flamingjimmy Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 (edited) None , i find some hard to understand sometimes but we are talking of a different time and culture to ours , when viewed from the right perspective and in context this can help . That would be an acceptable excuse if you conceded that the book was written by men, as then it would be influenced by the times. However if you're telling me the book is God's word then it shouldn't matter what culture or time it's from. Only wishy-washy anglicans who don't really believe in the old testament get to play that card. You can't have it both ways. Edited May 4, 2015 by flamingjimmy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdom Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Yes the bible was written by 40 different men over about 1600 years although men wrote with their hands God inspired them. Prophecy was at no time brought by mans will, but men spoke from God as they were moved by holy spirit. (2 peter 1:21) A bit like a boss dictates a letter to his secretary and then they type it up . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loraward Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Yes the bible was written by 40 different men over about 1600 years although men wrote with their hands God inspired them. Prophecy was at no time brought by mans will, but men spoke from God as they were moved by holy spirit. (2 peter 1:21) A bit like a boss dictates a letter to his secretary and then they type it up . But if all you ever see is the letter how do you know that it was dictated by the boss, it could just as easily be the word of the secretary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdom Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Analise the letter , apply its instructions etc and see if it works . Then you will know its from a genuine source not just the secretary . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loraward Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Analise the letter , apply its instructions etc and see if it works . Then you will know its from a genuine source not just the secretary . But a secretary could give you instructions that work, example, do a good deed to today and you will be rewarded, so you do the good deed and find a penny, you have been rewarded and the secretary got it right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryedo40 Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 (edited) Yes the bible was written by 40 different men over about 1600 years although men wrote with their hands God inspired them. Bit of a stretch. At most I'd say the belief in a God inspired them(there was no actual God dictating or narrating): they were anthropomorphising and personifying nature(including their own) and attributing those things, including events, to their imagined deity - creating stories glorifying it. But that's not all. They were also copying from each when writing the scriptures - and even plagiarising other mythologies. Even the NT, Mark for instance, immitated & reworked Homer's The Odyssey. So you could say it was inspired by Homer. Edited May 5, 2015 by Ryedo40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdom Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 (edited) But a secretary could give you instructions that work, example, do a good deed to today and you will be rewarded, so you do the good deed and find a penny, you have been rewarded and the secretary got it right. Some things in the bible that were written at the time could not of been known by the actual human writer showing inspiration from a non human source . Try reading through chapter 2 of the bible teaching aid in the link http://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/bible-teach/ Edited May 5, 2015 by esme quote tags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altus Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Some things in the bible that were written at the time could not of been known by the actual human writer showing inspiration from a non human source . Try reading through chapter 2 of the bible teaching aid in the link You do realise that noticing people get ill when they eat something that's been stored in a particular way and making up a rule saying "don't eat those things when they've been stored in that way" doesn't require divine revelation - only an ability to notice cause and effect and a desire to prevent others getting ill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingjimmy Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Some things in the bible that were written at the time could not of been known by the actual human writer showing inspiration from a non human source. That is an extraordinary claim, and one I suspect is untrue. Could you give a completely unambiguous example to demonstrate it, rather than read through your church's advertising literature for myself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teeny Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 That is an extraordinary claim, and one I suspect is untrue. Could you give a completely unambiguous example to demonstrate it, rather than read through your church's advertising literature for myself? the word of God is inspired by God and is his word . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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