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[Disneylover 2]

so God sat with a paper and pencil and wrote that whole thing out?

I'm slightly agnostic, but I believe in God....but there is no way, in this Earth that I will ever believe that God himself wrote the Bible and sent it in a post marked package to Earth. Impossible.

As you say, it may be the word of God (not that I believe that) but it's the word of God INTERPRETED by MAN.

Well, as you said, he didn;t actually sit down and wrote it. He USED men to write it. l

 

[DramaQueen]

Y'know, the whole 'It's the word of God' thing isn't a good argument unless you're speaking within a congregation.
I mean, there's a quote from House 'You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic.'

I don't actually believe that. I don't see anything wrong with praying. I think it as wishing. I wish all the time. I ask for help all the time, to no one in particular.
But I think sometimes people think that God spoke back to them, and get some idea. When I really think they had an epiphany or a reallllly good thought.

So as far as the guys who wrote the Bible, I don't believe it was God's word. I believe it's what they thought God was trying to tell them. They were being only human, and trying to put down on paper their beliefs.

If that makes ANY sense.

exacti-cally what i was trying to say.

 

[Disneylover 2]

Well I don't believe in Satan.

Do you believe in God?

 

[Mandy91]

How can you insult my religion like that? and the bible?

Well how can you insult someone that has different beliefs than you? We're all human, that's what it comes down to.

 

[Shelton123]

Do you believe in God?

Yes. I'm a Jew. I think this is about the 3rd or 4th time I've said that...

 

[ohdisco]

No. Our punishment is living in this awful world. He wanted us to live in the Garde of Eden forever. Satan was also punished, that's why he became a snake that had to crawl on its belly. Punishment: diseases, periods, pain at giving birth. etc.

Um...but the punishment was created by God, not Satan. Satan is just a fallen angel, he doesn't have the power to create those things. He just tempts us to do immoral things, casting us away from God.

Y'know, the whole 'It's the word of God' thing isn't a good argument unless you're speaking within a congregation.
I mean, there's a quote from House 'You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic.'

I don't actually believe that. I don't see anything wrong with praying. I think it as wishing. I wish all the time. I ask for help all the time, to no one in particular.
But I think sometimes people think that God spoke back to them, and get some idea. When I really think they had an epiphany or a reallllly good thought.

So as far as the guys who wrote the Bible, I don't believe it was God's word. I believe it's what they thought God was trying to tell them. They were being only human, and trying to put down on paper their beliefs.

If that makes ANY sense.

It makes sense

 

[AmandaSparks730]

Well how can you insult someone that has different beliefs than you? We're all human, that's what it comes down to.

 

[PigletGurl]

Um...but the punishment was created by God, not Satan. Satan is just a fallen angel, he doesn't have the power to create those things. He just tempts us to do things immoral, casting us away from God.



It makes sense

God allowed Satan to cast diseases and troubles upon us. Satan is extremely powerful. Why do you think most people aren't christian? It's Satan's doing!

 

[pigletgirl]

God allowed Satan to cast diseases and troubles upon us. Satan is extremely powerful. Why do you think most people aren't christian? It's Satan's doing!

God didn't 'allow' Satan to cast troubles upon us. Did you read Genesis 1?

 

[AmandaSparks730]

God allowed Satan to cast diseases and troubles upon us. Satan is extremely powerful. Why do you think most people aren't christian? It's Satan's doing!

So...Satan made me:

Gay
Atheist
Disease-sticken

Woo?

 

[ohdisco]

God allowed Satan to cast diseases and troubles upon us. Satan is extremely powerful. Why do you think most people aren't christian? It's Satan's doing!

Lol, calm down preacher girl.
76% of the United States is Christian, y'know?
Just cause someone doesn't believe EXACTLY the way you do doesn't make them non-christian, nor does that make them wrong. It means they believe differently than you. If you weren't as ignorant to other people and their beliefs I don't think people would be hating on you as much.

 

[AmandaSparks730]

Lol, calm down preacher girl.
76% of the United States is Christian, y'know?
Just cause someone doesn't believe EXACTLY the way you do doesn't make them non-christian, nor does that make them wrong. It means they believe differently than you. If you weren't as ignorant to other people and their beliefs I don't think people would be hating on you as much.

 

[Shelton123]

So...Satan made me:

Gay
Atheist
Disease-sticken

Woo?

That's something to celebrate! Satan only made me Jewish. Poo! I got the short end of the stick But luckily he made my girlfriend Disease-stricken, a Wiccan, and Bi (Bi ruined the whole rhyming thing!).

 

[BabyPiglet]

This thread is going nowhere. It's basically turned into religion bashing on both sides.

So as far as the guys who wrote the Bible, I don't believe it was God's word. I believe it's what they thought God was trying to tell them. They were being only human, and trying to put down on paper their beliefs.

I agree, Hil. I think people wrote the bible as a way to explain their ideas at the time. God inspired the bible, but didn't write it, IMO.

 

[Disneylover 2]

God didn't 'allow' Satan to cast troubles upon us. Did you read Genesis 1?

God sometimes tells Satan to give us a disease to test our faith during hard times.

Just like Job. God allowed Satan to take everything away from him so he could test his faith. In the bible it says that Satan told God that Job worshiped him because he had everything, and that if he lost everything, he would stop and curse GOD. So God took everything away from him so he could show Satan Job's loyalty.

 

[DramaQueen]

This thread is going nowhere. It's basically turned into religion bashing on both sides.

yup.

 

[princesskelz]

my religion is better than your religion

 

[ohdisco]

I still think it's good that he's taking off the ban, My mom and I are sick of being disabled.

 

[Disneylover 2]

I never wanted Obama to be president..

 

[AmandaSparks730]

That's something to celebrate! Satan only made me Jewish. Poo! I got the short end of the stick But luckily he made my girlfriend Disease-stricken, a Wiccan, and Bi (Bi ruined the whole rhyming thing!).

Your gf and I make a good match

(kidding, you can have her)