TC, how can you say that the Bible is "correct" when there are so many different versions of it, and it has been translated so many times (often for political reasons rather than theological accuracy), there is no original version, and there have been entire chapters left out it?
Do you care to address how "correct by logic" the contradictory versions of when Christ was said to have been crucified are? I lay out this contradiction in this thread, message #127.
It is quite clear that the Last Supper is a Passover meal in Matthew, Mark, and Luke, and that Christ is crucified after Passover. However, in John, it is stated very clearly that Christ is crucified
before Passover.
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". It is also heavily influenced by the cultural bias presiding in the days it was originaly writen."
--You continuouly perceive it as a bias culture, why so?
Everything that has ever been written, except maybe mathematics, is written with a cultural bias, because there is no such thing as a person that isn't influenced by culture.
The cultural bias is made clear when you compare various religious books with each other. For example, the Hebrews were extremely patriarchal in their culture, so their religion and depiction of God reflects much of this bias in favor of males.
Also, slavery was not considered strange or horrible in Biblical times the way it is today, as is obvious from reading the Bible. There is no commandment which states; "Thou shalt not enslave another human", but there is a commandment stating that we should not desire another's cattle, wife, or slave (see what category women are in?). There was no particular cultural bias against the
idea of slavery the way there is today.
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"It contains some wisdom which COULD be divinely inspired but it also contains vague interpretations,myths and downright fallacies."
--Unfortunately, I have yet to hear any.
Some fallacies in the Bible:
Bats are birds
Rabbits chew their cud
Something called the "firmament" is where the stars have been "set into" and also what separates the "higher waters from the lower waters". So, TC, where are these "higher waters" that are above the firmament, and why haven't our spacecraft crashed into the firmament?
A talking serpent, that eventually is condemned to eating dust. (except that snakes do not eat dust.)
Noah sent out a dove to find dry land after the flood, and it brings back an olive branch. How did this olive tree live through the flood if the Bible says that everything that wasn't on board the ark perished?
Here is more:
Jesus falsely prophesies that the high priest would see his second coming. Mt.26:64, Mk.14:62.
Jesus falsely prophesies that the end of the world will come within his listeners' lifetimes. Mk.9:1, 13:30
67.Jesus said that his true followers will routinely perform the following tricks: 1) cast out devils, 2)speak in tongues, 3) take up serpents, 4) drink poisons without harm, and 5) cure the sick by touching them. Mk.16:17-18
Jesus falsely predicts that some of his listeners would live to see him return and establish the kingdom of God.Lk.9:27
Jesus says that all that he describes (his return, signs in the sun, moon, and stars, etc.) will occur within thelifetime of his listeners. Lk.21:32
Paul thought that the end was near and that Jesus would return soon after he wrote these words. Phil.4:5
The author of Hebrews believed that he was living in the "last days" (Heb.1:2) and that Jesus would come "in a little while," and would "not tarry." Heb.10:37
Peter wrongly believed that he was living in the "last times" and that "the end of all things is at hand." 1 Pet.1:20,.4:7
John thinks he is living in "the last times." He "knows" this because he sees so many antichrists around. 1 Jn.2:18
John says that the antichrist was already present at the time 1 John was written. 1 Jn.4:3
John believes "the time is at hand," and that the things that he writes about in Revelation will "shortly come to pass." Rev.1:1, 3
Rev.1:7 says that "every eye shall see him," including those who executed him.
Jeremiah (49:33) predicts that humans will never again live in Hazor, but will be replaced by dragons. But people still live there and dragons have never been seen.
In Jer.50:39 and Is.13:19-20 God prophesies that Babylon will never again be inhabited. But it has been inhabited constantly since the prophecy was supposedly made, and is inhabited still today.
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