Is The Bible Relevant?

[Dave_n_Tenn]

Originally Posted by cupper3

what part? For what purpose?

There are some universal truth which are portrayed even in the bible, nice result yes those parts are relevant today. Other parts meh not really, they spoke to a certain desert tribe in time of the bronze age. Means nothing to ME today.

fify

[Wardendresden]

Originally Posted by nateswift

No, read carefully: the Genesis account is not history, it is the myths and legends of the Hebrew people collected. It should not be read as history, but for the spiritual lessons that can be gleaned. Reading it AS history leads to some egregious errors such as rejection of clear science and the consequent disaffection of those who find out that the scientific evidence demonstrates that a historical reading is erroneous and who therefore reject faith instead of that ignorant idea.

Exactly!

[cupper3]

Originally Posted by Dave_n_Tenn

fify

Nor should it mean anything to you either.

[Dave_n_Tenn]

Originally Posted by cupper3

Nor should it mean anything to you either.

So your protecting me? Well I'm choosing to taking a path less traveled and is kinda narrow. Your welcome to come along at your own pace. let me share something about a world without the Bible spoken by Voltaire

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a skeptic who destroyed the faith of many people, boasted that within 100 years of his death, the Bible would disappear from the face of the earth. Voltaire died in 1728, but the Bible lives on.

The irony of history is that 50 years after his death, the Geneva Bible Society moved into his former house and used his printing presses to print thousands of Bibles. ” LivingWaters.com

Carry on... or come along.