The Bible is NOT the word of God. Not even close.
I have a problem with the Bible on many levels. One is that it is just plain bullshit, but more than that is that people believe that bullshit and do so with full knowledge that it is bullshit. I know that many xtians would like to argue the point with me over that, but it is still true. I’ll explain.
Onto the fairy story: God is omnipotent and omniscient. God made us. God gave the Ten Commandments to Moses. <—- Right there. That’s the problem. God, in his infinite wisdom gave his message to a man he knew to be fallible. God knew we were corruptible. Also, he only gave us the Ten Commandments. He didn’t give us the Bible. He didn’t give us any of those stories. They were written at least 3o years after Jesus was thrown off the island. None of those guys even knew Jesus. So we have a book that is supposed to be the word of God that God didn’t write, that tells us stories of Jesus by people that didn’t even know him. Not to mention that many of those stories contradict each other. Oh, oh, mustn’t forget that there is no proof as to who actually wrote the Bible either. That too must be taken of faith.
If you hired a biographer to write your story would you accept this when they handed it to you? If you were the publisher, would you accept a book so badly written and risk losing money on it? Of course not, so why would god accept such a hodge podge of contradictions, outright lies, behaviour that is not only violent, genocidal, petty, racist and misogynistic, but downright incestuous and pornographic in parts? Not only would a god not want to have this be his words, but I would think that any intelligent being would have put a stop to it before it spread. We sue people for slander for far less, so why would a god allow it?
The Bible is an insult to any intelligent human being that is really honest with themselves and not willing to give up their freedom, self respect, morals, ethics and their right to self determination to a non-existent figment of the imagination of some power hungry, desert dwelling freak bent on domination of all he surveyed and beyond.
If, and I doubt it, but if there are any xtians reading this, please, for just one day put aside your ‘beliefs’ and read the Bible from the beginning as if you’d never read it before. Most probably haven’t, which is a plus for them really. Read it with an open mind, a critical mind and think about how unlikely what you are reading really is. Do not equate anything you read to what you already know and tell me what you think about a book written in this manner that purports to tell you how to live your life and what to tell and do to your children.
THINK ABOUT IT AND LET ME KNOW
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Greybeard 11:33 on April 29, 2010 Permalink
God had a great opportunity to put some very useful information into 'his' book but strangely he declined to do so. He could have informed us of the Universe and our place in it. He could have told us about the Heliocentric Solar System; he could have enlightened us about science.He could have at least told us the principles of electricity. He could even have made it quite clear that he will not tolerate his priests molesting innocent children for 2000 years.
Instead of giving clarity he gave us a dog's breakfast of conflicting stories, written by primitive blood-thirsty flat-earthers who knew no more about the Universe than anyone else of that era.
Sal 06:41 on April 30, 2010 Permalink
Before you insult me for being a brainless Christian, you should know that I'm atheist. I don't believe the bible is the word of God, but your arguments sound like a teenager's rant. You don't back up your one argument: you can't prove who wrote the bible. Other than that, it is just baseless insults.
While there are Christians that are arrogant, ignorant, stupid, and over zealous, there are more nonreligious people that act just as irrationally. Instead of ranting about Christianity, why not stop and actually think why people like you are so intolerant and angry about something that doesn't really affect anything?
DistroMan 07:02 on April 30, 2010 Permalink
Angry? Yes. I am. I'm very angry about the abuse that has been handed out to countless tens of thousands of children by these so called pillars of moral society. They are nothing of the sort and don't deserve the respect they so vehemently demand. Intolerant? Again, yes. I'm very intolerant of people who commit these crimes and I'm intolerant of those who support them by either actively speaking out in their defense or sitting quietly by and not caring as long as it isn't their children who are being harmed. But I am not just being angry and intolerant because I'm an Atheist. You don't know me well enough to make those judgments. I suggest you just read the words and not try to attach unwarranted emotions to them.
I do not believe in the Bible itself or the claim that it was written by anyone who even remotely knew Jesus or what God wanted. Do I care that I don't back that up? No. It's my opinion and I'll voice that opinion how and when I like.
Of course I can't prove who wrote the bible. Neither can they. That is the point. How then can it be called the word of god?
the diff 22:25 on May 1, 2010 Permalink
First, I want you to know I do not know you, or have ever read anything else you’ve blogged about, so I’ll ask you forgive my ignorance if you’ve addressed certain things previously. This was sent to me by a friend, who is an atheist, in whom I enjoy having great discussions about a multitude of things. Anyhow, your post intrigued me, and I felt compelled to reply, not in an attempt to proselytize, but because I think debate clarifies everyone’s position, and allows both sides to speak for themselves. Your post brings up excellent questions and points of contention, but in the interest of time I will stick to the one you pointed out as the most important, that being Moses and why on earth an omnipotent god of creation would use such a flawed human being to free His people from the bondage of the Egyptians (For the moment I would ask you suspend your disbelief on both the accuracy of, and Moses’s authorship of the Pentateuch and leave that for another discussion). Based on Moses’s own telling of his story, at the time of his first encounter with God, he’d already murdered and Egyptian and fearing his own life fled into the desert. Why would God, again in His alleged infinite wisdom, choose a man who had already broken one of the commandments before He’d even had an opportunity to give them out yet? If you look at the major figures of the bible, there is a similar theme. David was an adulterer who sent the husband of the woman he’d taken to bed out to die in battle so he wouldn’t get caught. Paul, the claimed author to over half of the epistles in the new testament, spent most of his time prior to conversion murdering as many Christians as he could find. Yet again, God chose these men to lead His people, and even called David a man after His own heart. The reason is simple. Based upon the lives of all these men, no one could conclude anything (again this supposes you actually believe these stories to be historically accurate) but that a God far greater than them placed them into the situations they were in to bring glory and honor to His name. Time and again the pattern is the same throughout both the new and old testament, that God chooses the most ridiculous and unlikely people to do amazing thing for His purpose, simply to make a mockery of those who in pride and arrogance place themselves above others.
Obviously this reply doesn’t address even a tenth of the problems you have with the bible, mind numbed robot christians, or a multitude of other religious grievances, but I am lazy, so i’ll leave those be.