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That is not what I said in my reply, simply I had not heard of that term, but I was aware of what it was trying to.
But, the text itself does not say, or hint. All interpretations, all the theologians, historians, they are projecting. There is nothing in the Bible that would indicate why something should be taken literally, or why it should not.
You can post the literature, but in the end, it's just someone giving their view on why it should be read this way or that.
I haven't read the bible for some years, so if it does say fair enough, but please point me to the bit of the original text in the bible that says "this is true" "this is a metaphor/allegory/made up".
But, the text itself does not say, or hint. All interpretations, all the theologians, historians, they are projecting. There is nothing in the Bible that would indicate why something should be taken literally, or why it should not.
You can post the literature, but in the end, it's just someone giving their view on why it should be read this way or that.
I haven't read the bible for some years, so if it does say fair enough, but please point me to the bit of the original text in the bible that says "this is true" "this is a metaphor/allegory/made up".
"Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable."
Have a look at Matthew 13:16.
"But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear."
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"the analogy with science is false as science has no preconceived starting point"
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And in answer to your challenge about my "you'll know" response, well, it's true. It is only after one has taken a leap to faith that they can 'know'. I can get in to the technicalities of predestination and election if you wish, but I'm not sure it would have been of any help to our friend on the previous page.
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Another thought , Jesus was sent to save sinners , correct ?
So if there are no sinners then no need for Jesus to come , but then nobody gives God a thought , so nothing to have faith in , there for , everyone goes to hell .
I can't understand why having faith in God is the important thing , why is it not enough to just live as he says we should, without giving God a thought at all .
Is it perhaps that to control people and make them behave nicely they had to be threatened with hell and given the idea of heaven as a reward ?
So if there are no sinners then no need for Jesus to come , but then nobody gives God a thought , so nothing to have faith in , there for , everyone goes to hell .
I can't understand why having faith in God is the important thing , why is it not enough to just live as he says we should, without giving God a thought at all .
Is it perhaps that to control people and make them behave nicely they had to be threatened with hell and given the idea of heaven as a reward ?
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do you ever wonder why that throughout the ages, religious teaching and subsequent interpretation of the texts has changed to accommodate science and the new scientific discoveries
but never the other way around
but never the other way around
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Another thought , Jesus was sent to save sinners , correct ?
So if there are no sinners then no need for Jesus to come , but then nobody gives God a thought , so nothing to have faith in , there for , everyone goes to hell .
I can't understand why having faith in God is the important thing , why is it not enough to just live as he says we should, without giving God a thought at all .
Is it perhaps that to control people and make them behave nicely they had to be threatened with hell and given the idea of heaven as a reward ?
So if there are no sinners then no need for Jesus to come , but then nobody gives God a thought , so nothing to have faith in , there for , everyone goes to hell .
I can't understand why having faith in God is the important thing , why is it not enough to just live as he says we should, without giving God a thought at all .
Is it perhaps that to control people and make them behave nicely they had to be threatened with hell and given the idea of heaven as a reward ?
Regards your first question, the sinless world will be the New Jerusalem as prophesied.
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The Word is infallible, it's just our interpretation of it that's flawed. Science evolves as do humans and as such we can reflect back upon the Word with increasing accuracy and understanding.
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Hi,
I believe there is a very close link between religious belief and superstition.
Some people are too superstitious to question their own faith and are too frightened to stop praying or following their religion - just in case they get struck down (figurative or literally!)
Touching a crucifix, making sign of the cross, crossing your fingers, touching wood - all very religious/superstitious actions.
Stronger willed people will walk under a ladder without fear - those same people might also feel inclined to challenge religious assumptions and norms.
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I believe there is a very close link between religious belief and superstition.
Some people are too superstitious to question their own faith and are too frightened to stop praying or following their religion - just in case they get struck down (figurative or literally!)
Touching a crucifix, making sign of the cross, crossing your fingers, touching wood - all very religious/superstitious actions.
Stronger willed people will walk under a ladder without fear - those same people might also feel inclined to challenge religious assumptions and norms.
Cheers
Steve
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Hi,
I believe there is a very close link between religious belief and superstition.
