I didn’t say that. I would definitely believe. I wouldn’t change my lifestyle though. I do not claim the title of atheist, as I believe you have assumed.
Yes - expand on the omnipotent god, the one that allows such violence to occur.
You think how you feel paying taxes would be the same as how you would feel if you were raped?
Yet, He wiped out almost his entire earthly creation because it was a failed experiment. He would have repeated that if not for His son.
Neither an experiment nor a failure
Failure and omnipotence don’t mix
He is Infinitely Just while allowing injustices to occur for a while
Gen 8:22, “While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.”
Gal 6:7, “Be not deceived: God is not mocked: whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”
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How do you know the bible is correct/true?
No more than you know God exists.
I believe the Bible is the perfect inerrant word of God. But that will not convince you.
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Why do you have this belief for the bible and not other religious texts?
Do you believe any history book?
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History books are a little different. They don’t try to dictate how I live my life, threaten me with eternal hell for not believing, and don’t claim to be divinely inspired.
Actually the bible (by scholars) is considered a history and a book of literature
so, my question still stands, do you believe history books
Don’t we have it dictated to us we must abide by “human rights” and democracy? Boith being ancient beleif systems that predate Christianity etc? We are forced to live in that system as much as Afghans are now forced to live under the Talibans version of Sharia.
All our understanding of democracy and individualism comes from books where we are taking on faith several historical figures existed with less proof than that Muhammad existed or Jesus existed.
I do, but a history book would lose all credibility if it started to make claims about the supernatural. The bible isn’t like other history books in that regard.
So you have faith in people that wrote history books are truthful
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Are you saying the writings of other religious books are true?
No I wouldn’t call it faith. It is more likely to be true than a book filled with the supernatural. There are no consequences for not believing in a history book.
Muslims believe yes the other revealed books were true but their core message of tawheed or pure monotheism was corrupted. So from that perspective you can indeed make that consistent argument.
I think some other religions have a perennial perspective where all religious books hold truth about divinity,
You and @fitafter40 have both posted bible scripture to explain/answer questions. What I’m trying to get at is why do you believe the bible to be true versus the thousands of other religious books that say different things.
Do you agree with Muslims that the bible has been corrupted? I assume not.