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Quote by: christianmathew  suijurisfreeman,
That's an interesting tale you tell there. Too bad the bible doesn't go along with it, and I choose to use the bible as my reference book. |
To me that 'tale' is much easier to swallow than someone who's been dead for 3 days coming back to life!
You see CM up until 1987 I was a practicing 'Christian', however when I began researching the historical facts on how we came to have the 'Bible'
and 'Christianity's' background it was like someone took the blinders off my eyes and I could finally see the light!
When were the various books of the 'Bible' written? Who actually wrote them? When was the canon of the Bible finally 'closed'? Who decided which books were included/excluded? What criteria was used to determine this? Once I honestly researched these questions I was shocked at the answers that I found. I am more at peace with myself now that I know that I don't know anything (as far as the 'meaning' of life goes) than before when I thought that I knew everything as a Christian!
As far as using the Bible as a 'reference book', which Bible? I had 34 different translations of the Bible back in 1987-90. The Bible wasn't written in English - King James or otherwise - my opinion is that the King James Bible is one of the worst. Much has been added over the years, i.e. 1 John 5:7 isn't in the oldest known manuscripts of 1 John; any verses after verse 8 of Mark 16 aren't in the oldest known manuscripts of Mark 16, etc., etc. Even the most basic research of the historical facts of how we came to have the Bible raises serious questions as to it being the 'inspired word of God'.