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HanOfTheNekos posted...

You having to ask these questions is why there is such a disconnect here. The most common interpretation of Christianity's doctrine is "believe in God, believe in Jesus's teachings, do good". For the most part, the New Testament is very applicable to daily life. The Old Testament is more about faith and devotion to God... in this manner, the Bible is used as a tool to help put our lives in context and approach our personal experiences, relationships with each other, and relationship with God from a different perspective.

So this is an interesting perspective to me. Obviously I'm not knocking these beliefs -- people can believe whatever they want. But I'm surprised that people would still identify as Christian even though they think most of the Bible is false. (I was going to say "you" but I just realized I'm not sure if you personally are in this camp.) This goes for the pastors that scarlet was discussing as well. If you think most of a religion's holy book is {pick all that apply: a crock; fallible; mistaken; an interesting historical artifact but not actually God's word} then why would you stay a member of that religion?

Also, if this does apply to you, how much of the Bible do you believe in? You mention Jesus' teachings so I figure you would believe in the gospels (minus whatever you would consider to be embellishments by the authors or mistranslations). What about the rest of the New Testament? Like I think Eddv alluded earlier to a view that Paul was a false prophet who perverted Jesus' doctrine, which is also a super interesting view to me. And as for the Old Testament, is that just like...cool bedtime stories?
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