If you do believe in God, then why do you choose the Bible and, therefore, assert that God is stupid?
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Joshua.  People like you crack me up.  Really!  You argue about biblical-specific entries and events as if they were factual and undeniable.  "written 4000 years ago"  On what?  Notebook paper?  Do you have some copies of those 4000 year old writings?  Do you have some secret text that nobody else has ever seen?  Are you on heroin or acid?  What's your trip?  None of the authors of the NT witnessed the alleged resurrection.  No matter how you stretch it, there are no actual accounts of it.  Most of the NT was created and written in 320AD under the direction of Constantine the Great, and its puirpose was NOT for historic accuracy.  Its purpose was to create a doctrine at the Council of Nicea that all factions of religious doctrine could agree upon and pull everyone together.  Why does it appear that there only a few people that post here regularly who actually know this?  Is your only source of "history" the Bible itself?  Are you crazy enough to use the Bible to prove the Bible?  Talk about illogic!\n\nThe original poster is correct -- if the notion of god portrayed in the bible is accurate, then there is no need for "free will" -- God already knows how things turn out.  He already knows who chooses free will and who doesn't choose free will, how they act, and who the sinners are and who goes to hell.  He already knows the choices people made in the past and what they'll make in the future.  He already knows how things will turn.  Already been there.  Outside of the time line?  Fine, state it however you wish.  It's still the same.  He's all knowing.  He knows how the "souls" will turn out. There's no need for a test on earth.\n\nThe question is not flawed at all.  Your assumption that the Bible is incontrovertible is flawed, and your statements of biblical myths as assertion are ridiculous.  It is one of hundreds of unprovable myths on this whole planet, full of fatal flaws, like the one this question raises.
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Personally, for me, I choose to. I know I could be wrong, and there are questions the Bible raises that contradict science, or what others deem as proof. I even accept the fact I could be 100% wrong in the way I believe, and live my life. I know that, and still I choose to believe. It is something I feel in my heart to be real, something I feel as if I have evidence of in my everyday life, and for me, that is my proof.\n\nJust personally though.
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I believe in God.  I believe man wrote the Bible, and I agree with you that it is inaccurate.  That does not mean that God does not exist.  For the same reason, just because you do not accept part of it, does not mean you cannot accept God.
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The same reason he made some ppl smart and some ppl stupid.\nLol kidding. god does not exist.
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Ok, learn this: people are stupid. For some reason they choose to believe certain idiocracy (good lord, I can't spell >_<) as opposed to others. Trust me, this question isn't going to make chirstians "question their faith" (although most are in desperate need to) even though it is logical, but then again, since when have religons used logic?
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If you believe in God, then you believe also that the Bible\nis IS the true word of God. Well, this is one of those things apparently, that God especially dislikes, for he\nsays (get A CONCORDANCE to look up where exactly this is\nstated, that way you'll know how to use a concordance too)\n-and I believe in more than one place- "that this is an abomination (ABOMINATION is pretty serious business), for\na man to lie with a man"... Similarly, women, animals, etc.\nSo draw your own conclusions, just not on the wall.
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Because they study the Bible as literature, and not the Word of God. This is where belief comes in. You have to believe it, and apply it.
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Personally, I most assuredly do believe in the God of the Bible, NOT man-made ideas about Him.\nFor very sound reasoning regarding you questions, I suggest that you read one or more of the following:\n\nWhy Believe in God? : \n... Why They Go to Church \n... The Right Reason for Believing\nhttp://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2003/12/1/article_01.htm\n\nDoes God Really Exist? : \n... Does God Exist? - Some Scientists Answer \n... What Is God's Purpose? \n... Identifying the Only True God  \nhttp://www.watchtower.org/library/g/1999/2/8/article_02.htm\n\nCan Science Help You to Find God? : \n... Is It Unscientific to Believe in God? \n... Why Some Scientists Believe in God \n...  Where You Can Find Answers \n... In Their Own Words\nhttp://www.watchtower.org/library/g/2004/6/22/article_01.htm\n\nIs God Everywhere? - The Bible's Viewpoint http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/2005/3/8a/article_01.htm\n\nSincerely, \n"Make Sure of All things; Hold Fast to what is Fine!" 1 Th 5:21
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The Bible is not the silver bullet, of course. I do believe in God and in Jesus's ressurection, however, there are parts of the Bible that sound like pure nonsense to me while other parts contain great, true wisdoms everyone should live by.
