Post by Arlon10 on Nov 19, 2020 8:08:56 GMT
The Bible is what Christians claim is the source of their knowledge about God.
If not that, then I guess God sneaks in their rooms at night and whispers in their ears.
Are you a Christian? If so, why do you believe that the Christian God exists? It is either the former or the latter and the latter will make you sound nuts.
It has apparently not occurred to you that there are indeed other ways of knowing things than the ordinary senses even though you "read" the Bible and it does seem to be about those.
Hang on, this gets very complicated.
The cruelty you found in the Bible and have decided was ordered by the god of the Bible was actually a human idea. The god of the Bible taught his people tricks to avoid getting involved in it. It was a very cruel world and they were very tricky people. Did Jesus actually "die" on the cross or was he just in what we today would call a "coma"?
You grew up in a far more civilized world than the ancient one and have assumed the world was always civilized except for that "crazy" god. You misread history. You blamed the god for the cruelty because it was religious organizations that informed you of it.
If you read this thread you can better understand where I might stand on religion. Religion is no simple thing and I am no simple person. It is my own business where I stand on religion.
You are probably clever enough to avoid getting involved with obviously simple, shallow people who have no idea above an elementary reading level. Please report on that thread about the definitions of a god if you have spare the time.