Here's another one.
I said, the Bibles as they exist now are full of misinterpretations and mistranslations. Let's stop denying it. I don't say this stuff because I want an excuse to "not believe". I fought hard to find real evidence of the validity of religion and I found none. It was hard letting go of the religious security blanket, but when I did I felt so free. Look up the Council of Nicea as well as King James. The King James Bible was translated with the intention of creating law and order among the people, as well as enforcing laws and ideas, which the people wouldn't accept unless they were told that "God" said it. With all the flaws of the King James version, people still read it today. Also, there are a number of different Bible translations with completely different interpretations.
Please, tell me, which one is 100% accurate.
Contextually, if one or two words are different within a translation, it changes the entire meaning. I've made plenty of observations of such myself when comparing. Taking into consideration that people interpret things differently (hence the different Christian sects and the infighting of the Disciples), you can't say that things would be great if everyone followed "God's word" when no one can even agree on what that is.
Also, I don't need "God's laws" to make me a good person. I know plenty of people that have never touched religion and they are more moral than most of the "religious" people I've ever met. I find that they are also less stressed in life. With religion I felt ignorant and stressed, without it, I feel free, and the other things I'm learning about (which are the true sources of knowledge, not the bastardized religious versions) are much more enlightening than anything I could take from the Bible.
Yet, Christians will say not to believe anything you read. This is the reason why many of them know nothing about the world outside of their religious communities. NOTHING you can tell me will change my mind about religion. I don't trust the Bible with all of its flaws, so please stop quoting it as if that is going to teach me something new. I told you, I have already read it. You reposting it isn't going to make me a believer again.
I would also like for you to do the research on your own religion with full respect to historical context and how it is utilized and understood before you try to tell people that they should trust it. So far you haven't discussed anything or provided any empirical evidence in support of your religion other than subjective and biased information. All of the articles presented are slanted in favor of religion and doesn't fully tackle the questions or issues that I have addressed, because they can't. All that has been provided so far is a marketing campaign in support of your religion. In the world of academia, and the real world in general, this does not hold up.
Also, if "God" knows all and sees all waaay before it happens, then why would he create us, knowing full well that supposedly we would "disobey" him, then cast the punishment down to future generations that have nothing to do with it, then HAVE to ritualistically sacrifice his "son" in order to forgive us? If he is "God" he doesn't need a ritual or have to follow a pattern. The pattern should revolve around him. I'm more merciful than this "God" is. If someone did something to me, I'm not going to punish their whole family for it.
These supposed mysterious ways (which is a cop-out to keep people from asking real questions) make no sense. He could have stopped this madness before it started. There are people suffering in this world that have done nothing to deserve it. They call out for "God" and get no answer, then they die miserable. But their rewawrd (if it exists, since no one has actual proof) is supposedly in Heaven. But oh, let's hope that they worshipped god the right way under the right religion, because then, they don't get to enter. Yet "God" is ALL loving, except for those who were born in different places with different cultural beliefs. That's all religion boils down to.
If you happened to be born in India you would be Hindu, and you would be telling me that that was the proper religion. Basically, the punishment doesn't fit the crime. Here's a scenario: So I witnessed a murder and told the person that I wouldn't say anything, because if I did, they would kill me. However I fibbed. I told the police anyway. Right after I did so, I died and forgot to ask "God" for forgiveness. Oh, no! That means I should burn in hell for all eternity, because all sins are the same and they all carry the same punishment. God makes no exceptions. But "God" can't stop this fate. It's ALL your fault.
You asked to be here, although "God" creates and is in control of everything supposedly. You (the flawed human) should have known better and done better, but you didn't. Not everyone's life is cookie-cutter and that easy to simply apply "God's" rules for living. Try reading something other than what happens in America or listening what you see on the evening news as reality. There are issues in this world that "God's rules" and love don't fix.
