Quote from stu:
So for all that, you are basically saying , contrary to what christians generally claim, the Bible is not the word of a God but rather writings attributed to people.
Do I really need to restate what I've stated already in multiple ways?
You, like piezoe, should consider the fact that you are taking the opinions of a relative few and attributing them to many.
For you to say that Christians make the general claim that the books were written by the hand of God, and not by people is demonstration of a narrow minded thought and also of you making stereotypical assumptions.
It would be the same as me saying that all physicists are quacks just because I've heard a few talk out of their asses and make audacious statements like, "The Universe started out smaller than a pinhead and burst into being from a 'big bang' 13.8 billion years ago."
I have also heard some who call themselves Christians make charges that dinosaur fossils are a work of fraud brought forth by atheist evolutionists to try and derail the biblical account. This is not the general view of most Christians however.
Quote from stu:
You are essentially agreeing with piezoe, its authorship is a work of man . Did you mean to do that?
Did you mean to smoke so much weed before hopping into this thread?
I have never disagreed with piezoe in that the scriptures are from people. The writings are widely accepted by the knowledgeable public in general (including Christians) to be the writings of people, yet you and piezoe are both seemingly ignorant of this fact.
It seems pretty obvious who the author is when a book is titled "The Gospel According to John".
Even if it turns out that John wasn't the true author, the title itself suggest that the writings are at least attributed to John.
As far as I know there is no such book titled "The Gospel According to God".
Those who have an understanding of the teachings within will likely tell you that there is a symbiotic relationship between those who are responsible for authorship and God.
As piezoe has said, there are many contradictions within the scriptures- but many of which are contradictions only if you interpret them to be so.
Much of what has been taught in astronomy has been proven to be full of contradictions. So, Does this mean we should stereotype the science of it and outright ignore it's teachings?
Since the popular Christian Bible contains four different Gospels from four different individuals, then it only makes sense if there are some differences according to their different points of view.
We can assume that Luke isn't perfect and that he may have gotten a few things wrong, and/or perhaps left out a few things that Matthew may have recalled in his testimony and likewise.
We can also assume that the people who wrote the Biblical accounts would have the ability to exaggerate the truth when it benefits their desires, and also to ignore the truth when it exposes their weaknesses.
