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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SW-User

You're basically indoctrinated to believe in it and feel happy if you follow what it says 'cause it makes you feel like a good person and promises heaven and all so people follow it blindly 'cause it makes them feel good about themselves.

But once you actually start reading what's written in it as you grow older you notice stuff which goes against your innate sense of right and wrong and personally it started to make me really uncomfortable yet fascinated and I'd read the most controversial parts.

And slowly I started to realize I was not in agreement with some of the stuff it said and it felt like I was being forced to believe in something which went against my common sense and morality. I wasn't happy anymore and it was a mental struggle to accept what my mind was telling me was wrong. So I just broke and stopped believing one day and I no longer have to go through that mental torture.

I don't know if any of the religions or god is real or not but I definitely was not going to go against my own basic sense of right and wrong so religion is simply not for me

CookieLuvsBunny · 31-35, F

@SW-User The more that you step back and distance yourself from it the more you begin to see the absurdity of religion

Harriet03 · 41-45, F

@CookieLuvsBunny Amen sisters! ✌

SW-User

@CookieLuvsBunny EXACTLY!!!

CookieLuvsBunny · 31-35, F

@SW-User @Harriet03 It truly is indoctrination. If you weren't taught religious beliefs from an early age you would never believe it

SW-User

@CookieLuvsBunny it would seem like any other fairytale

Harriet03 · 41-45, F

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TheWildEcho · 56-60, M

@CookieLuvsBunny that's not true, I know several people who have become Christians later in life and knew nothing about the Bible.
Not indoctrination at all

CookieLuvsBunny · 31-35, F

@TheWildEcho I know people who became Pagans later in life. Proves nothing. Generally speaking, people take on the religion of whatever culture they are raised in. How many people today struggle with their belief in Zeus?

TheWildEcho · 56-60, M

@CookieLuvsBunny it proves that people believe what they think is right, with no childhood indoctrination

CookieLuvsBunny · 31-35, F

@TheWildEcho Much of what we believe about everything is from childhood indoctrination. It isn't necessarily a bad thing. I don't drink alcohol because I was told growing up that drinking destroyed people's lives. I'm glad I was indoctrinated in abstaining from alcohol

TheWildEcho · 56-60, M

@CookieLuvsBunny well I abstain too

SW-User

@TheWildEcho how come they turned to Christianity and not Judaism or Islam or Buddhism? Simple, 'cause of geography since that was the predominant religion in their 'area' and all 3 Abrahamic religions are quite similar and give a different version of the same story. There's no reason to choose one over the other apart from cultural reasons

TheWildEcho · 56-60, M

@SW-User because God spoke His truth to them

SW-User

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