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Originally posted by Nisses
A good guideline in life, and this I live by and I hope others do too, is to *never* take anything you read at 1 single place as your new creed/gospel in life.
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absolutely correct, and I
don't take what i see here at face value - i made that mistake once, i'll try not to make it again.
i agree that there are mistakes (i found several myself) and i will fully allow that there may be some poor scholarship. what it DOES give is several references to several different books, and what it did was knock me out of the blind acceptance state that i was, i am ashamed to admit, fully in.
but while there are mistakes, some larger questions hold true, and despite some research, i cannot resolve some biblical contradictions. these contradictions lead me to believe that this group of books is a work of man.
also, for the record, i believe that the heart of the bible is good - the teachings ascribed to jesus are noble, and i try to live by them. my issue is not with those who use the bible selectively as a guideline for a good life, but those who slavishly take the book and say that EVERYONE should follow it, with no open mind for alternate opinions.
as for the "sheep" thing, if the difference between saying "every single christian is a sheep" (which i didn't say) and "christians know that the bible says that sheep-like behavior is good" (which i did) cannot be seen, then i apologize that i have neither the time nor the inclination to further explain it.