I Read the Whole Bible

When I was a christian, I read and studied the bible thoroughly. At the time I honestly believed it was the word of "god".

What I found was just a collection of primitive myths and superstitions, corrupted versions of older religions. It isn't even internally consistent. It's full of factual errors and contradictions. Prophesies therein are so vague and open-ended they can be made to fit any event one wants to "prove" was prophesied.

In some ways, reading it was a waste of time but it did allow me to see how I had been deceived, brainwashed even, by christianity and gave me the incentive I needed to escape its clutches. Getting out of that cult was the best move I ever made.

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walabby · 61-69, M

Have you read books written by Bart D. Ehrman. He is a professor of Bible studies, fluent in ancient Greek, and has written a number of books showing the inaccuracies and contradictions in the Bible. He also used to be a christian until he thoroughly studied the Bible.

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walabby · 61-69, M

@suzie1960 Christians all cherry pick the Bible. They totally ignore the nasty bits, the incomprehensible, and the contradictions.

suzie1960 · 61-69, F

@walabby I know. I was surprised at what I found when I studied the bible. It soon became obvious that it was just cobbled together from older religions, that's one of the reasons it's full of contradictions.

It works like any scam, relying on ignorance at the fact that nobody reads the small print. I have to admit, it's been very successful in deceiving a lot of people over the years.

walabby · 61-69, M

@suzie1960 When the politicians got a hold of it is when it bloomed. If Constantine hadn't taken his Mom's advice to use Christians to gain power, the world would be completely different.

baptistcpl · 70-79, M

...i had much the same experience...but you might try reading just the first part of the new testament matthew mark luke and john when jesus was doing all the teaching and it is pretty simple and pretty powerful ideas for living life and loving others...i feel like god had 3 watersheds 1) garden of eden he and man walking and talking simple (then man messed that up and several books and hundred of pages of confusion) 2) 10 commandments 10 rules simple (man immediately cant deal with that simplicity and screws that up and more books and hundreds of pages of mans rules and confusion) 3) jesus comes sums up religion into a 1 simple statement love god, love your neighbor as yourself (man messes that up with more books and hundreds of pages of additional rules)...the pattern is god tries to keep it simple and we just can't deal with how easy it is just love him and love each other and ignore the church of big business that tells you different, takes your money and tries to control your life with their contrived controlling rules

suzie1960 · 61-69, F

@baptistcpl [quote].but you might try reading just the first part of the new testament matthew mark luke and john when jesus was doing all the teaching[/quote]
So you advocate ignoring nearly all of "god's word". What Jesus is supposed to have said was just copied from other belief systems so we may as well ignore the whole bible.

baptistcpl · 70-79, M

...well that is one way of putting it...i just found those 3 watersheds to be a simplified bible and simplified rules of being a good person...and you're right that is shared with other belief systems...and they, much like Christians, go astray when their leaders elaborate on gods simple truths, lol...trust me i feel your pain and don't share much of these thoughts with my christian friends because they just wouldn't understand

CookieLuvsBunny · 31-35, F

The entire philosophy of the Bible is self-contradictory. An omnipotent creator that is responsible for nothing.

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

So you had the intelligence to think for yourself and the courage to follow the truth you found for yourself.. Good for you.😀

HuckleberryFriend · 26-30, F

I feel sorry for you. Hope your new point or view give you piece

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suzie1960 · 61-69, F

Some of them are.

HuckleberryFriend · 26-30, F

@suzie1960 Yes yes. I understand. And sometimes they are the reasons why some baby believers became unbelievers

suzie1960 · 61-69, F

@HuckleberryFriend They weren't the reason I stopped believing in "god", the bible itself was, they just confirmed I'd made the right decision. They didn't turn nasty until I started questioning what I'd found.

PhoenixPhail · M

(For more explicit information), have you seen the movie, "Zeitgeist"? It explains the inception of Christianity.

Here is an excerpt:
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcMDNE4g7Bo]

MURD3RM0NK3Y · 26-30, M

You sound bitter

suzie1960 · 61-69, F

@MURD3RM0NK3Y Not really. I just feel sorry for those who fall into the same trap as I did.

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