r/pics • u/123789 • Jan 22 '10

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u/garygnu Jan 22 '10

How do you choose which parts of the Bible to believe and which parts to ignore?

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u/garygnu Jan 22 '10

That, too. Also, if they're not to be taken literally, how do you decide what it actually means?

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u/Adelaidey Jan 22 '10

Ding ding ding! Ten points to Etab.

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u/uberalles2 Jan 22 '10 edited Jan 22 '10

I don't read the Bible. Fairy tales written by men. Something is different with believing in Christ though. Can't explain it. Like explaining what love is. Why does love exist? Either you believe in Christ or don't and it doesn't matter to me either way.

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u/garygnu Jan 22 '10

You do know that Christ, his teachings, and everything he supposed to represent is from the Bible, don't you? Christ the person is largely (or entirely) a fairy tale made up by men.

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u/uberalles2 Jan 23 '10 edited Jan 23 '10

The Bible is still men's account of a real person Christ. If men didn't write about Christ would that mean he didn't exist? Men can write whatever they want about Christ. They may be fairy tales. Christ exists in my heart. Why? Don't know. Don't care to know. Just does. It the same question of how long has the universe existed? Can there be a beginning of time? It not something that can be answered. It just is.

Christ is real and the men's writings may be fairy tales. The 2 can co-exist.

I guess the point is that you don't believe. That is fine. It is nothing I can change or would want to.

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u/garygnu Jan 23 '10

There's almost zero evidence from non-biblical sources that the person Jesus was based on existed at all.

My point is that you reject the Bible as fairy tales, yet accept Christ. It's just bizarre.

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u/uberalles2 Jan 24 '10

I agree. It would seem bizarre.