I dont believe in the God of the BIble, but am always willing to listen to other peoples opinions and arguments. So this is your chance to plant a mustard seed!
I dont believe in the God of the Bible becuase the bible is filled with contradictions. The God of the old testament is a monster, while the one portrayed in the new is that of a loving god. How is this possible? There are only two possibilities.
1 That the bible is divinely inspired and both accounts are correct(if the bible is the holy word of God it cannot be disected)
2 That the bible is the work of man(thereby rendering it not the word of God.)
What about the deuterocanonicals? These were included in the original catholic version of the bible. How is the protestant removal of these scriptures not disection. The word of God can either be completely true or completely in error, there is no middle Ground! The bible makes this itself clear.
if #1 is true, then at best we can describe the God of the Bible an ever changing tyrant, whos will is situational.
if #2 is correct, then the true account of who God is maybe nothing to what the bible professes. In this case how can you be sure that you are getting the true saving message? If every religion can interpret the scripture in there own ideal, then that leaves little evidence to the Holy spirit! But of course every religion thinks that they are right and the other is wrong. So is the holy spirit merely ones own interpretation also? The Bible says that the Devil decieves and can mimic the holy spirit, how do you know that your holy spirit is not that of the one who is like the morning star? For Lucifer would surely come to you with sweet words to fill your ears!!
I dont believe in the God of the Bible becuase the bible is filled with contradictions. The God of the old testament is a monster, while the one portrayed in the new is that of a loving god. How is this possible? There are only two possibilities.
1 That the bible is divinely inspired and both accounts are correct(if the bible is the holy word of God it cannot be disected)
2 That the bible is the work of man(thereby rendering it not the word of God.)
What about the deuterocanonicals? These were included in the original catholic version of the bible. How is the protestant removal of these scriptures not disection. The word of God can either be completely true or completely in error, there is no middle Ground! The bible makes this itself clear.
if #1 is true, then at best we can describe the God of the Bible an ever changing tyrant, whos will is situational.
if #2 is correct, then the true account of who God is maybe nothing to what the bible professes. In this case how can you be sure that you are getting the true saving message? If every religion can interpret the scripture in there own ideal, then that leaves little evidence to the Holy spirit! But of course every religion thinks that they are right and the other is wrong. So is the holy spirit merely ones own interpretation also? The Bible says that the Devil decieves and can mimic the holy spirit, how do you know that your holy spirit is not that of the one who is like the morning star? For Lucifer would surely come to you with sweet words to fill your ears!!