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 Apr 10 2007, 06:44 PM
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 hardxcore.  Group: Member Posts: 1,223 Joined: Nov 2006 Member No: 479,494  |
earlier today, i was debating with another cber about the bible. she seemed to believe that jesus walked the earth, but she doesn't believe in god, nor any of the historical stories in the bible, such as the flood that god sent to rid the world of all evil.
i believe in god, as well as the stories in the bible. i just think that over the many years people have made the stories into fairytales. perhaps they overdid it on the describing details by using dramatic hyperboles. people are the ones that leave us wondering about our faith, not god. i believe that they all happened the original way that god planned them, but there isn't very much proof anymore because of people. although, god could also be testing our faithfulnes toward him being in control. what do you think? |
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Apr 24 2007, 09:14 PM
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 Patrick Group: Member Posts: 70 Joined: Mar 2007 Member No: 508,834 |
Religion is my most favorite subject to discuss.
Heres what I say.Its ridiculous to believe everything in the bible REALLY happened.Take for instance, noahs ark.Its been scientifically proven that there was no such thing as a global flood.It is, however, possible to be a local flood which couldve been mistaken for a global flood. Every story in the bible has a realistic problem.The resolutions teach us important life lessons.The characters, setting, stories are fiction.Just like any other bedtime story. The definition of a fairytale is "a folk story about real-life problems, usually with imaginary characters and magical events".That pretty much sums up the bible for me. |
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Apr 25 2007, 03:49 PM
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hardxcore. Group: Member Posts: 1,223 Joined: Nov 2006 Member No: 479,494 |
QUOTE(callous @ Apr 24 2007, 10:14 PM)  Religion is my most favorite subject to discuss. Heres what I say.Its ridiculous to believe everything in the bible REALLY happened.Take for instance, noahs ark.Its been scientifically proven that there was no such thing as a global flood.It is, however, possible to be a local flood which couldve been mistaken for a global flood. Every story in the bible has a realistic problem.The resolutions teach us important life lessons.The characters, setting, stories are fiction.Just like any other bedtime story. The definition of a fairytale is "a folk story about real-life problems, usually with imaginary characters and magical events".That pretty much sums up the bible for me. well, obviously some of them are pretty ridiculous to believe. but they do teach lessons on faith. so they do have a meaning. |
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hazardous the bible...fairytales? Apr 10 2007, 06:44 PM
Arjuna Capulong There's definitely at least some truth in the ... Apr 10 2007, 06:48 PM hazardous there's obviously some truth in it, but which ... Apr 10 2007, 07:25 PM Arjuna Capulong QUOTE(hazardous @ Apr 10 2007, 8:25 PM) t... Apr 10 2007, 07:30 PM
hazardous QUOTE(Arjuna Capulong @ Apr 10 2007, 8:30... Apr 10 2007, 07:51 PM Arjuna Capulong Sounds like denial if she's not backing her re... Apr 10 2007, 08:02 PM bitesnkisses THere are truths in the bible, like that Jesus was... Apr 10 2007, 08:49 PM hazardous QUOTE(bitesnkisses @ Apr 10 2007, 9:49 PM... Apr 16 2007, 06:01 PM Kurd Jam There's some factual truths involving historic... Apr 11 2007, 02:40 PM Frumpy Lumps Some of the prophecies made in the Bible have actu... Apr 12 2007, 10:45 AM mishyerr I know many people who believe that Jesus lived. I... Apr 17 2007, 05:06 PM hazardous QUOTE(mishyerr @ Apr 17 2007, 6:06 PM) I ... Apr 17 2007, 07:54 PM mishyerr QUOTE(hazardous @ Apr 17 2007, 7:54 PM) t... Apr 17 2007, 09:43 PM hazardous QUOTE(mishyerr @ Apr 17 2007, 10:43 PM) U... Apr 21 2007, 07:53 PM .misoshiru QUOTE(hazardous @ Apr 22 2007, 8:53 AM) i... Apr 22 2007, 11:22 AM kimmytree QUOTE(hazardous @ Apr 17 2007, 8:54 PM) t... Apr 18 2007, 03:10 PM Kurd Jam QUOTEJust keep your faith in God. I think satan pu... Apr 17 2007, 06:24 PM Mulder Jewish people believe that Jesus was a prophet, bu... Apr 17 2007, 11:14 PM .misoshiru There was a news article on the BBC a couple weeks... Apr 19 2007, 09:38 PM Arjuna Capulong QUOTE(.misoshiru @ Apr 19 2007, 10:38 PM)... Apr 19 2007, 09:49 PM .misoshiru ^ Actually, I found it on the International Herald... Apr 19 2007, 10:16 PM kimmytree ^ Just look Judaism up on Wikipedia.
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