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Be honest: when you read the bible what makes you think it is of divine origin? [Spirituality & Religion]

There was a time in my life where i really wanted to believe and i tried hard to have faith and asked with all my heart that god reveal himself to me. But predictably he did not. And the more i read, the more it became obvious to me that the bible was the work of men.
So base and petty and violent. This was not the work of an enlightened being.

So what makes you feel that the bible is of divine origin?
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Rhodesianman · 56-60, M
Its not its a load of rubbish .I mean seriously ask your self ,if you were all powerful etc ,would you allow famine suffering war etc .
CookieLuvsBunny · 31-35, F
@Rhodesianman Absolutely. As Bertrand Russell famously said:
"Given omniscience and omnipotence I could do better"
Rhodesianman · 56-60, M
Most church goers are hypocrites .If you actually read the bible its a load of rubbish written by idiots .
Carazaa · F
God cursed the world because of our sins. This is why God almighty, Jesus, came to save us.@Rhodesianman
suzie1960 · 61-69, F
@Rhodesianman When I was a christian, I did read the bible. You're right, it is just a load of rubbish.
CookieLuvsBunny · 31-35, F
@Carazaa If god made the world then it is responsible for its actions. Jesus is a fictional character
suzie1960 · 61-69, F
@Carazaa [quote]God cursed the world because of our sins. This is why God almighty, Jesus, came to save us[/quote]
So "god" came to undo what "god" had done. How ridiculous!.
Carazaa · F
No, God came to help us who are so sinful we can't help ourselves.
CookieLuvsBunny · 31-35, F
@Carazaa A person on this planet starves to death every 5 seconds and it is mostly children under the age of 7. Where is "god" or is that a mystery too
suzie1960 · 61-69, F
@Carazaa Speak for yourself. Is a newborn baby really sinful? Why did your god wait so long to come to save us for the curse he'd put on us?
Carazaa · F
God warns us that "Have NO other Gods but me for I am a jealous God punishing the children of the parents who hate me to the 3rd and 4th generation, and blessing the children of the parents who love me to the thousands generation." Deut. 20 @CookieLuvsBunny
CookieLuvsBunny · 31-35, F
@Carazaa So when a 6 month old dies from cancer it's because it's parents are sinful?
Carazaa · F
God died for us before we loved Him. That is our God. @suzie1960
CookieLuvsBunny · 31-35, F
@Carazaa The kind of love that allows a great deal of humanity to live in abject misery is love you can keep. What you're stating are nothing more than empty platitudes
suzie1960 · 61-69, F
@Carazaa Is your god dead then? You didn't answer my previous questions. Is a newborn baby really sinful and why did your god wait so long to save use? What happened to all the people who died before your god came to save them?
Carazaa · F
I did answer. All creation is cursed, because of our sins.
CookieLuvsBunny · 31-35, F
@Carazaa Who made us people? Did we make ourselves through our will?
suzie1960 · 61-69, F
@Carazaa So you do believe a newborn baby is sinful and deserves punishment then. Thank you for that.
Carazaa · F
God is a loving God who made us, because he wants to be with us. But people don't even care about him or other people. We need to be grateful to Him. But people are not grateful to God, or their own parents. Jesus told us in Matt 24 that right before he comes back it will be like the days of Noah, and Sodom people will be lovers of self more than lovers of God, and children will be disrespectful to parents, and when knowledge increases, and great earthquakes, and all the world has heard the gospel, he will come back to judge the living and the dead. I believe it will happen any moment or in the next few years.@CookieLuvsBunny
CookieLuvsBunny · 31-35, F
@Carazaa People have been looking for that for two thousand years. Those type of doomsday cults were in fashion with the Jews then because they were being occupied by the Romans. That is the origin of the Messiah. The Messiah was suppose to be an Earthly ruler who would lead them from under Roman rule. The idea was co-opted by The sect that became Christianity