"Apart from the most rabid fundamentalists among us, nearly everyone admits that the Bible might contain errors -- a faulty creation story here, a historical mistake there, a contradiction or two in some other place. But is it possible that the problem is worse than that -- that the Bible actually contains lies?
Most people wouldn't put it that way, since the Bible is, after all, sacred Scripture for millions on our planet. But good Christian scholars of the Bible, including the top Protestant and Catholic scholars of America, will tell you that the Bible is full of lies, even if they refuse to use the term. And here is the truth: Many of the books of the New Testament were written by people who lied about their identity, claiming to be a famous apostle -- Peter, Paul or James -- knowing full well they were someone else. In modern parlance, that is a lie, and a book written by someone who lies about his identity is a forgery." from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bart-d-ehrman/the-bible-telling-lies-to_b_840301.html On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Giovanni Santostasi <gsantost...@gmail.com>wrote: > One of the main reasons why I'm an atheist is because I have read the > bible. It turns out that atheists are much more knowledgeable in religion > than religious people. It tells a lot that you are resorting to name > calling. Many xians are not even nice people, that is even a stronger > motivation not to follow their distorted world view. > Giovanni > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Harry Veeder <hveeder...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Jojo Jaro <jth...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> > Harry, it seems that you as well as other people are always concerned >> with >> > "imposing" a theocratic rule. No one wants a theocratic rule, including >> me. >> > I don't believe any Christian person is attempting to do that, so your >> > concerns are without merit. >> > >> > Christians know better than to impose any monarchy by ourselves. >> >> Maybe you don't, but do you speak for all christians? Many christians, >> if they had their >> way, would use the government to impose their beliefs on everyone, >> before the messiah >> has returned. That is what I mean by theocractic rule. >> >> >Jesus >> > Christ will install himself as a Monarch when he comes back without any >> help >> > from any of us. Hence, that Monarchy will be established totally of >> his own >> > power, not by the power of any Christian movement. It will be a time of >> > good and just governance - no corruption and injustice that currently >> > plagues our society.+ >> > >> >> >> Harry >> >> >
