God's warriors
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- gramme0
well.
the bible is a good book,
but all stories in there are parabels and should be understood in a different way..jezus didn't heal the blind, the 'blind' were the non believers and he converted him.
lazarus didn't raise from the dead, but his faith did...i was raised very catholic, but from an early age i already got that.
tank
(Aug 28 07, 07:43)See, you can't have your cake and eat it too. If you really read the Bible carefully, Old and New Testaments, it's clear that Jesus is either who he claimed to be ("I am the way, the truth, the life; no man comes to the Father but through me"), or he's a raving lunatic with false, grandiose aspirations, or he is a charlatan and a liar.
You can't cherry pick from Biblical stories you like, or believe only part of what Jesus said, and still be intellectually and emotionally honest with yourself. It either all works together or it doesn't work at all. Tank, there is no premise for a metaphorical reading of events like healing of the blind and the raising of Lazarus from the dead. These things are a cakewalk for the entity who created at least one universe. Sure, Jesus spoke in parables, but these were obvious, usually starting with something like "...And Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying..."
If one only believes part of Jesus' schtick, then what is to be done with his claim that he is THE way, THE truth, THE life? He didn't say "I am A way, A truth, A life." There are many other similar claims, and if we say that the Bible is a good book, and that Jesus was a good man, but that the Bible can't be taken as gospel and that Jesus did not actually pay the price for all of man's wrongdoing, then we are setting ourselves up as the authors of truth. I sure as hell don't trust any of you or myself that much.