Is The Bible (the Good Book) Really Good?
Posted in 12/23/2009 ¬ h.admin
I think it is fair to say people generally consider the bible to be a source good. Does this apply to both the new and old testaments? Because I am reading a book by Richard Dawkins and he outlines a story in the book of Numbers where the general gist is that god told Moses to firstly attack a group of people with an army and then do what they please with all the virgin women children. Hmmmmm..
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Is The Bible (the Good Book) Really Good?
Posted in 12/23/2009 ¬ h.admin
I think it is fair to say people generally consider the bible to be a source good. Does this apply to both the new and old testaments? Because I am reading a book by Richard Dawkins and he outlines a story in the book of Numbers where the general gist is that god told Moses to firstly attack a group of people with an army and then do what they please with all the virgin women children. Hmmmmm..
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MauaoLad 
The bible is a lie. Written by Man. Corrupt like Man. Don’t believe the bible. It’s full of lies.
God is Love, Love is God.
Trust Love.
Peace, love, calm and positivity to all.
First off, R. Dawkins is not the authority you would want to go to on the Bible, as he displays no belief in God whatever.
There are many such situations in the Bible, but you have to look a little further into the text for the reasoning behind it. Keep in mind that the Jews then were first being introduced to the God concept, and found it hard to accept initially. I could speculate into the reason behind the command, but it would just be my truth, and probably something you could not accept. Therefore, I would sugest further reading and research, then draw your own conclusion.
It is what you make of it. Although the New Testament focuses more on a “loving and forgiving” God, there are messages of hope, redemption, compassion and love throughout the bible. Just like with any document, particularly ones of spiritual or religious nature, the messages they present are open to interpretation so the reader can take away what they will. So, I think the better question than is The Bible a good book, is what am I bringing to The Bible when I read it?
What Richard Dawkins fails to mention is that if all of the exploits of the pagans were recorded and preserved, there would be far worse examples of bad human behavior. He hardly seems to consider what the worshippers of the demons and human sacrifice of the area were doing.
If you read the whole Bible then you get the picture of God’s love for humans and how there is a way for us to reconcile ourselves with Him. Dawkins is an athiest and he often minimizes the violence of communism and other athiestic approaches when they gain power. I read his book and found most of it to be drivel.
Dawkins, like many other ignorant atheists who don’t understand the Bible, is referring to Moses’ law. God’s law is not Moses’ law. God gave his law at Mt. Sinai himself written in stone(10 commandments). That law is not Moses’ law. Moses’ law was delivered to him specifically for the Jews to follow so they get their promised Messiah, which would be abolished upon the death of the Messiah, which it was.
In order to understand the bible you need to already know a little about God. God commanded Moses and the children of Israel to destroy those people because they were wicked. God did NOT command them to rape those women and children, he gave them the option to take them in and let them become “Children of Israel” just like themselves. The God of the Old Testament is the same as that of the New Testament. God is Just, God is Merciful, and he hasn’t changed.
Yes, I deleted my answer.
My mistake—I thought you wanted a reasonable answer…
‘One can show another the answer to his question,
but cannot make them recognize or accept it’.
If a person hopes to learn the truth about any subject,
they must approach it open-minded & reasonable…
–not entirely biased.
Your Q + emails to me indicate a firmly negative bias.
i think you would be able to answer the question yourself by actually reading the bible instead of richard dawkins. the bible is a book of guidance and god is more likely to guide you on the right path then richard dawkins…
Like any book it has good and bad points, yet unlike most books this book has been used to further some very dark ends. And to justify some of the worse acts humanity has ever perpetrated.
I think it’s time to realise it is only a book, and not the ‘ true ‘ word of some failed, illusory, deity.
Sounds like war to me.
What I do not understand is how Christians can seriously believe that their god is NOT bloodthirsty.
Is there any objective way to tell the difference between really believing a deity is benevolent and the apotropaic fear of angering a vengeful deity?
