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Originally Posted by nittyit
Why hold the Bible and God's teaching in such high regard if its irrelevant today?
The Bible is the most relevant book around, which does not mean it has specific explanations for everything that happens on CNN, or even most things. That is not its purpose.
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wat? just take to heart the good parts of the Bible. The rest does not apply or is mired in mysterious motives we cannot comprehend.
No, take everything in the Bible according to its intended context with an understanding that the motives of a Being who could create you and the rest of the universe are going to otherwise be mostly incomprehensible.
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Originally Posted by Dying Actors
if we use the bible to determine gods motives...i think the best conclusion to draw would be that god is a murdering psychopath with jealousy issues.
Such a characterization of God's actions with essentially zero understanding of His knowledge and intent is lol ridiculous. Time to scratch that one off the talking points list.