Current Events > There's something that bothers me about the Bible.

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I mean, there are various things that bother me about the Bible, but there's this as well.

The Gospels (I think) and the sections that follow directly onwards basically say that the world was going to end in the first century AD, but clearly that didn't happen. Infact, centuries later, still nothing has happened. How does the Church justify or rationalise this?

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It's a metaphor, fool.

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Sunhawk posted...

but clearly that didn't happen.

Prove it

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have you ever thought that maybe the world ended, but our collective thought couldn't process it, so all following human experience has been an illusion, an echo, of reality since then?

have you ever even THOUGHT

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And who was King James? And why did he think that it was so vital
To remove chapters and make his own version of the Bible

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Not really.

Pretty sure the Bible (and the Quran for that matter) specifically say that the time isn't known. Looking for a quote

From Matthew 24

Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

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g0ldie posted...

have you ever even THOUGHT

bruh the thinks are way too deep

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Why did God create Hinduism first?

Checkmate Nintendo fanboys

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The Bible was just a fictional book of cool stories meant to entertain people and teach them some good lessons and shit

But people back then were stupid and believed it was real, and powerful people took advantage of that and created religions based on it so they could control people.

*gets struck by lightning for being a heretic*

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g0ldie posted...

have you ever thought that maybe the world ended, but our collective thought couldn't process it, so all following human experience has been an illusion, an echo, of reality since then?

have you ever even THOUGHT

mind=blown

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Damn_Underscore posted...

Not really.

Pretty sure the Bible (and the Quran for that matter) specifically say that the time isn't known. Looking for a quote

From Matthew 24

Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

This. We also have Jesus saying in Mark and Matthew that not even the angels or himself know when the end will come, only the Father knows.

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DespondentDeity posted...

bruh the thinks are way too deep

lol, I kinda just ripped off Waking Life

it's been a while, so idk if I got it right

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4hmSELTAKZQ

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Damn_Underscore posted...

Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.

He better be warned that I don't answer the door after 10 at night.

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Forgive me for watching porn Jesus!

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AngelsNAirwav3s posted...

This. We also have Jesus saying in Mark and Matthew that not even the angels or himself know when the end will come, only the Father knows.

This

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CableZL posted...

And who was King James? And why did he think that it was so vital
To remove chapters and make his own version of the Bible

"The King James translation of the Bible is considered the greatest piece of literature in English. Its language supposedly represents the ultimate in using the King's English. Well, Shakespeare's language and the Bible's language are one and the same. They say that from 1604 to 1611, King James got poets to translate, to write the Bible. Well, if Shakespeare existed, he was then the top poet around. But Shakespeare is nowhere reported connected with the Bible. If he existed, why didn't King James use him? And if he did use him why is it one of the world's best kept secrets?

I know that many say that Francis Bacon was Shakespeare. If that is true, why would Bacon have kept it secret? Bacon wasn't royalty, when royalty sometimes used the nom de plume because it was 'improper' for royalty to be artistic or theatrical. What would Bacon have had to lose? Bacon, in fact, would have had everything to gain. In the prison debates I argued for the theory that King James himself was the real poet who used the nom de plume Shakespeare. King James was brilliant. He was the greatest king who ever sat on the British throne. Who else among royalty, in his time, would have had the giant talent to write Shakespeare's work? It was he who poetically 'fixed' the Bible - which in itself and its present King James version has enslaved the world."

Source:
X, Malcolm. (1965) The Autobiography of Malcolm X. 4th ed. Penguin Classics, p.180

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Sunhawk posted...

I mean, there are various things that bother me about the Bible, but there's this as well.

The Gospels (I think) and the sections that follow directly onwards basically say that the world was going to end in the first century AD, but clearly that didn't happen. Infact, centuries later, still nothing has happened. How does the Church justify or rationalise this?

It was a prophecy about the fall of Jersualem.
There are actually very big tells that assist the reader like Jesus saying those in Jerusalm get on the rooftop, flee to the mountains.
If the whole world was ending, being on a rooftop or mountain does nothing.

But if it is a city being sacked and destroyed, it can.

Jesus also tells them to pray that it doesn't happen in winter so they can flee.

Supposedly the Christians left Jersualem before it got sacked so apparently it worked. Guessing this provides alot of chargin to an atheist trying to figure it out.

Snuhawk flopic

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The Bible doesn't even acknowledge the existence of Europe, which ended up being the main continent that put stock into it.

So.....
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It doesn't even mention religions that came before it. Why would God hide that from us???

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Endgame posted...

The Bible doesn't even acknowledge the existence of Europe, which ended up being the main continent that put stock into it.

So.....

Did not know Rome in the bible was not in Italy, a country of Europe.