Christian thinking

[Aisogh]

"The Bible is the Only True Authority"
"How can you prove it?"
"It is the word of God, after all"
"Who says that"
"The Bible"
"What makes you believe the Bible?"
"It is the word of God"
"According to what?"
"The Bible"

It's no wonder that your kind is unbeatable in an argument.

[Ezekiel Bathfire]

Re: Christian thinking

I think you are missing the obvious - The Bible has, over thousands of years been a successful guiding light for Mankind. Its ideas, The Word of God, and the characters in this Holiest of Books have resulted in where we are today.

No one could believe that this is merely the scribblings of illiterate Iron Age peasants - We all know that God has a Plan.

We put the two together and we have proof absolute that the Bible is The Word of God.

It seems to me that, along with a lack of any moral compass, atheists also lack any critical thinking skills.

[Aisogh]

Re: Christian thinking

I think you are missing the obvious - The Bible has, over thousands of years been a successful guiding light for Mankind. Its ideas, The Word of God, and the characters in this Holiest of Books have resulted in where we are today.

No one could believe that this is merely the scribblings of illiterate Iron Age peasants - We all know that God has a Plan.

The contents of the Bible were spread as folk lore from parent to child before the historical age. Don't underestimate the creative capacity a collective of people has. Putting up a Bible or two (Coran for good measure) is no feat for dozens of generations.

It seems to me that, along with a lack of any moral compass, atheists also lack any critical thinking skills.

It's not a moral compass in your case, it's a leash.

[Aisogh]

Re: Christian thinking

As I presumed, you who refer to Bible's contents as the absolute truth (even though it's purely allegorical from the beginning to end) instantly associate a dog with a leash, instead of imprisonment.

I'll put it simply once again:

Compass guides you, it shows the direction at most.

When pulled on a leash, you don't have that freedom. You are strictly bound, and even if you're led to do good things, it's not thanks to your sense of justice.

[Ezekiel Bathfire]

Re: Christian thinking

The contents of the Bible were spread as folk lore from parent to child before the historical age. Don't underestimate the creative capacity a collective of people has. Putting up a Bible or two (Coran for good measure) is no feat for dozens of generations.

If this were true, then every group would have their own "Bible" - but they do not.

As I said, if the Bible were no more than folk tales from the Middle East, why would there be any relevance to, say Eskimos or Hottentots?

The answer you are looking for to this excellent question is, "Because it is the Divinely inspired True History of God in The World."

[Aisogh]

Re: Christian thinking

If this were true, then every group would have their own "Bible" - but they do not.

As I said, if the Bible were no more than folk tales from the Middle East, why would there be any relevance to, say Eskimos or Hottentots?

The answer you are looking for to this excellent question is, "Because it is the Divinely inspired True History of God in The World."

The folk lore is the raw information. The Bible is the final form into which they are collected, but not from word to word. It's due to local political atmosphere and writer's freedom that it ignores specific peoples.

[James Hutchins]

Re: Christian thinking

As I presumed, you who refer to Bible's contents as the absolute truth (even though it's purely allegorical from the beginning to end) instantly associate a dog with a leash, instead of imprisonment.

I'll put it simply once again:

Compass guides you, it shows the direction at most.

When pulled on a leash, you don't have that freedom. You are strictly bound, and even if you're led to do good things, it's not thanks to your sense of justice.

No one is forced to follow the good teachings of the Bible. I for example, follow it verbatim because I want to.
I do what I do out of free will. It just so happens I find the Bible is correct on everything. So there is no need for me to spend the time figuring a situation out. I already have the solution. I can then use my free time to help heathens and God mockers like you.

[Ezekiel Bathfire]

Re: Christian thinking

The folk lore is the raw information. The Bible is the final form into which they are collected, but not from word to word. It's due to local political atmosphere and writer's freedom that it ignores specific peoples.

Look! I will make it simple because I think you are not very clever:

1. God has a Plan
2. God inspires the Bible
3. Eskimos have no holy book of their own
4. Eskimos now follow the Bible
5. God must therefore have known about eskimos
6. The stories in the Bible are about the Middle East
7. Eskimos are not found in the Middle East
8. Eskimos still believe the Bible
9. Thus God must be real

[Father Peter Rast]

Re: Christian thinking

That's what you get for trying to argue with separated brethren. We Catholics know that the Bible (the full version, not the abridged version that you Baptists read) is God's Word because the Catholic Church, exercising the magisterium entrusted to her by Christ, has determined which books belong in the Bible and which do not. As other Catholics have pointed out, the concept of the magisterium of the Church is fully supported in Scripture.