Apotrope (adj.: apotropaic) refers to objects such as amulets, talismans, incantations, or other symbols and phrases intended to “ward off evil” or “avert or combat evil.”
If I call my boss “the best boss in the world” do I really mean that he is the best boss in the world or that I WANT him to be a nice boss to me, so I am kissing up to him.
If I call a large, growling, drooling, guard dog that stands between me and the exit “nice doggie” do I really mean that it is a nice dog or am I trying to convince it (and me) that I am not a threat and should be allowed to move on peacefully?
If I tell my Significant Other “You are the only woman in the world” do I really mean that all the other women have died due to some strange misogynistic disease, or am I telling her romantic white lies that I am only attracted to her?
Yes, because God is good, and the Holy Bible is God’s book. It is divine testimony to the gospel of Jesus Christ.
But I wouldn’t take your interprations of Biblical literature from Richard Dawkins if I were you, he has absolutely no understanding of things Biblical whatsoever.
For the sake of providing at least some kind of pointer to finding better analysis, permit me to suggest the following commentaries; they have problems but at least they are written by people who believe in Jesus Christ, have a grasp of the nature of scripture and seek to understand the record of God’s dealings with Israel – http://eword.gospelcom.net/comments/
Yes, it is. First of all, it’s God, not god. and I think you misread something or Richard did, or he misunderstood, because I don’t believe that.
He also orders you to kill people for eating shellfish and picking up sticks on the wrong day of the week.
And if you have a disobedient son, you should stone him to death.
Doesn’t sound like a good moral guide to me.
It’s a good book, but I think it’s other people’s interpretations that can make it seem bad.
Richard Dawkins makes God sound like a viking.
The ‘bible’ is just pure fiction,its the ancient equivalent of the Sun newspaper and should not be taken seriously as anyone with any sense would tell you.
It is argues that it is, but today people will pick ‘n’ choose bits to strengthen their originally weak arguments – either concerning sex (Romans, Leviticus etc), or society – and we give Muslims a hard time. Strange!
I totally agree with the 1st answer. Don’t read Mr Dawkins crap, read the bible yourself and ask God to help you understand it.
It’s good. It’s very good.
The bible has two sides, and two tests! It is to test, ment to test!
The Bible is absolutely good! It is God’s Word!
the god delusion by richard dawkins is a better book
Yes I always keep a copy at hand
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Yes, my friend, the Bible really is the ‘Good Book’………..
No.
wow that is a mind job.
I see your point. This is my answer:
The Bible is a mixture of subjects. It contains history, the OT law, songs, poetry, and information on how to live.
Some take the Bible literally, others do not. I fall into the latter category. I try to take the good and ignore the rest. I am sure this will make certain people bristle, but it is honest.
The Bible certainly contains many good things. Example? The 10 Commandments of the Old Testament that are expanded on by Jesus in the New Testament.
When the Bible says that jesus did away with the law, it is referring to the physical law. Jesus’ expansion of the 10 Commandments added the necessary spiritual component, which is the motivation part. So, in addition to the 10 Commandments, the true Christian is supposed to keep the spirit of the law.
What does that mean? Example: The 10 C’s say that you cannot kill. But they do not say that you cannot hate. So, you could keep every one of the 10 C’s in the physical sense (by not killing, stealing, etc.) and still harbor hate for your fellow man.
So, Jesus says that it is not enough to keep the 10 Commandments alone. You must also keep the Spirit of the law for them to be kept properly.
It is the hatred, vanity, jealousy, greed, and desire for wrong things that defile humans. It is what eminates from the heart, not what the person wears or says – - the outward appearance.
Another example would be certain traditions people keep in order to appear religious. But, those things (like hair length, certain clothing, etc.) do not make a person righteous. They are nothing in and of themselves. Anyone can do those things and be a totally disgusting person inside.
Is Bible Word of God
see the holiness of the bible continued,teaching women prostitution.
