Why the Bible was created in the First Place. The Story Behind It

[Fluffz]

I don't think the Bible should, or was ever even mean to be taken literally.

at the time of jesus abandoning the holy text was a pseudo-scientific-philosophical revolution in western culture. morale was no longer an objective thing, humans had a say in it. thus, not believing in the message of the bible only works to some extent.

[Mantra-Slider]

wasnt that his point?

[gran guerrero]

I don't think the Bible should, or was ever even mean to be taken literally. The stories are undoubtedly timeless, and the lessons taught by them are great tools to instill a good moral code in children.

Having said that, I still don't believe in religion.

Disney instills a good moral code in children. Does that change the fact that the guy who made it is a known Anti-Semite and Nazi sympathizer?

[Pressure]

I don't think the Bible should, or was ever even mean to be taken literally. The stories are undoubtedly timeless, and the lessons taught by them are great tools to instill a good moral code in children.

Having said that, I still don't believe in religion.

[gran guerrero]

I would but you hate me

[Scurvy]

Its been like three weeks. Somebody validate this thought.

[Scurvy]

well said summa, but the original post is absurd. Its like if telcat made a post saying "This is why I think that the holocaust occurred." Its not a matter of personal opinion, its a matter of historical fact and public record. You can't say "Some dude in an isolated village created the bible because Copernicus couldn't be messaged into town riding a coconut-toting swallow. But thats just my opinion, take it or leave it."

You also imply that the bible coincides with the introduction of organized religion. There are extensive lists from multiple reputable sources that can show you all the religions that pre-date christianity throughout various time periods/cultural hubs/geographical location. Not only did they pre-date christianity, many shared several of it's major attributes. The major themes of the bible were just another in a long list of religions that stemmed from pagan sun worship. That, in addition to the points that summa brought up, are the exact reason why your egotistical pontificating on the subject is not only unoriginal, but a vain, pointless activity.

[Celestial Jeddak]

God is where all animals came from. =)
We all must eventually leave obedience and gain independence.

[Epinephrine]

Yeah Magi, I saw Prometheus yesterday, good movie.

Your gods are aliens and our ancestors were like children trying to best explain what they saw in flying air craft as the "Gods" coming down to us from the "heavens". Every religion in the entire world will seem to point back to the same thing. If anything, each religion was created by a different faction of aliens. Such as if there was primitive life on Mars and there became multiple opinions on how they should be handled by us so all these different groups of people go to Mars to try and provide the best possible influence. It only makes sense to combine all the beliefs in the world, including science, in order to come to the best understanding, baby. yah.

[Summa]

sry for dblpost but for some reason i am not allowed to edit my post...i meant 4 gospels, not 3....i suck @ counting

[Summa]

The old testament was created when the Jews were captured by the Babylonians and they needed a way to write down their traditions which were oral before then.

The new testament was created sometime after the death of jesus (~100 years?) probably because someone realized it was a good idea to get all the oral stories in book form.

The majority of the new testament was written approx 80 yrs after the death of Jesus by Paul of Tarsus, however The Gospel of Mark was written by Mark himself approx 36 years after the death of Jesus; which explains why it is the most human and rough of the three gospels. The gospels of Matthew and Luke were written just after the death of the Disciples, so it isn't unlikely to say they had direct influence, whereas the gospel of John was written around the same time as Paul wrote his portion of the New Testament, and is one of the furthest removed portions of the New Testament.

Why the fuck do I know this all? I am not even Christian.

[Epinephrine]

The old testament was created when the Jews were captured by the Babylonians and they needed a way to write down their traditions which were oral before then.

The new testament was created sometime after the death of jesus (~100 years?) probably because someone realized it was a good idea to get all the oral stories in book form.

[Summa]

Because it's been a while since we had one of these convo's here on this boreumz.

Btw what are you referring to when you said CCC? I'm not familiar with this abbreviation.

Catechism of the Catholic Church

[Ephemeral]

I would say that Science tells how we (humans, earth, universe, possibly multiverses) got here, while Faith(s) trys to explain why we are here.
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