The Bible?, historical acocunt or a political agenda Options

[sadolakced acid]

we all know this book. we've at least seen it in hotel rooms. this is the book with tissue-thin pages, the book that was first printed. this is a book that people rally to.

and it is a political agenda.

in the early years of christianity, there were many, many sects that called themselves chistian. one sect decided they were the real christians, and condemned the rest as false sects.

this sect evolved into the church. In order to make all other sects wrong, they edited the bible. they threw out the parts they didn't like, added parts they liked. The bible is a manual for how to live your life- so, why not add in a bit about who you should give money to?

over the years, the bible evolved as it's editors saw fit. It was changed, in the case of the king james bible, to help conquer ireland.

It was rewritten to support values the political leaders wanted supported.

want a reason to allow slavery? put in a bit about cain and able.

want to be able to get precious farmlands in the middle east? put in a bit about that being the holy land.

the bible, it seems, is nothing more than a written propoganda tool; too far edited from it's original text to be considered anything more than a pamplet that's designed, not to ensure truth of history, and that all sides are protrayed, but to get the godless heathens to convert to christianity.


now; you can either flame me and tell me how i couldn't understand, and cite bible quotes and give me something to laugh at,
or you can prove me wrong with a bit of rational debate.

i'd enjoy it emmensly more if you'd pick the first one, although the second is nice.

have a nice day!

[sammi rules you]

and i would go to hell, since i'm atheist?

well that's not very loving of God. i'm a perfectly good and moral person.

[pink_p0lo]

^^ iagree with the above post...

and i would go to hell, since i'm atheist?

well that's not very loving of God. i'm a perfectly good and moral person.

um,ithought atheists didnt believe in god. you just said you were an atheist; thereforeyou dont believe there is a God. so how can you say,"well that's not very loving of God" when according to you, there is no God?

a big part of religion is faith. and for christians, part of the faith is believing that the bible is true, just as we believe in God even though we cant see him.

although, i have heard that they think they found noah's ark and that at the bottom of the red sea, where moses led the slaves to freedom, they have found bones and parts of chariots fromwhen the soldies chasing them were swept away.