“She said, what will you give me?” (To have sex with me) ‘He answered, I WILL SEND YOU A YOUNG GOAT FROM MY FLOCK “She said, “All right, if you will give me something to keep as a pledge until you send the ,goat. ‘ . . He gave them (the pledges) to her. Then had INTERCOURSE, and she became pregnant GENESIS 38: 15-18
see the holiness of the bible for women teaching prostitution ,INCEST BETWEEN FATHER-IN-LAW AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: “When Judah saw her (Tamar, his daughter-in-law), he thought she was a prostitute, because she had covered her face. “He went over to her at the side of the road and said, “ALL RIGHT, HOW MUCH DO YOU CHARGE?”
see the holiness of the bible
“INCEST BETWEEN MOTHER AND SON:”While Jacob (Israel) was living in the land, Reuben (his firstborn, his eldest son) had SEXUAL
INTERCOURSE with Bilhah, his father’s wife. GENESIS 35:22.INCEST BETWEEN SON AND HIS MOTHERS!So they set up a tent for Absalom (another son of King David) on the palace roof, and in the sight of everyone, Absalom went in and had INTERCOURSE with his father’s wife’s ” 2 SAMUELS 16:22″in the sight of all Israel.
“That night they (both the daughters of Lot) gave him (their father Lot)wine to drink and the older daughter had INTERCOURSE with him “The next day the older daughter said to her sister, I slept with him last night. now let’s get him drunk again tonight,and you sleep with him. Then each of us will have a child by our father. So that night they got him drunk and the younger daughter had INTERCOURSE with him “In this way both of Lot’s daughters became PREGNANT by their father. ” GENESIS 19:33-35
christianity teaches all kinds of incests,the types & types of incest that a person can do.
bible is a ponographic book & christians think that it is a holybook.
what is holy in the bible all the incests,murders,rapes that it has
Christianity is that it started off as a religion based in Jewish tradition but accepting Jesus as a prophet and teacher. In time these teachings got replaced by corrupted teachings that Islam rejects. we believe that Bible has the words of God, but it also has the words of Jesus, disciples, Narrators, Historians. And also have predictions and interpretations…and if the words of other then God it has -….then definitely it has chance of error. Original Sin, Trinity, and Salvation, these are the concepts that are impossible for any human being to fully understand, let alone explain……even After 2000 years.
Great Question. First off, you have to understand that the Bible was compiled a long time ago and the “editors” were very liberal in taking out what wasn’t perfectly alligned with what they believed, and adding things to support thier own beliefs.
As far as Numbers goes; that was a very different world back then. God didn’t let the Israelites “do whatever they like” with virgins, etc. From what I understand the Unmarried men COULD take wives from among the virgins of the conqured territories BUT it was REQUIRED that they give the virgins a certain amount of time to grieve for thier families, etc. And those women were to ALWAYS be respected and cherished, and loved. It wasn’t like they were going in there and raping the virgins. If that was done it would certainly have been punished.
Also, in the Pentatauch (1st 5 books of the Bible) we see a lot of cases, where God tells Moses to “whipe [so and so] off the face of the Earth”. That was really for two reasons (that I know of). 1.) the opposing nation was especially wicked and this was thier punishement, 2.) the opposing nation was especially wicked and if the Israelites would have mingled with them they would have become wicked as well.
Anyways, the point is that the first books of the Bible are giving an account of a time that was thousands and thousands of years ago, and since being written the record may have been altered or changed significantly, so it’s really very difficult for us to judge the motives that directed the actions of the people in those days.
But to answer your question: is the Bible really good? I would say yes it is. Good and wholesome principles abound and certainly outway the cases of stories that we have a hard time understanding. Besides, I don’t think God will judge us for not understanding something in the Bible, I think that he will judge us according to what we do with the things that we do understand.
PS> Reading books like the one by Richard Dawkins aren’t really productive because he’s obviously against the Bible (or that part of it). If you wanted to learn about Hinduism would you read a book written against it? No, you’d read a book written BY a Hindu believer. Same principle applies here. I would recommend the Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus for additional insight into the historical aspect of the Old Testament.
Dont read that crap. Read the Bible and ask God to help you understand it.