What do u think:, is the bible all bullsh!t? Options

[add1cted2f1re]

Ok, we read this story called Gilgamesh if you haven't read it, google it. But basically its about this guy who wants to be immortal, and his dad tells him that one of the gods told him that a giant flood was coming to wipe out humanity.
(sound familiar?)
well... guess what he did? yep, he made a boat, filled it with his family and animals. then, when they grounded, he set out a bird to find land. blah blah blah, he repopulates the earth.

ok... now tell me that doesnt sound familiar.

I think the bible is full of crap. Whoever wrote it (probably a group of ppl) just got ideas from old stories. and dont say that the bible was written before Gilgamesh because Gilgamesh was written in early the BC's (like 2000bc)

anyone care to argue

i dont want to hear all you all calling athesiest and crap... cuz im not .

i believe in... a higher power, but i just think the bible is a bunch of nonsense

[mzbbc]

alright. try looking at the argument from an aspect that doesn't involve religion (i'm not religious). we just talked about this like last week at school.

the bible, while in the old testament god actually isn't very loving at all, in the new testament the commandments five to ten are really about "how to live at peace with humanity" (you shall not kill, honor your mother and father, you shall not steal, etc). the new testament is sometimes considered a book of love. if you take the new testament to the basics, the stories and values are all about love and forgiveness and mercy. would you say all this is bullsh1t?

christian values have integrated themselves so deeply into our culture that we don't even realize the affect. for example, we are a guilt culture, which means that you personally feel bad for your actions. this is an affect of christianity. in ancient greece they had a shame culture, which meant that there were no morals involved, it was all about shame- your actions are made by what others think of you. they had no values of kindness, empathy, or mercy that were considered relavant.

look at our culture now, and how goodness and forgiveness and all of these morals shape our lives in such a positive way... it's not bullsh1t.