What we know that the authors of the bible were liars, they even lied about their own identity. http://www.amazon.com/Forged-Writing-God-Why-Bibles-Authors/dp/0062012614
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Giovanni Santostasi <gsantost...@gmail.com>wrote: > "Apart from the most rabid fundamentalists among us, nearly everyone > admits that the Bible might contain errors -- a faulty creation story here, > a historical mistake there, a contradiction or two in some other place. But > is it possible that the problem is worse than that -- that the Bible > actually contains lies? > > Most people wouldn't put it that way, since the Bible is, after all, > sacred Scripture for millions on our planet. But good Christian scholars of > the Bible, including the top Protestant and Catholic scholars of America, > will tell you that the Bible is full of lies, even if they refuse to use > the term. And here is the truth: Many of the books of the New Testament > were written by people who lied about their identity, claiming to be a > famous apostle -- Peter, Paul or James -- knowing full well they were > someone else. In modern parlance, that is a lie, and a book written by > someone who lies about his identity is a forgery." from > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bart-d-ehrman/the-bible-telling-lies-to_b_840301.html > > > On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 3:23 PM, Giovanni Santostasi <gsantost...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> One of the main reasons why I'm an atheist is because I have read the >> bible. It turns out that atheists are much more knowledgeable in religion >> than religious people. It tells a lot that you are resorting to name >> calling. Many xians are not even nice people, that is even a stronger >> motivation not to follow their distorted world view. >> Giovanni >> >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 2:50 PM, Harry Veeder <hveeder...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Jojo Jaro <jth...@hotmail.com> wrote: >>> > Harry, it seems that you as well as other people are always concerned >>> with >>> > "imposing" a theocratic rule. No one wants a theocratic rule, >>> including me. >>> > I don't believe any Christian person is attempting to do that, so your >>> > concerns are without merit. >>> > >>> > Christians know better than to impose any monarchy by ourselves. >>> >>> Maybe you don't, but do you speak for all christians? Many christians, >>> if they had their >>> way, would use the government to impose their beliefs on everyone, >>> before the messiah >>> has returned. That is what I mean by theocractic rule. >>> >>> >Jesus >>> > Christ will install himself as a Monarch when he comes back without >>> any help >>> > from any of us. Hence, that Monarchy will be established totally of >>> his own >>> > power, not by the power of any Christian movement. It will be a time >>> of >>> > good and just governance - no corruption and injustice that currently >>> > plagues our society.+ >>> > >>> >>> >>> Harry >>> >>> >> >