Am I a bigot?

I grew up in a very religious family. I am no longer a part of that tradition. I was born with a prefrontal cortex and began to question everything as a young person.
I went through a complete deconstruction the Christian experience and discovered that there were many inconsistencies that I could not reconcile.

Faith is a fools errand. If you choose that path, then so be it. I see all religions as a bit of a crutch.
I won’t change and your replies about “truth” are meaningless.

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LadyGrace ·

Here's my thoughts on this subject, and I'm not trying, nor wanting, to be condescending, okay?

I believe man creates problems for himself, when he assumes God's Word is flawed. The only thing flawed, is the unbeliever's interpretation of it. There's no way he can decipher it's true meaning, without the Holy Spirit. He'll get it wrong every time. God's word says in order to interpret scripture and understand it, one must receive the Holy Spirit, through salvation.

There's a way that "seems" right to man, but the end thereof, is death. Both physical and spiritual death, without Jesus as Savior. That's what God said in His Word. There are [i]many[/i] things the unbeliever just doesn't and can't understand, nor even know what to consider, when reading the Word of God. Things may [u]appear[/u] contradictory, but with careful bible study, they are found not to be contradictory at all.

1 Corinthians 1:18-31
"For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness; but unto us which are saved, it is the power of God."

One must consider the context it was written in, the writers of the Bible spanned centuries, lived in different times and places, faced different circumstances (personal and political), and responded to those circumstances from the point of view of their settings in life. A book that brings all of this under one cover is, of course, going to exhibit a lot of [i]diversity[/i].

What are referred to as “contradictions” are only so, if one assumes that the purpose of inspiration is to align or override the down-to-earth diverse voices we actually encounter in the Bible.

Inspiration is a matter of faith, and no matter how fervently it is believed, that doesn’t mean it is [i]comprehended[/i]. The Bible we have, is a diverse and complex literary product, not reflecting consistently, just one point of view. We can, and should say, that inspiration, must include in its definition, the notion that the Bible was written and then edited by people living in, and reflecting, their particular time and place.

Modern archaeology has helped us realize that the Bible is historically accurate, even in the smallest of details. There have been thousands of archaeological discoveries in the past century, that support every book of the Bible. The biblical manuscripts have been reliably transmitted from the authors, to us today. How do we know? The message of salvation in the Bible, which is most important to know, has not changed through the centuries, and the remaining text has remained in perfect harmony through the ages. In fact, the Bible is the only Book that tells our future with 100% accuracy, and has fulfilled all prophecies, to date! But I'm not going to do all the work for people. I have spent countless hours studying the Bible, learning so much from it, and I expect others can, and should, do the same, as my eyes just are not good enough anymore, to do the work for them. I can barely see. Careful study will show that what I have said is true. Thank you.