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    How do I read the bible?

    Me neither, mon ami. Is it just me or do I always end up finding myself arguing the validity of something the average 3 year old would call me an idiot for, simply for wasting the time of day thinking about? Is it possible to think yourself right out of your mind? or to reasonably come to the...
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    How do I read the bible?

    I just read the title I put to my question about, reading the bible plainly. I don't think I've stayed on coarse.
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    How do I read the bible?

    You believe. I guessed that much, I just want to know why, or what reason you have for believing it. I could believe 'there is no gravity whether I anyone believed it or not' (let me clarify a wee bit: I could believe that even though I believe in no gravity and Bob believes there is gravity...
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    How do I read the bible?

    You say fact, fact by definition requires an absolute of some sort or else it is not fact it is merely a faith or belief. Fact: the truth or actual existence of something, as opposed to the supposition of something or a belief about something. How do you know Christ truely (factually) rose...
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    Could I be wrong about this God?

    Thanks paul1149, this is the first post that gave me hope, I'll look into this.
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    How do I read the bible?

    Pardon the seeming lack of understanding on my part put I still fail to see the connection between absolute truth and that absolute truth being the Judeo-Christian God. And if faith is the belief in an absolute truth without absolute proof then what of the others in the world who have faith in...
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    Could I be wrong about this God?

    So short of testing God and proving Himself to me, and others, there is no way of proving someone elses religion wrong and mine correct?
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    Could I be wrong about this God?

    How do I really know that the Judeo-Christian God is the one who is the ultimate authority? Besides the feelings and experiences of other people, and to some extent myself, how do I know I'm not just being mislead by a culture? I've talked to some friends and they claim to have experiences as...
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    How do I read the bible?

    Yet you seem so ABSOLUTELY sure of the "fact" that there are NO absolutes. You use an absolute to tell me there are none? I think what I really want to know is how do I know God is the absolute standard and not some other god.
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    How do I read the bible?

    How do you know absolutely that a triangle has three sides? Maybe your definition of three or triangle is wrong.
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    How do I read the bible?

    Wait, I think I see something here. You're saying I can be absolutely sure I can never truely know an absolute?
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    How do I read the bible?

    hedrick said, "I believe God actually spoke through the prophets" and "largely I believe when the authors talked about history, and what God said to them, they meant it. Maybe they sometimes misunderstood." If God spoke through the prophets and they didn't relay a reliable truthfull historical...
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    Can I prove absolute truth?

    I think I'm beginning to see here, Bouke285. You are trying to tell me you are absolutely sure there is no way to pin point an absolute. I'm not saying faith isn't involved in belief in God (or else the bible would be lying, if indeed it claimed to be true), but it seems I ought to have a good...
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    Can I prove absolute truth?

    other than the saying "are you absolutely sure?", after which I could say, "well, its my opinion anyway.
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    How do I read the bible?

    Thank you for your replies, they both sound right to me, but just because it sounds right doen't make it true. Would the bible contradict itself if it were all metaphorical? How do I know its not just a spiritual book written for purly spiritual matters?
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