Does god get fed up of having to forgive sex offenders and murderers ?

[JFKvsNixon]

If God was so inclined to "physically" write the Ten Commandments in stone tablets "himself", then why would he decide to write the remainder of the Bible through the hands of so many men over such a long period? Indeed, if he was willing to write one part, then why not write it all so that there would be no question of "his word" being preserved?

 

As it is, it seems there are redundancies and even contradictions in the human writings (for example, the Gospels, where the same story of Jesus is retold, but with differences in style, content, and even descriptions of the same events) which would not be present if God had simply composed the entire Bible himself.

 

Your question of why God did not chose to write the entire Bible, since he apparently physically composed the ten commandments is an interesting one. It is loosely analogous to the question that arrises when someone wonders why God would sometimes use angels to bring a message to someone, and sometimes come directly, or at other times use human intermediaries. Or why did God choose to talk to a certain person, rather than another, or why did Jesus heal these folks and not those -- or for that matter, why did God pick Abraham and his descendants to work through and not some other person and his (or her!) descendants. Frankly, there is no good answer to any of these questions, other than to say simply that God, being God, will pretty much do whatever he darn well feels like doing. Sort of like the story of the five hundred pound gorrilla and his sleeping arrangements.

 

This is obviously not an entirely satisfactory answer, but I've found that the Bible rarely offers us answers to "why" questions of this sort. It may be useful to point out that the ten commandments are the only portion of scripture for which it is claimed that God physically wrote them down, so the human instrument method seems to be normative. Of course, one must point out that the appearance in the Bible of even the ten commandments is then the result of the author of Exodus copying them from the tablets to the scrolls he was using for the rest of God's words.

 

In regard to the differences of style, content, and descriptions of events in the Gospels (or in other parallel accounts, say comparing 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings and 1-2 Chronicles), such variations clearly indicate that they are the products of several human beings doing the writing, each with his or her own perspective and methods of expression. We would assume that this sort of variation was something that God wanted.

 

The presence of contradictions, however, may simply be the result of our limited data and understanding, not necessarily because they accounts genuinely contradict. The authors were not intending to give us history or a complete accounting of events, and so they were very selective in what they presented (notice what the author of the Gospel of John writes at the end of his work in John 21:25).

 

You seem quite knowledgeable about the bible, why aren't dinosaurs ever mentioned in the bible?

[teeny]

You seem quite knowledgeable about the bible, why aren't dinosaurs ever mentioned in the bible?

 

dinosaur-like creatures are mentioned in the Bible. The Bible uses ancient names like “behemoth” and “tannin.” Behemoth means kingly, gigantic beasts. Tannin is a term which includes dragon-like animals and the great sea creatures such as whales, giant squids, and marine reptiles like the pterosaurs that may have become extinct.

 

The Bible's best description of a dinosaur-like animal is recorded in Job chapter 40. “Look at the behemoth, which I made along with you and which feeds on grass like an ox. What strength he has in his loins, what power in the muscles of his belly! His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are close-knit. His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like rods of iron. He ranks first among the works of God…” (Job 40:15-19).

 

The book of Job is very old, probably written around 2,000 years before Jesus was born. Here God describes a great king of the land animals like some of the biggest dinosaurs, the Diplodocus and Apatosaurus. It was a gigantic plant-eater with great muscles and very strong bones. The long Diplodocus had leg bones so strong that he could have held three others on his back.

 

The behemoth were not afraid. They did not need to be; they were huge. Their tails were so long and strong that God compared them to cedars - one of the largest and most spectacular trees of the ancient world.

 

After all the behemoth had died out, many people forgot them. Dinosaurs were extinct and the fossil skeletons that are in museums today did not begin to be put together until about 150 years ago. Today, some people have mistakenly guessed that the behemoth mentioned in the Bible might be an elephant or a hippopotamus. But those animals certainly do not have tails like the thick, tall trunks of cedar trees!

