Some Comments On Why I Am Not A Bible Student
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Any student of human history will have to agree that religion has, from the very beginning, played a vital role in the lives of mankind. For some reason humans had to believe in some powerful deity that controls their lives, provide protection and favours and that can punish poor behaviour. To this day religious orders and churches wield great power all over the world, using their Holy books as their justification. This is why I am not a Bible student.
Religious leaders tell their congregations that the scriptures is the Word of God and therefore holy. This is most certainly not the truth, says critics. The scriptures are nothing but a collection of writings of many different human beings. To portray these writings as the Holy Word of God is mischievous in the extreme, they state. And because these works have been written by humans, they are subject to common human failure.
Many others ignore the scriptures because, they say, this collection of books have been assembled by humans and that the present content of the scriptures have been chosen from thousands of potential writings. Critics say that only those works that underwrote the personal views of those that selected the books to be included were chosen. It was therefore the product of a church that needed to justify its own doctrines.
Some people ignore the scriptures because they simply do not know who to believe. There are those that say that the scriptures is an accurate historical record that contains not one single factual error. Then there are others that hold the opinion that the scriptures are allegorical and that it must not be interpreted literally at all. Both views have highly qualified and experienced advocates.
The fact that the scriptures have been translated into so many languages is also a bone of contention. Critics say that translations are often done by individuals that simply do not have the skills necessary to correctly interpret and translate the original meaning as contained in the original Greek and Hebrew texts. This means that many versions of the scriptures are nothing but interpretations by amateurs.
The very idea that man has free choice is firmly negated by the scriptures, sceptics quickly point out. Man is presented with a single option and this is to either do exactly as they are told or be condemned to eternal punishment in hell. This hardly freedom of choice, says the critics. Christians are sternly reminded that all other deities are false gods and that all other religions are heresies.
Perhaps the majority of critics will have nothing to do with the scriptures because they say that the message of love, repeated over and over again, is completely out of touch with reality. The scriptures promises those who believe that they will be treasured by the deity and that they will not want. The reality is that the vast majority of Christians all over the world are repressed and forced to live in abject poverty.
There are those that are actually very serious students of the scriptures, but not to become enlightened, but to disprove the the ideas set forth in this work. But there are also those that insist that it is a holy book that contains valuable instruction to the devout. Perhaps man does have freedom of choice.
Religious leaders tell their congregations that the scriptures is the Word of God and therefore holy. This is most certainly not the truth, says critics. The scriptures are nothing but a collection of writings of many different human beings. To portray these writings as the Holy Word of God is mischievous in the extreme, they state. And because these works have been written by humans, they are subject to common human failure.
Many others ignore the scriptures because, they say, this collection of books have been assembled by humans and that the present content of the scriptures have been chosen from thousands of potential writings. Critics say that only those works that underwrote the personal views of those that selected the books to be included were chosen. It was therefore the product of a church that needed to justify its own doctrines.
Some people ignore the scriptures because they simply do not know who to believe. There are those that say that the scriptures is an accurate historical record that contains not one single factual error. Then there are others that hold the opinion that the scriptures are allegorical and that it must not be interpreted literally at all. Both views have highly qualified and experienced advocates.
The fact that the scriptures have been translated into so many languages is also a bone of contention. Critics say that translations are often done by individuals that simply do not have the skills necessary to correctly interpret and translate the original meaning as contained in the original Greek and Hebrew texts. This means that many versions of the scriptures are nothing but interpretations by amateurs.
The very idea that man has free choice is firmly negated by the scriptures, sceptics quickly point out. Man is presented with a single option and this is to either do exactly as they are told or be condemned to eternal punishment in hell. This hardly freedom of choice, says the critics. Christians are sternly reminded that all other deities are false gods and that all other religions are heresies.
Perhaps the majority of critics will have nothing to do with the scriptures because they say that the message of love, repeated over and over again, is completely out of touch with reality. The scriptures promises those who believe that they will be treasured by the deity and that they will not want. The reality is that the vast majority of Christians all over the world are repressed and forced to live in abject poverty.
There are those that are actually very serious students of the scriptures, but not to become enlightened, but to disprove the the ideas set forth in this work. But there are also those that insist that it is a holy book that contains valuable instruction to the devout. Perhaps man does have freedom of choice.
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