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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (779106)4/8/2014 5:58:42 PM
From: i-node  Read Replies (2) of 1576324
 
What the Bible is is a collection of parables and teachings by wise men doing their best to interpret the Word of God millennia ago. Many of its teachings are very applicable today. For example, the 10 Commandments are excellent rules to live by. Jesus' teachings are also excellent to live by. It's what makes this world a better place. But why do we have to go to extremes, such as Bible literalism? I recall that the Bible also teaches us to be "temperate in all things", which nowadays many interpret to mean "moderation in all things". Good lesson to also live by.

The bible in my view is an attempt at putting together a history of creation based strictly on imagination and therefore generally untrue.



While taking the Bible literally may be going too far, it may be that discounting it totally is just as extreme in the other direction. In all likelihood, Bible stories are partially true and partially exaggerations.

But when it is a major source of the world's history -- and it is -- you don't just throw it out. You take what you can from it, and move forward.

While a person can argue the story of Noah's Ark is absurd, the fact is that stories of the flood are found in all regions of the world. Susan Wise Bauer's account of history of the ancient world, which is the best-researched account I've ever read myself, addressed it sensibly -- by using the Bible to fill in the blanks where it makes sense to do so.

When there is only one real written history of that period, it is the best evidence in existence for some things. Not perfect, but it is all you have. Historians have done a good job of reconciliation what is known with the pieces of the Bible that do fit.
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