How many of us know that we have a Bible scholar, Devak Argham, in our
midst who posts passages from the Bible every day? He presumably does
this for the edification of his readers.
Most of these passages are claimed to have been written some 2000 years
ago and the Old Testament some 500 years ago or earlier. It is not clear
who the writers were. John, Luke, Mark, Matthew are not considered the
actual authors of the Gospels bearing their names.
Devak Argham does not bother with such things. Nor does he care to
explain the meaning of the passages he innocently quotes or the context.
How does he select passages - randomly or by method? We don't know. It
is clear that treats the Bible with reverence and as a God inspired
Book. The books/gospels making up the Bible were selected and compiled
by a bunch of Euro scholars. Asians had no role, although Palestine, the
land of the Bible, is in West Asia. The traditional Goan holds the Euro
scholar with great respect and won't challenge him lightly.
We live in 2020 and we need to read the Bible critically and not fear to
express doubts or expose flaws..
Let's get to specifics.
A few days ago, our resident Bible scholar quoted from the Old Testament
(OT).
Do not let this book of the law depart from your lips. Recite it by day
and by night, that you may carefully observe all that is written in it;
then you will attain your goal; then you will succeed.
But Mr Argham has not noticed that the OT also contains some scary
passages:
Here is an example from Leviticus, chap 26:14-3
Here the OT God is issuing threats against his people
# Divine vengeance
“If you will not listen to me… then I will bring upon you sudden
terror, wasting diseases and fever that will destroy your sight… I will
punish you for your sins seven times over… I will send wild animals
against you, destroy you cattle. If in spite of this you still do not
listen to me … You will eat the flesh of your sons and daughters… I will
abhor you… I will turn your cities into ruins.” [
Hardly a caring God here, more the ravings of a bloodthirsty bully.
Can we accept a God who speaks like this or is it some fanatics posing
as God? In which case, we should question the authorship of the Bible.
Eddie
------ Original Message ------
From: "Devak Argham" <[email protected]>
To: "goanet" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, 26 Apr, 20 At 03:59
Subject: [Goanet] Bible verse for the Day
Joshua 1:8-9
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8 Do not let this book of the law depart from your lips. Recite it
by day
and by night, that you may carefully observe all that is written in
it;
then you will attain your goal; then you will succeed.
9 I command you: be strong and steadfast! Do not fear nor be
dismayed, for
the LORD, your God, is with you wherever you go.
Eddie
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ddie