Some people are too superstitious to question their own faith and are too frightened to stop praying or following their religion - just in case they get struck down (figurative or literally!)
Touching a crucifix, making sign of the cross, crossing your fingers, touching wood - all very religious/superstitious actions.
Stronger willed people will walk under a ladder without fear - those same people might also feel inclined to challenge religious assumptions and norms.
Cheers
Steve
I believe there is a very close link between religious belief and superstition.
Some people are too superstitious to question their own faith and are too frightened to stop praying or following their religion - just in case they get struck down (figurative or literally!)
Touching a crucifix, making sign of the cross, crossing your fingers, touching wood - all very religious/superstitious actions.
Stronger willed people will walk under a ladder without fear - those same people might also feel inclined to challenge religious assumptions and norms.
Cheers
Steve
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OK, this is the text saying something happened. We will agree to disagree on the content, or the intent, that much is obvious. However, there is nothing there to indicate it is true, any more than in Genesis, or Exodus. The way they are presented in the same way - someone says something happened. Although the first passage you have quoted talks about Jesus talking (or not) in parables, the actual story itself, about Jesus, written after the fact, by someone who never met him, that does not say.
The Gospel according to Matthew does not start "This is a true historical account" whereas Genesis would start "Actually, this is all metaphor, it didn't really happen this way but it may give you important pointers in life"......
The second quote is utterly meaningless in the context of the question I am asking.
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OK, this is the text saying something happened. We will agree to disagree on the content, or the intent, that much is obvious. However, there is nothing there to indicate it is true, any more than in Genesis, or Exodus. The way they are presented in the same way - someone says something happened. Although the first passage you have quoted talks about Jesus talking (or not) in parables, the actual story itself, about Jesus, written after the fact, by someone who never met him, that does not say.
The Gospel according to Matthew does not start "This is a true historical account" whereas Genesis would start "Actually, this is all metaphor, it didn't really happen this way but it may give you important pointers in life"......
The second quote is utterly meaningless in the context of the question I am asking.
Owing to your physicalist worldview you seem to need everything rigidly spelt out for you. What's your favourite poem? Do you enjoy art?
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So has this poor baby unwittingly sinned? Just by existing? If it doesn't go to hell (assuming a sad and sudden death) where does it go?
Gary77, in his way, is asking some very searching and relevant questions and gettting some unsatisfactory answers. And who says that Jesus is the only person to have lived a sinless life? Who can think that, much less prove it?
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Gary77, in his way, is asking some very searching and relevant questions and gettting some unsatisfactory answers. And who says that Jesus is the only person to have lived a sinless life? Who can think that, much less prove it?
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and science evolves to fit it
no - as I said it has been the other way around
religion has evolved around science - that is the way science works, and actually the way religion has worked - it has evolved around science
you see that is why "and a miracle occurs" cartoon simply devastates your position - you will always invoke the miracle "joker" card
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A child can't wilfully sin because it doesn't know what is a sin ?
Can a person wilfully sin if they don't know what is a sin , mentally disabled people ,children and those that have never heard of religion , maybe a tribe in a rainforrest for example ,
Can a person wilfully sin if they don't know what is a sin , mentally disabled people ,children and those that have never heard of religion , maybe a tribe in a rainforrest for example ,
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You make it sound like I am denying something backed up by proof, that you can cross reference with other sources, but that simply isn't so.
It's written for people to interpret any way they wish. You see or hear what you want.
You talk about straw men, what has that got to do with anything we are talking about. I could like the stories in the bible (and let's face it some of them are cracking stories, but so is Dracula), but that doesn't add anything to the argument of whether they have any basis in fact.
I could like a painting, or a sculpture, that has no bearing on their authenticity. Their authenticity is irrelevant to my feelings about them. However, your feeling towards Christ, or Christianity, is wholly dependent on the fact you think it really happened.
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and science evolves to fit it
no - as I said it has been the other way a round
religion has evolved around science - that is the way science works, and actually the way religion has worked - it has evolved around science
you see that is why "and a miracle occurs" cartoon simply devastates your position - you will always invoke the miracle "joker" card