Firstly, here is my opinion. I think the Bible is hypocritical because of the things mentioned in it. Let me support my argument:
1. In the Genesis, Adam and Eve were the first human beings. Than they had kids. And these kids married and had other kids. So aren't we the result of incest? If Adam and Eve were real we'd be brothers and sisters. And we're marrying our siblings! But isn't the bible against incest?
I also think the bible is a bit mysognistic.
This is because:
Adam was created FIRST. Therefore Man was created first. Eve was just part of his rib! So woman are just a small part of man. Without man, there is no woman. And it was Eve that was tricked by the snake in the first place to eat the apple! It was Adam who tried to resist Eve pleads to eat the apple but he did. So it was woman who persuaded the man to sin against God.
And there are holes in the story. Adam and eve were created First. Then they had 2 sons. The sons married. But where did their wives come from? Since Adam and Eve only had sons. If Adam and Eve were the first humans, how did the wives come into being?
I think the Bible is hypocritical because of the things mentioned in it.
I agree, an even better example of this is in the commandment "Thou Shalt Not Kill". This is from the Old Testament. The Old Testament goes on to say who to kill and for what reasons numerous times.
But what if you don't follow the old testament just the new one. Got to wonder where Jesus's "turn the other cheek" was in Revelations? The Bible for beginners (Part 3)
The Old Testament and the New Testament contradict each other all the time. That is because each were written thousands of years apart. Yes there was incest, but the effects of it are gone because of all the generations there after. The Human being was pure as it possibly could back then. All humans as of now are genetically and physically different then the ones that were around 10,000 years ago.
No we wouldn't see the results disappear from starting with such a small genetic diversity. We have real world examples (such as the cheetah which was far more then 2 then later 8 members) of a species dropping to such a low number that they only had the choice of inbreeding and this drop is very apparent in them. If we were brought down to such low genetic variation it would be blatantly clear. For example there would be no tissue rejection from transplants.
but the effects of it are gone because of all the generations there after. The Human being was pure as it possibly could back then. All humans as of now are genetically and physically different then the ones that were around 10,000 years ago.
yeah... no. If that were the case we would all be "genetically pure" but that is not so. 10,000 years is a very short peroid of time biologically and geologically. That would be a very short time for ethnic groups to rise *it took a while for Europeans to develop white skin and Asians their extra fold of skin in their eyes*
Also I believe the first Homo Sapiens appeared at around 40,000-20,000 BC. @ 10,000 BC humans would probably be the same and only 0.001% genetically different form us. *the average genetic differences in modern humans*
1. In the Genesis, Adam and Eve were the first human beings. Than they had kids. And these kids married and had other kids. So aren't we the result of incest? If Adam and Eve were real we'd be brothers and sisters. And we're marrying our siblings! But isn't the bible against incest?
To be fair though even if we assume genesis is a story and humans evolved etc. there is alot of incest in our history...... if you count all your direct descendants (mums and dads, gradnparents etc. but no uncles and stuff) by the time tou go back a milleinia or so they count up to the trilions way more than is possible without a little (hopefully unintentional) incest. Sure in the Bible it is more extreme but in this day and age you would ahve to go to extremes to avoid finding a partner without them being at least a loose relative.
Oh and the bible is at best a morally(-ish) sound story book whether it makes perfect sense or not isn't all that important when it also says people walk on water and come back to life etc.
You realize that Adam and Eve is just a story. I don't think it is true one bit. Not all the stories in the Bible are true. Some of them are just stories to give us good morals.
Let's not forget that early Christian churches met in caves to survive the Roman persecution, who rounded them up to feed to the wild beasts in the Colosseum. The early Popedom declared what would be allowed to be recorded into the Catholic Holy Bible and they did hold 'misogynistic' views toward women. Peter and other apostles rarely mention unwed women in their books so it's hard to know how they viewed Jesus' relationship towards Mary Magdalene? Jesus, in the book of Luke, cured her of evil spirits. It's still debated whether or not she was a prostitute.
I'm not trying to say that all women are painted in a bad light but a lot are. Was this 'intentional' by the early Catholic Popes? These questions as well as others are debated by all Christian faiths.
