How Do You Distinguish Biblical History vs Parable?

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Forgot about this response and I didn't want to seem like I'm ignoring anything.

Your Freudian slip here reveals the source of this particular error in your logic. You are confusing omnipotence with omniscience. And since it is reasonable to anticipate your response, yes the 2 are distinct, and no, they don't have the relationship you choose to assert.

You are right and I did slip with the omni's, and I do understand that they are distinct.

Nowhere does the Bible say G-d is omnipotent. What it does say is He is MOST powerful, more powerful than any other.

Well the KJV calls God omnipotent, the Greek (I believe) translation is "almighty", which means omnipotent.

Revelation 19:6
And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

He gave us dominion. (Meaning we can pick red or blue balls, among other things)

Can you answer this question: if God knows you are going to pick the red ball, how can you pick the blue ball? Forgive me if you believe God isn't all-knowing, my mistake then.

 

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I understand this, the blood of Christ "saves" us. I just disagree with the logic of simply accepting God to get to heaven rather than doing good deeds, balancing karma, etc.

What is the “logic” behind an all powerful God (able to do all the possible that can be done) needing humans to do good deeds?

Well according to the Bible, all of the words ARE the words of God (God's breath).

“God breathed” is a way of saying “God inspired”. It does not mean “God dictated” and anyone can tell that the Bible is not a “perfectly” written book.

I would say it's certainly not an easy faith to have. I find it extremely hard to believe that 1 human sacrifice saved me from all of the bad things I've ever done and will ever do. That's not justice, and God is supposed to be just.

You think: “Faith in a Creator is not easy?” You have to “trust” (faith) that something created life that is all around us? How hard is it to look at a tree and say that is just an accident of random atoms? There is no known chemical system being proposed, for starting life from know living matter.

What's your marker for sin, the 10 commandments? You don't think there's ever been a monk that never once broke a commandment? (Since monks do not believe in God, they do not have any God's before them, fulfilling commandments 1-3).

Sin is anything God does not like. Any mature adult that acts the slightest bit selfish at any time in his/her life has sinned. A monk might keep the first 9 commands, but 10 is impossible to keep consistently.