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A belief in God allows you the privilege of believing the book. It is not the other way around as your Question would seem. Once god allows you to believe you will understand why the bible is soooooooo special. Here is part of an article I wrote for my local paper maybe it will help!?\n\nIt’s hard to see when your blind!\nScriptures for thought 1 Corn 2:14 & 2 Corn 4:4\n\nNeither myself nor any other human being has the ability to pursued, convince or other wise manipulate any other human being into a saving knowledge of Christ. There simply is nothing I can say, no act I can perform, that will fully allow you to understand what I KNOW to be true. I may be able to help you understand some things about God but I can’t make you KNOW him. This knowledge is a gift given by God, on his on accord, for his purpose and by his prerogative. Please understand that my saving knowledge or unquestionable trust in the bible is not a thought or an idea I decided or convinced myself into believing. The only reason I can believe what I KNOW is because God lets me KNOW. Period.  Water is wet, fire is hot and God is God.\n\nTry this analogy out.\nHypothetically imagine being born completely physically blind. You have never seen a single color, not a one. Nothing but total, empty, blackness. Now you ask me "what color is pink"? What could I possibly say to make you completely and accurately understand what color pink is? You can’t physically touch or feel color. You would be forced to either allow your imagination to take my descriptive words that you have no basis of context to compare them to and create and imaginary idea of what color pink is or you will concede that it is impossible to know what color pink is having never seen a single color of any kind in your whole life. Or…. Take little 2yr old Johnny and a hot stove as an example. Don’t you touch that stove little Johnny, it’s very hot and it’s going to burn you. But little Johnny doesn’t yet know hot or burn. I can futility try to explain to him what hot and burn are but until he experiences the realities of hot and burn he has no real context to understand them. Ah but after he grabs that hot stove…If eyesight were given to the blind. Now they would KNOW. Now they can understand the things we tried to explain with words. They now have first hand experiential knowledge that completely changes their perspective. This is kind of how a saving knowledge of Christ works. We are all totally blind and absolutely cannot know saving grace until he allows us to see him. He is the only physician in existence that can heal our spiritual blindness. There are no glasses to help, no magic word I can tell you. No, the faith to believe is a merciful gift of god. Now certainty we can and must teach each other things about God, which we can choose to, accept or reject, but teachings about god alone cannot make you completely and savingly, know God. When and to whom God allows himself to be seen is one of the beautiful mysteries that belongs exclusively to God. It is knowledge that only he posses.\nI understand this probably sounds a little weird and if deep thought is applied it may even sound terribly scary. Let me encourage you friends, don’t despair. There is hope. I know first hand. I wandered though this world blind as a bat for the first 29 of the 33 years I was alive. In the infamous song Amazing Grace “I once was blind but now can see”. Now, if you find yourself saying this is all a bunch of bullarkey….. then maybe next time my friend. But to all of you who are struck with deep curiosity and find yourself thinking; could this be true? I must know more. I want to see.  Knock and the door will be opened, Ask and you will receive. Call on the name of the Lord and you will be saved. Pick up a bible and read it with the desire to understand the words, instead of looking for ways to ridicule them. Enjoy they peace and comfort that only Jesus can give your soul.\n\n\nLes
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More importantly, and I suspect this is what you're getting at, why would a god who wants worship set himself up to be totally illogical and irrational? I think that if there was a god controlling it all, we'd be somehow predispositioned to believing in him, rather than having to ignore all logic and reason just to get into heaven.
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There are  many wonderful reasons to believe in GOD,but many are blind and stubborn to realizes that their is a true GOD that loves us.we must not judge them like  ROMANS 14;10,says"But why do you judge your brother?for we  shall all stand before the judgment seat of GOD." for it is written"As I live,'says JEHOVAH, to me every knee will bend down,and every tongue will make open acknowledgment to GOD."so lets not judge each other any longer but rather make this your decision.
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People reject the Bible because they do not believe in the Bible's God: "inspired revelation" from a God whose existence is in doubt has little credibility.
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when you break it all down, nobody can prove or disprove god's existence. \n\ni find it strange that ppl can be so single minded when it comes to this topic. some ppl are perfectly willing to believe in something that has no proof, and when others disagree with them, they cant fathom how anyone could be so stupid. \n\nand others that dont believe in god because theres no solid proof,  they cant fathom how anyone can believe in something that has no evidence (even though theres no evidence god DOESNT exist. the absence of evidence is NOT the evidence of absence)\n\ni mean, i've never seen a billion dollars. prove to me it exists. well, i'm never going to have a billion dollars in my possession, so i dont have to believe in it right? well, that doesnt mean its not out there. and i've read a book about a cat in a hat and some green eggs and ham, but that doesnt make it true. and just because the bible says the bible is true, doesnt make it so. i mean, i can kill someone and then write a book about how i didnt do it, but thats not proof i didnt do it. \n\nbut i think the idea of faith is that you can connect with something you feel on the inside, feeling that you belong to something greater than what we understand in this world. and thats a powerful thing, whether its true or not. its easy to have faith when all the answers are right in front of you, but anyone thats read the bible and really thought about it objectively knows that the bible doesnt give you all the answers. and it wasnt meant to, it was meant to teach ppl how to be good ppl. but thats the whole idea, trying to be more than what we are, trying to be better. having faith takes something inside. \n\nand i can understand that an atheist would reject this idea, because they truly believe theres not a god as much as the god worshippers believe that there is one. so really ,they're doing the same thing, they're sticking to their beliefs and what they feel inside. \n\nbut we'd all be much better off if we stopped trying to convince each other. if we all realized that both sides are doing the exact same things from opposite sides of the coin...... lol, well.... its a pointless debate.
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And herein you hit upon one of the biggest problems with religion. The idea that god is all knowing, all powerful etc, but also it matters what humans do. Why does anyone need to pray if a god knows they will do it - surely the god can decide to perform whatever action the prayer would have solicited without the need to actually hear the prayer - as you say, the god knows it's coming.\n\nThe idea that "god exists out of time" is an answer so devoid of meaning that it beggars belief.\n\nAlthough an Atheist myself, I'm not sure if your subtitle to this message (about "stupid Christian") really helps, even if it is meant ironically - it's unlikely to tease out the most interesting responses.
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It's one of those many paradoxes in the Bible.  I do believe in God knowing all things, but the act of love requires a wanting to choose rather than a forced allegiance.  How can one explain the mind of God in this?  Only that in his perfect plan, he chose to give us the opportunity to choose Him out of love.  I know that it seemingly appears to be double faced, but why do we as Christians demand that God make sense to our particular intellectual understanding?\n\nAlso, the English language is a detriment to scriptures.  You almost have to understand the original texts to understand what is being said in the different passages.\n\nAs I have stated on these blogs, I like the Hebrews passages that quote the Isaiah passages that say that the law will be written on our hearts and minds.  So in your prayer life start asking God to reveal His truth in your heart.  Ask, Seek and Knock...
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Knowing and believing are two different things.  You would like God to reveal himself to you so you could know he exists.  I agree. That would make more sense than giving you a brain and then expecting you to believe what you can't see.