The Bible is the biggest best selling book in the world but it is said only a small percentage of people who buy it, actually read it.
If one bothers to read it, one discovers that the God it talks about is a moral monster, ordering people to be wiped out, virgins to be captured and kept, slaves to be beaten by masters when disobedient (but not too much) and women in general to be treated as vastly subordinate to men. Apologists say that Jesus came to change all that except it was Jesus who said in the New Testament: “For assuredly I say to you one jot or one tittle shall by no means pass away from the law till all is fulfilled.” Apologists and religionists are also bible cherry pickers who will quote the passages that are favourable to them and ignore the ones that are not. When this is pointed out to them, they will use semantics and different interpretations to support their contention. If the bible is inspired by God as claimed, then why this confusion leading to a thousand different Christian denominations one might ask. Would it not have one single, clear meaning for all times? What is true of the Bible is also true of other religious books. They were written by men of the time and they contain good things as well as bad things. Here’s a Steven Weinburg quote: Religion is an insult to human dignity. Without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion. Roland. Toronto. > On May 2, 2020, at 2:02 PM, Eddie D'Sa <[email protected]> wrote: > > What’s the matter with this resident Bible scholar, Devak Argham, as he goes > about splashing weird quotes from his Bible before an unsuspecting > audience? > Here are the latest passage are from: John 8:43-44 > ============ > 43 Why do you not understand what I am saying? Because you cannot bear to > hear my word. > > 44 You belong to your father the devil and you willingly carry out your > father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in > truth, because there is no truth in him. > > These sound like the ravings of a madman. > It is only fair to ask what these verses mean. Does Devak himself understand? > Not all of us are as bright as Devak Argham is. Who is the ‘I’ referred to? > Is it Jesus and what is the context? > Then the speaker of the passages goes berserk and talks of some devil. The > father of his audience is identified as the devil and is vilified as > ‘murderer’ and a liar. > Mr Argham, please explain this holy crap that you are spreading. > > Eddie > >
