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You've answered your own question, David
...the argument itself represents a kind of belief, because it commits me to engage with God. That's exactly it. That is why no one reads the Bible. It's like studying to become a Microsoft Windows system administrator: why spend all that time trying to master something that doesn't even make sense anyway? Why bring yourself closer to that ...
Posted to Blogging the Bible by dspiewak on March 3, 2009
Re: it's the same old question
God is not the cause of mankind's suffering, but he does permit it. Think back to the Garden of Eden. God created a perfect man and a perfect woman and settled them in a beautiful garden paradise. He charged them with cultivating it and filling the world with their seed. They had a safe place to live, plenty to eat, and safisfying and meaningful ...
Posted to Blogging the Bible by kking on March 3, 2009
Re: why read rediculous jewish myths and folk tales ?
Respectfully, the Bible hasn't caused problems. Foolish and greedy humans have been the ones causing problems. If you lived your life exactly according to the Bible's principles -- and I mean all of them, not just the ones that feel good or seem convenient at the time -- we'd be living in a very different world today. Ecclesiastes 8:9 says that ...
Posted to Blogging the Bible by kking on March 3, 2009