 

Although it cannot be stated with certainty, it appears that dinosaurs are mentioned in the Bible. This should not sound so strange. After all, God tells us that He created all the land animals on the 6th day of creation, the same day that he created mankind. Man and dinosaurs lived at the same time. There was never a time when dinosaurs ruled the earth. From the very beginning of creation, God gave man dominion over all that was made, even over the dinosaurs.

[JFKvsNixon]

dinosaur-like creatures are mentioned in the Bible. The Bible uses ancient names like “behemoth” and “tannin.” Behemoth means kingly, gigantic beasts. Tannin is a term which includes dragon-like animals and the great sea creatures such as whales, giant squids, and marine reptiles like the pterosaurs that may have become extinct.

 

The Bible's best description of a dinosaur-like animal is recorded in Job chapter 40. “Look at the behemoth, which I made along with you and which feeds on grass like an ox. What strength he has in his loins, what power in the muscles of his belly! His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are close-knit. His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like rods of iron. He ranks first among the works of God…” (Job 40:15-19).

 

The book of Job is very old, probably written around 2,000 years before Jesus was born. Here God describes a great king of the land animals like some of the biggest dinosaurs, the Diplodocus and Apatosaurus. It was a gigantic plant-eater with great muscles and very strong bones. The long Diplodocus had leg bones so strong that he could have held three others on his back.

 

The behemoth were not afraid. They did not need to be; they were huge. Their tails were so long and strong that God compared them to cedars - one of the largest and most spectacular trees of the ancient world.

 

After all the behemoth had died out, many people forgot them. Dinosaurs were extinct and the fossil skeletons that are in museums today did not begin to be put together until about 150 years ago. Today, some people have mistakenly guessed that the behemoth mentioned in the Bible might be an elephant or a hippopotamus. But those animals certainly do not have tails like the thick, tall trunks of cedar trees!

 

Although it cannot be stated with certainty, it appears that dinosaurs are mentioned in the Bible. This should not sound so strange. After all, God tells us that He created all the land animals on the 6th day of creation, the same day that he created mankind. Man and dinosaurs lived at the same time. There was never a time when dinosaurs ruled the earth. From the very beginning of creation, God gave man dominion over all that was made, even over the dinosaurs.

 

So does the Bible cover the world from around 200 million years ago from which the dinosaurs have been dated? Also, why aren't there any fossils of humans living in the same period that the dinosaurs lived?

[teeny]

So does the Bible cover the world from around 200 million years ago from which the dinosaurs have been dated? Also, why aren't there any fossils of humans living in the same period that the dinosaurs lived?

 

I believe dinasours and humans lived together and i believe there is evidence to support that ! I am sure you can google that

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[JFKvsNixon]

I believe dinasours and humans lived together and i believe there is evidence to support that ! I am sure you can google that

 

What!

 

Again it took 30 seconds to find that dinosaurs lived between 240 and 60 million years ago. Humans as we know them came about around 200 thousand years ago.

[teeny]

What!

 

Again it took 30 seconds to find that dinosaurs lived between 240 and 60 million years ago. Humans as we know them came about around 200 thousand years ago.

 

I am sure you will find somewhere that they found a prehistoric man around at the same time a dinosaurs please look at the research

[anfisa]

I am sure you will find somewhere that they found a prehistoric man around at the same time a dinosaurs please look at the research

 

You appear to be sure about lots of things which are easily proven to be incorrect.

[Guest]

I am sure you will find somewhere that they found a prehistoric man around at the same time a dinosaurs please look at the research

 

http://www.thepoxbox.com/contentimages/dinoriders.jpg

[JFKvsNixon]

I am sure you will find somewhere that they found a prehistoric man around at the same time a dinosaurs please look at the research

 

No, dinosaurs lived hundreds of millions of years ago up to around 60 million years ago. The first remains of humans date from around 200 thousand years ago. They are not even close to each other on the timeline.

[Guest]

No, dinosaurs lived hundreds of millions of years ago up to around 60 million years ago. The first remains of humans date from around 200 thousand years ago. They are not even close to each other on the timeline.

 

Ahem! post 274.