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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
So for me pickinig and choosing which parts I will accept and which I will reject is to avoid the obvious, which is that none of it is proven, so while it is possible that it is true, it is also possible that other ancient myth is true, so I'm forced to reject it as a whole, keeping the realization that I may be wrong, and keep questioning everything.
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Nothing wrong with questioning everything but just curious as to why you apply such a high standard to that when you don't apply that same standard to anything else? Would you for example reject as a whole
everything that is posted on Subsim just because there's a post or two that you disagree with?
The Bible, like every other religious text, was written by many people over a very long time. It has since been translated and retranslated many times over by even more people, and not always with the most noble of intentions. This is why I say reading too much into it just obscures the overall message.
Now I don't really care what any religion claims the various passages mean but nobody,
especially organized religion, has the right to tell me that I must accept all of it or none of it. The Bible does not belong to them, it belongs to the world. Let each man take from it according to his beliefs and customs. If the rest of us have a problem with it we can always deal with them in a secular manner.
This may be circumlocution in your eyes but hey I never claimed to be an English professor.
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The Golden Rule as a great way to live your life, but it was said by others long before Jesus allegedly said it.
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Oh and another thing I was wondering about. What makes those others you mention believable but Jesus only gets an "allegedly"?