Christians: When you read the bible what convinces you that it is of divine origin?
When i read the Bible it seems very obvious to me that it is of human origin. So petty and base and violent. So concerned with superficial mundanity. In scope and content it seems palpably human rather than the work or directives of a greater being. I don't mean that as criticism, that's just my personal experience of the Bible.
So i wonder what believers think when they read it. What makes you know that this is the word (or at least inspired word) of God?
• the oldest parts (Gen 1-11 & Job) with the rest of Jewish Scripture, or
• the OT with the NT, or
• the four Gospels (+ Acts?) with the rest of the NT, or esp.
• what Jesus ACTUALLY is represented as saying/doing/teaching in the NT sources with what He is CLAIMED to have said/done/taught by misinformed, etc., "pastors", "Christians", "denominations", cults.
I'd be more than happy to discuss this in private.
@Pikachu Its more like people who thing god exist but have never seen god or even got a phone call from the space wizard.. religion holds the world back.
@Pikachu ok, taxonomy issues aside, I think anything with any degree of supernatural ability would be able to convince us of these abilities without relying on non-supernatural middlemen
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@QueenOfZaun but the usual response to anything I am saying right now is always "But, The Bible sez ..." 🤦♀️
Could be. Or it could be that in their supernatural wisdom this is the best way, despite what we may think. Or it could be the best they are capable of because again, a deity need not be all powerful.
The speculation on why a god might choose that medium is endless and without resolution.
