I don't know why everybody quote the Old Testament so happily, it proves and helps nothing in this religion debate. Cueshark, I could agree with almost everything you wrote in this thread, but you seriously believe anyone but the most die-hard fanatics believes in anything that's written in Old Testament? Like Mir said, you can't read it literally and
Also, Cue, biblical scholars usually say taking single verses out of context to prove a point is a logical fallacy.
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The only relevant thing that still counts in todays world is the 10 commandments, which are basically nothing more than basic moral principles that any sane person in the world today can and should follow. For example the first sentence of the bible: "In the beginning, God created Sky and Earth" (my own translation). Many atheists laugh about how people can believe this and that God created the universe in 7 days. But considering that it was written like 3000, 4000, dunno, years ago, couldn't it be a clever allegory of big bang and evolution and stuff?
Besides that, Christ rephrased and negated a lot of things from the Old Testament. It's written in New Testament and it's enough for anyone who might choose to live a good Christian's life.
But I agree, The Bible itself doesn't
de facto prove the existence of God, nor was written by the God, but clearly by men. And don't take me wrong, I'm Catholic by tradition, not by belief