A large problem now, for scholars are the subtle language changes over the ages. For instance, Jesus spoke Aramaic, a Semitic language form of a Syrian dialect beginning in the 6th century BC. This language eventually replaced Hebrew as Arabs controlled and inhabited areas of Israel. Other dialects have either changed over the centuries or aren't spoken any more, depending on who conquered them. Kings, like Nebuchadnezzar II, kept excellent records. The Greeks kept excellent records too but the Romans burned their libraries so a lot of history had to be rewritten by memory.
I don't have an answer for Creation occurring within 6 days and then God rested on the seventh. The important point is that mankind is to accomplish all tasks within 6 days and to keep the Sabbath Holy. Was this early man's mythology passed down over the ages? What I know is The Word of God is God's inspired word given to fallible mankind to write down for their generation. Later, when these words were translated into English,this presented differences in phraseology,etc.
I don't have an answer about the flood and the story of Noah but I do know that the measurements were used in boat building. I also know that 'dark ages' churches/cathedrals used the measurements God gave Solomon to build them.
You realize that Adam and Eve is just a story. I don't think it is true one bit. Not all the stories in the Bible are true. Some of them are just stories to give us good morals.
I agree it probably didn't happen. Though this does raise the question what original sin was Jesus dying for then if the people who committed this sin didn't really exist.
Even as just a moral guide it's lacking and contradictory.
I don't have an answer for Creation occurring within 6 days and then God rested on the seventh. The important point is that mankind is to accomplish all tasks within 6 days and to keep the Sabbath Holy.
Similar question as above no six day creation so your holding a day as being holy because of an admittedly fictional event.
By relegating Genisis to being just a story you relegate a major foundation block of your belief to fiction, putting into question the validity of everything that follows.
Do you mean Arabic? Arabic is an ancient language that was spoken at around Jesus's Israel.
The Greeks kept excellent records too but the Romans burned their libraries so a lot of history had to be rewritten by memory.
The Romans were pretty much Italians who stole everything form the Greeks. Romans mirrored greek gods, military tactics, government, and some bits and pieces of the greek language. The Romans were an incredibly organized bureaucracy. They had to be in order to control most of the Mediterranean world. Are you thinking of Nero's fire? Rome may burned down, but there were probably several copies of documents in near by towns ans states.
ut I do know that the measurements were used in boat building.
Good! Then you should know that 30 "cubits" shouldn't be able to hold all species in the world. Not mention an aquarium for salt/fresh water fish. They fish would not be able to survive the change in salinity*how much slat is in the water*. Not too mention What the hell happened to all the water that just came out of no where? There is no where even close amount of water on Earth to raise the oceans level several tens of thousands of feet to drown mountains.. Also: how was the water able to evaporate so quickly? In order for that to happen, the sun must have been several million miles close to raise the temperature of Earth to 100 degrees Celsius, then It must have instantaneously teleport back to its original position to not fry Noah...
@deserteagle Not to mention at the altitude Noah and his boat would have been sitting at would leave very little air for him and everything else on there to breath. There is a reason mountain climbers have to take oxygen tanks with them when climbing tall mountains, and these waters supposedly went over those mountains.
people need to realize that the bible is written by humans and does the best job of trying to explain huge events over long periods of times, and it was re-writen over and over, so if they contradict it is the humans fault, not because God messed up and contradicted himself.
people need to realize that the bible is written by humans and does the best job of trying to explain huge events over long periods of times, and it was re-writen over and over, so if they contradict it is the humans fault, not because God messed up and contradicted himself.
classic response
Theist: This Miracle happened! Athiest:Why do you think this happened? Thiest: It was in the Bible so it must be ture. Athiest: But in order for that miracle to happen, *explains how it couldn't have happened and supports claim with scientific facts, and knowledge about the matter* Theist: The Bible was written by man and he messed up the story...
people need to realize that the bible is written by humans and does the best job of trying to explain huge events over long periods of times, and it was re-writen over and over, so if they contradict it is the humans fault, not because God messed up and contradicted himself.
It would seem even the use of the Bible is hypocritical and contradictory in nature. Justify your beliefs with the Bible, then when all these flaws get pointed out claim the very text your relying on is flawed.
