Speccy24 Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Has anyone read the Bible? When I ask this I mean from page to page, beginning to end. There a few things that make me question the book. Story of Noah. In the bible it says he was a alcoholic. My questions are: How did an alcoholic come to build an ark? Is that possible? Noah claimed God was talking to him - him being a alcoholic invaildates his claim that god was talking to him. If you meet an alcoholic, and he claimed god was talking to him, you would not believe him. A prophet would not be an alcoholic. Story of Lot. It states that his daughters got him drunk and seduced him! Again would a prophet really have had this done to him? Incest story in the bible? Story of David. It states that David fell in love with a lady called Bethsheba. Bethsheba was married to Uriya - a commander of David's army. He seduced Bethsheba and told his army to abandon Uriya in battle. So he committed adultery, murder and became a plotter. Something has clearly gone wrong. Please discuss. x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 From cover to cover, yes, but not for quite some time and I don't remember all of it. David was punished for his sins by having his son, Absalom, do to David in full view of the whole country, what he, David, had done secretly and tried to hide. (The adultery part, anyway...) No human in the Old Testament is without sin; they all had at least one flaw. Moses suffered from a violent temper, and it cost him his place in the promised land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medusa Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 I did read it when I was younger, as I was given a Bible as a leaving present from middle school, but it didn't make much difference to me and I'm not a Christian now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speccy24 Posted May 21, 2011 Author Share Posted May 21, 2011 From cover to cover, yes, but not for quite some time and I don't remember all of it. David was punished for his sins by having his son, Absalom, do to David in full view of the whole country, what he, David, had done secretly and tried to hide. (The adultery part, anyway...) No human in the Old Testament is without sin; they all had at least one flaw. Moses suffered from a violent temper, and it cost him his place in the promised land. Thank you for your reply. Are these stories to show humanity that if you commit sin there will be punishment? I thought prophets were sinless? x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speccy24 Posted May 21, 2011 Author Share Posted May 21, 2011 Also another question I have. All books generally have an author, however why can we not trace who Matthew was? What was his surname? Same with the other three? x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speccy24 Posted May 21, 2011 Author Share Posted May 21, 2011 I did read it when I was younger, as I was given a Bible as a leaving present from middle school, but it didn't make much difference to me and I'm not a Christian now. I have the Bible, and I am in the process of reading it. Hopefully I will read it quickly! x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 From cover to cover, yes, but not for quite some time and I don't remember all of it. David was punished for his sins by having his son, Absalom, do to David in full view of the whole country, what he, David, had done secretly and tried to hide. (The adultery part, anyway...) No human in the Old Testament is without sin; they all had at least one flaw. Moses suffered from a violent temper, and it cost him his place in the promised land. Everyone has at least one flaw; it's just the way things are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speccy24 Posted May 21, 2011 Author Share Posted May 21, 2011 Everyone has at least one flaw; it's just the way things are I agree. No one is perfect. What was Jesus's flaw? x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 I agree. No one is perfect. What was Jesus's flaw? x Putting trust in people I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 I've read it yes, didn't take much interest though as I'm an atheist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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