Is the Bible Antiquated?

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EmperorKupcake

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I have a friend who happens to be a Christian fundamentalist, and damn proud of it. So needless to say, we love debating about whether some of the lessons of the Bible are appropriate in today's society.

So my question is, taking into consideration the social differences between modern day and ancient times, are the guidelines outlined in the Bible still applicable to modern society?
 
i say yes. No, they cannot all be DIRECTLY applied in context as they were back in the day....but they teach important lessons I think that can be applied in today's world. The old testament doesn't really count, because the new testament was written as an "update" to God's rules, etc....basically God's "personality" (if you could call it that) and admittance into heaven was changed after jesus arrived.
 
GraceAbounds said:
God's life lessons are loving guidelines for yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
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However, you have to take into consideration whether the Bible is really God's words. God obviously didn't just take a mighty pen and paper, write down his thoughts, and chuck it down to the mortals. Humans did the physical act of writing the Bible. How can we be so certain that those who wrote the Bible were only transcribing the word of God? For all we know, they could have been creating the word of God.
 
of course it cant all apply ,it was written from as long ago as 3500years .we dont use leviticus to clean our homes and our ideas and notions have changed ..but the basic concept of love others as yourself applies always
 
EmperorKupcake said:
However, you have to take into consideration whether the Bible is really God's words. God obviously didn't just take a mighty pen and paper, write down his thoughts, and chuck it down to the mortals. Humans did the physical act of writing the Bible. How can we be so certain that those who wrote the Bible were only transcribing the word of God? For all we know, they could have been creating the word of God.
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But God wrote the 10 Commandments by his own hands laser chiseled unto the slabs of rock and doth gave to Moses. I seen it myself in the 10 Commandments. :p
 
I don't have a religion and I don't believe in any god, but I do believe the bible has a lot of meaningful things that can be used for today..

I am not sure of any off the top of my head, but I know there are many statements in there that talk about respecting others and treating people with dignity and all that..

Of course Christians would believe that every part of it is true, but for those who don't they could learn some valuable things..
 
COOL_BREEZE2 said:
But God wrote the 10 Commandments by his own hands laser chiseled unto the slabs of rock and doth gave to Moses. I seen it myself in the 10 Commandments. :p
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I just watched that last weekend.

I often wonder about how much of the bible is truly God's will, and if anyone can truly know for sure what is and what is not.

Either way, I try to live my life as close as possible to Jesus's teaching. It's not always easy, but the important stuff usually isn't.
 
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