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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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daydeeo · 61-69, M

+Have you read the New Testament?
You don't claim that the words of Jesus were petty, base and violent, do you?

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Speedyman · 70-79, M

Anyone who does can't read! But the guy us obviously lacking in education anyway. @daydeeo

OggggO · 36-40, M

@Speedyman Do you have anything constructive to say, or are you just going to be pointlessly hostile?

MarmeeMarch · M

@Speedyman He was a teacher and he taught all of these old Jewish men in the temple. But he did not teach them how to save 1 penny on bread - they learned the cheating craft on their own.

daydeeo · 61-69, M

@MarmeeMarch I don't understand what you're trying to say.

MarmeeMarch · M

@daydeeo wasn't addressing you but the other guy - maybe you could read between the lines and figure it out on your own.

daydeeo · 61-69, M

@MarmeeMarch you're anti-semitic?

MarmeeMarch · M

@daydeeo actually no

MarmeeMarch · M

@daydeeo Why does it seem like I am ?

Speedyman · 70-79, M

I don't think there's anything wrong with saying the truth about people. If people don't want to be criticised they shouldn't write stupid things @OggggO

MarmeeMarch · M

@Speedyman [quote]don't want to be criticised they shouldn't write stupid things[/quote]

smarrrrrrt

OggggO · 36-40, M

@Speedyman 1. You aren’t saying the truth. 2. Jesus said not to judge and condemn others.

Pherick · 41-45, M

@Speedyman

[quote]If people don't want to be criticised they shouldn't write stupid things[/quote]

Thats a motto you obviously don't try and live by ...

Speedyman · 70-79, M

If I wrote the things you do[ I would want people to tell me for me own good. Unfortunately you are the type who does not learn@Pherick]

Speedyman · 70-79, M

Not condemning anyone. Just saying what they are writing is uninformed and lacking sense, just the truth. Sorry if it offends you. @OggggO

OggggO · 36-40, M

@Speedyman Matthew 5
[quote]21You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ 22But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.[/quote]

Speedyman · 70-79, M

Then why did Jesus call the Pharisees 'blind fools'?@OggggO

Pherick · 41-45, M

@Speedyman Oh I love to learn, you just have NEVER said anything worth listening to.

Insults and attacks are not learning, they are just the wailing of an uneducated mind.

Speedyman · 70-79, M

Sorry mate but at least I have a mind to educate. It is always amazing the double standards people like you have. You feel you can attack and insult other peoples beliefs but do not like it when people tell you how irrational you are@Pherick

Pherick · 41-45, M

@Speedyman Thanks for proving my point.

Speedyman · 70-79, M

You prove move all the while@Pherick

OggggO · 36-40, M

@Speedyman Because he was the Son of God and given authority to judge.

Speedyman · 70-79, M

What about the Psalmist saying, "The fool has sad in his heart there is no God" ?@OggggO

OggggO · 36-40, M

@Speedyman What about it? Does some BC songwriter outrank Jesus?

Speedyman · 70-79, M

Jesus quoted the Osalms as the word of God. We have his authority. @OggggO

OggggO · 36-40, M

@Speedyman So, because he quoted other Psalms, it's okay to not obey a specific commandment saying not to do something on pain of Hell?

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