Blues Man
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The "gods" created by men have all been proven to be but sinful -- though supposed "super" humans. They all have fallen human traits including sensual promiscuity, and moral degradation. They are all very material and full of themselves, the thing Idols are made of. The "gods" were indeed created by men ----- with the help of the one who wished to be GOD himself... I would think that even you know to whom I'm referring...The Bible has been around thousands of years. And JESUS gave full credence to the scriptures comprising the Old Testament. Some of what JESUS said and reaffirmed are recorded in the New Testament. Everything that is in both the OLD & NEW Testament is what GOD wished for us to hear. It stands complete and is understood through the leading of the HOLY SPIRIT.or so they say.Many protestant ministers are well versed in both GREEK and HEBREW. Both are ancient languages of GOD's Word.That was the Protestant philosophy during the Reformation. Everyone, with the help of the Holy Spirit, can read the Bible for themselves with perfect understanding. That wasn't the Catholic position because language, cultures, and times change. One Protestant read the Bible, didn't understand the Hebrew (not that the King James translation was any help with that) and presto! He decides according to the Bible the earth is six thousand years old. Anyone who could read the Hebrew knew Ussher had it all wrong. Still, to this day (more than 200 years later) some still believe the earth is about six thousand years old.the bible is supposed to about for you isn't it? After all it's an instruction book on how to live in a way that god deems acceptable.
This is where religion and I part ways.
I shouldn't need someone to tell me what the word of god means.
hence no third party commentary or fluency in ancient languages should be necessary.
My other favorites, of course, is that people believe the events written about in Revelation are yet to happen, when each one happened two thousand years ago. Some Protestants believe there will be a day when some will be "Raptured" off the planet. And speaking of the planet, some think there had to be zebras, polar bears, and penguins on Noah's ark. Read the Hebrew. It didn't say the flood covered the planet, but the earth (meaning the ground) as far as the eye could see.
It is my opinion that Protestants and their insistence that everyone can read and understand the Bible on their own may be responsible for the number of atheists today. Don't tell me that understanding the history and cultures (commentary) and fluency in the original language(s) isn't necessary. Early Jews and Christians would be laughing hysterically at the ideas of Rapture, penguins on the ark, etc. Bet you anything they would be saying, "Don't know what you're reading, but it's not the Bible!"
Perhaps you can understand why limiting answers about the Bible to "Yes" or "No" isn't at all practical.
I haven't yet met a Catholic priest that was fluent in ancient languages so they are just being told what to say by someone else.
And if god is the perfect unassailable all powerful being you'd think that he would understand that languages would evolve wouldn't you?
It was still all second, third .....100th hand or more.
So the bible is what a bunch of different people decided was the true word of their god
I don't believe that.
The one god religion is just a scaled down version of the many gods religions.
gods are created by men
GOD alone is triune (three in one). GOD alone is love. GOD alone sacrifices HIMSELF to save that which is lost. GOD alone does reveal HIMSELF openly and with no secrets --- no mystic shrines, no secret societies, no vestal virgins. GOD alone is invisible and not some pretty nick-knack designed by man for others to admire. GOD alone is not some scaled down version of the "gods" as you suggest. But then you don't know GOD.
All gods are created by men. It is just another example of human arrogance and hubris that they believe they are made in the image of some all powerful god.