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Originally Posted by shakran
And the Christians who do are cherrypicking the ideas they like out of the bible while saying those they don't (slavery for one) are mistranslated or inaccurate. If we're going to play that game, then we have to admit that we have absolutely no clue what's out there, what created all of creation, and most frighteningly, what will happen to us (assuming we don't just cease to exist) when we die. If you admit that the bible CAN have inaccuracies, then you have no way of knowing where those inaccuracies are, and therefore you don't really KNOW anything about anything that's in the bible. And if you don't know anything that's in the bible, it's rather stupid to use it to justify or condemn anything, isn't it.
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Why stop with the bible? We know that science is inaccurate. Any scientist who is honest will tell you that all science is justs an approximation based on experiment. Science does get things flat-out wrong. If we admit that science can be wrong, then we have no way of knowing where it is wrong, and therefore we don't really KNOW anything about anything. And if we don't know anything about anything then it's rather stupid to use anything to justify anything.
Besides that, the bible was written by people, presumably on behalf of god, or about their experiences with god, or whatever. The important thing is that is was written by people who most likely didn't have the whole story when it comes to god's divine plan. It's not exactly like god was holding their hand while they wrote, and it is probable that they added their own perspective a bit too.
As someone who make his living in the journalism trade you must be aware that the broad context in which you exist shapes the information you convey, regardless of who is telling you to share that information. I don't see how there is anything wrong with trying to examine the bible while taking into account the context in which it was written.
There is also a certain portion of christians who believe that god is still a relevant force in the world beyond just being embodied in a really old book. Shit, the pope speaks on behalf of god for the vast majority of catholics everywhere and he can change dogma at will. The notion that everything god ever needed to say to humanity was written in a book that's already a couple thousand years old seems a bit off to me.