Post by gadreel on Jun 19, 2019 23:28:42 GMT
Jun 19, 2019 23:19:25 GMT goz said:
The creators of the bible were many, I have said previously many times that I interpret each book seperately and I believe that many books can be dismissed as written with the purpose of controlling men.
But lets look at this unfairness from a different angle.
The fact that we seem to be born into a world that is harsh and ultimately results in our death (at the time of the creation of the bible, likely a painful death) could certainly be seen to be be unfair, genesis explains that unfairness.
So the question is: is God unfair and so life is unfair, or is life unfair and so a portrayal of only that aspect of God will seem unfair. Bear in mind that the ultimate end goal of the bible is put up with this unfairness and God will reward you in paradise, something that focussing on this particular part of the bible conveniently ignores so that people can complain about how mean God is.
The fact that we seem to be born into a world that is harsh and ultimately results in our death (at the time of the creation of the bible, likely a painful death) could certainly be seen to be be unfair, genesis explains that unfairness.
So the question is: is God unfair and so life is unfair, or is life unfair and so a portrayal of only that aspect of God will seem unfair. Bear in mind that the ultimate end goal of the bible is put up with this unfairness and God will reward you in paradise, something that focussing on this particular part of the bible conveniently ignores so that people can complain about how mean God is.
The fact that we seem to be born into a world that is harsh and ultimately results in our death (at the time of the creation of the bible, likely a painful death) could certainly be seen to be be unfair, genesis explains that unfairness
The main problem that I have with it and religion, is that it is manipulative and based on fear...mainly of suffering and death. So in my world view, man invented the Bible to manipulate society with a fallacy of life after death(your paradise) as a carrot on the end of a very long stick.
YOUR religion may state that, and in fact most Christians may believe that.
I do not follow Christianity to maybe be rewarded in the possible next life, I follow Christianity to improve my life here and now. And I do not fear God and I do not find him manipulative.
By the way the WHOLE bible is not an attempt to explain the normal state of existence, there are many other things in the bible. And just because you have a world view that you are comfortable with does not preclude others having a different world view that makes them comfortable. In my view many of the books of the bible were written to help us cope with life, not to manipulate us, not to mention that viewing the bible as the only source of information in Christianity is not only short sighted but dishonest.
I do not follow Christianity to maybe be rewarded in the possible next life, I follow Christianity to improve my life here and now. And I do not fear God and I do not find him manipulative.
By the way the WHOLE bible is not an attempt to explain the normal state of existence, there are many other things in the bible. And just because you have a world view that you are comfortable with does not preclude others having a different world view that makes them comfortable. In my view many of the books of the bible were written to help us cope with life, not to manipulate us, not to mention that viewing the bible as the only source of information in Christianity is not only short sighted but dishonest.