christianity is all about social justice and liberating those kept down by white patriarchial cis-normative systems of oppression. Jesus said it best when he uttered the timeless command: "Go forth into all the nations, and loot them until they become Socialists."

But Jesus wasn't the only one! There are a ton of great examples of heavenly wokeness in the scriptures. Here are the top 10.

The Babylon Bee Presents: The Top 10 Wokest Bible Characters

It's 2021, so by now, you should realize Christianity is all about social justice and liberating those kept down by white patriarchial cis-normative systems of oppression. Jesus said it best when he uttered the timeless command: "Go forth into all the nations, and loot them until they become...

babylonbee.com

The Bible is just filled with heroes to emulate! Now go forth, and be woke!

Ironically you yourself reveal your preference for good over evil with every moral argument you make. Which also shows that you believe in absolute truth and morals. Otherwise you would have no expectation for one outcome over another.

Is that so?

Thankyou for telling me.

Do you hold seminars too?

Yes and I pass out free copies of Mere Christianity to everyone who attends.

Please don’t plagiarise CS Lewis.

It’s not polite.

So I can't argue that man knows right from wrong and that when he violates it rather than abandoning the concept he rationalizes that he didn't violate it?

Cause he plagiarized that from Genesis Chapter 2.

 

[Mindful]

and/or evading the police for not wearing one.

Sorry.

We’re like wayward children


Can I post this?

It's 2021, so by now, you should realize Christianity is all about social justice and liberating those kept down by white patriarchial cis-normative systems of oppression. Jesus said it best when he uttered the timeless command: "Go forth into all the nations, and loot them until they become Socialists."

But Jesus wasn't the only one! There are a ton of great examples of heavenly wokeness in the scriptures. Here are the top 10.

The Babylon Bee Presents: The Top 10 Wokest Bible Characters

It's 2021, so by now, you should realize Christianity is all about social justice and liberating those kept down by white patriarchial cis-normative systems of oppression. Jesus said it best when he uttered the timeless command: "Go forth into all the nations, and loot them until they become...

babylonbee.com

The Bible is just filled with heroes to emulate! Now go forth, and be woke!

Ironically you yourself reveal your preference for good over evil with every moral argument you make. Which also shows that you believe in absolute truth and morals. Otherwise you would have no expectation for one outcome over another.

Is that so?

Thankyou for telling me.

Do you hold seminars too?

Yes and I pass out free copies of Mere Christianity to everyone who attends.

Please don’t plagiarise CS Lewis.

It’s not polite.

So I can't argue that man knows right from wrong and that when he violates it rather than abandoning the concept he rationalizes that he didn't violate it?

Cause he plagiarized that from Genesis Chapter 2.

You can argue what you like.

If you could simplify your premise.

 

[Meriweather]

Then when Moses receives the Ten Commandments, not ONE OF THEM condemns Slavery

God leads a community of slaves out of slavery. And the first thing that crosses His mind is, "These are the people I need to tell that slavery should be condemned." Slaves became the masters of slaves. Who would have thought.

 

[Meriweather]

My conclusions are that they are fictional parables.

What purpose did these parable serve?

 

[Mindful]

Then when Moses receives the Ten Commandments, not ONE OF THEM condemns Slavery

God leads a community of slaves out of slavery. And the first thing that crosses His mind is, "These are the people I need to tell that slavery should be condemned." Slaves became the masters of slaves. Who would have thought.

It’s not really feasible to look at the context of those times though the prism of today’s framework.

 

[Mindful]

My conclusions are that they are fictional parables.

What purpose did these parable serve?

Metaphorical analogies.

 

[Meriweather]

Metaphorical analogies.

Yes, but what was the purpose of writing and telling them?

 

[Mindful]

Metaphorical analogies.

Yes, but what was the purpose of writing and telling them?

What’s the purpose of anything?

 

[Devils_Advocate]

Is that really what you believe happened? That all of these different authors were writing fictional novels?

Fiction such as a great flood and parting the seas?

The Great Flood story predates Christianity and all of the Abrahamic Religions and is found in Sumerian Myths which mean some type of Flood happened and it destroyed some civilization back then...

 

[Meriweather]

What’s the purpose of anything?

1. To inform (teach/learn)
2. To entertain

You say the Bible is a collection of parables. In your opinion, what is their purpose?