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[Get Real!]

But I am a long way from acknowledging it as being truthful and based on any fact at all. Some things are probably true, but geez, it reads like some very good science fiction. It is a masterpiece to say the least. It's a very good read.

This was probably the Star Wars trilogy of that bygone era. In a few thousand years, some people might be worshiping Chewbacca and Hans Solo as some forms of Deity!

The very fact that the bible was an impossible feat to accomplish is exactly what lends credence to it and not its contents.

It's nothing short of a miracle.

[Paphitis]

But I am a long way from acknowledging it as being truthful and based on any fact at all. Some things are probably true, but geez, it reads like some very good science fiction. It is a masterpiece to say the least. It's a very good read.

This was probably the Star Wars trilogy of that bygone era. In a few thousand years, some people might be worshiping Chewbacca and Hans Solo as some forms of Deity!

The very fact that the bible was an impossible feat to accomplish is exactly what lends credence to it and not its contents.

It's nothing short of a miracle.

What nonsense!

The Greeks were writing spectacular philosophy hundreds of years earlier, and before them, it was the Minoans and Egyptians.

In fact, the Greeks surpassed the bible if you take into consideration their discoveries in Geometry, Astrology, Maths, Science, Democracy, Medicine and so on.

[Get Real!]

But I am a long way from acknowledging it as being truthful and based on any fact at all. Some things are probably true, but geez, it reads like some very good science fiction. It is a masterpiece to say the least. It's a very good read.

This was probably the Star Wars trilogy of that bygone era. In a few thousand years, some people might be worshiping Chewbacca and Hans Solo as some forms of Deity!

The very fact that the bible was an impossible feat to accomplish is exactly what lends credence to it and not its contents.

It's nothing short of a miracle.

What nonsense!

The Greeks were writing spectacular philosophy hundreds of years earlier, and before them, it was the Minoans and Egyptians.

In fact, the Greeks surpassed the bible if you take into consideration their discoveries in Geometry, Astrology, Maths, Science, Democracy, Medicine and so on.

Don't be silly... there is NOTHING out there that took 1600 years to write and by 60+ authors!

[Paphitis]

But I am a long way from acknowledging it as being truthful and based on any fact at all. Some things are probably true, but geez, it reads like some very good science fiction. It is a masterpiece to say the least. It's a very good read.

This was probably the Star Wars trilogy of that bygone era. In a few thousand years, some people might be worshiping Chewbacca and Hans Solo as some forms of Deity!

The very fact that the bible was an impossible feat to accomplish is exactly what lends credence to it and not its contents.

It's nothing short of a miracle.

What nonsense!

The Greeks were writing spectacular philosophy hundreds of years earlier, and before them, it was the Minoans and Egyptians.

In fact, the Greeks surpassed the bible if you take into consideration their discoveries in Geometry, Astrology, Maths, Science, Democracy, Medicine and so on.

Don't be silly... there is NOTHING out there that took 1600 years to write and by 60+ authors!

Greek Philosophy was an evolution of ideas. Others had great philosophy too, even the Chinese and in the same era.

And many say that the Bible was just another evolution of Greco-Roman Philosophy among other things.

Classicists will even tell you thjat Philosophy is still evolving today from the same building blocks and ideas that are thousands of years old.

[Sotos]

We never met each other but we both heard the story of Superman and based on that we can both write more Superman episodes. And then a committee can choose what they consider the best Superman stories and compile them into the "Superman bible"... which is basically what happened with the Bible. So I don't think that there is anything spectacular about how the Bible was written. What is spectacular are the claims inside the Bible... but anybody can write claims about spectacular events, which is why there are tons of myths and tons of religions.

Two millenniums ago there were no TVs, radios, books, magazines, or the Internet with which to spread Superman or other stories.

I think the problem is that many of you seem to have no concept of what two millenniums ago must’ve been like…

No concept of what ZERO information circulating was like… of what worrying about your next meal might be like… of what waiting in the bushes to whack some animal so as to get the skin to have a tunic to wear, must’ve been like!

Let alone collaborate with other authors in other lands to form volumes of some mega book!

It wasn't "ZERO information circulating". People would tell stories and passing them orally from one to another and occasionally those stories would be written down. And the authors of the various stories didn't collaborate to create the bible. The "mega book" was compiled later by others who choose what to include and what to leave out. A more descriptive name of the bible would be "A curated compilation of the best stories about the Hebrew God and the Jesus sequel"

[Paphitis]

But I am a long way from acknowledging it as being truthful and based on any fact at all. Some things are probably true, but geez, it reads like some very good science fiction. It is a masterpiece to say the least. It's a very good read.

This was probably the Star Wars trilogy of that bygone era. In a few thousand years, some people might be worshiping Chewbacca and Hans Solo as some forms of Deity!

The very fact that the bible was an impossible feat to accomplish is exactly what lends credence to it and not its contents.

It's nothing short of a miracle.

What nonsense!

The Greeks were writing spectacular philosophy hundreds of years earlier, and before them, it was the Minoans and Egyptians.

In fact, the Greeks surpassed the bible if you take into consideration their discoveries in Geometry, Astrology, Maths, Science, Democracy, Medicine and so on.

Don't be silly... there is NOTHING out there that took 1600 years to write and by 60+ authors!

In addition, it wasn't a singular work in progress if you are being honest with yourself. In fact, the Old Testament was a completely different book of stories and the New Testament was added to it a long time after Jesus walked the earth.

It was like a few guys got together and decided to add to Judaism and form what is now known as the Christian Dogma. The Bible didn't take 1600 years to write anymore than Stars Wars to 40 odd years to write and make the sequels to the first trilogy.

[Sotos]

But I am a long way from acknowledging it as being truthful and based on any fact at all. Some things are probably true, but geez, it reads like some very good science fiction. It is a masterpiece to say the least. It's a very good read.

This was probably the Star Wars trilogy of that bygone era. In a few thousand years, some people might be worshiping Chewbacca and Hans Solo as some forms of Deity!

The very fact that the bible was an impossible feat to accomplish is exactly what lends credence to it and not its contents.

It's nothing short of a miracle.

What nonsense!

The Greeks were writing spectacular philosophy hundreds of years earlier, and before them, it was the Minoans and Egyptians.

In fact, the Greeks surpassed the bible if you take into consideration their discoveries in Geometry, Astrology, Maths, Science, Democracy, Medicine and so on.

Don't be silly... there is NOTHING out there that took 1600 years to write and by 60+ authors!

In addition, it wasn't a singular work in progress if you are being honest with yourself. In fact, the Old Testament was a completely different book of stories and the New Testament was added to it a long time after Jesus walked the earth.

It was like a few guys got together and decided to add to Judaism and form what is now known as the Christian Dogma. The Bible didn't take 1600 years to write anymore than Stars Wars to 40 odd years to write and make the sequels to the first trilogy.

We could now write a 2nd sequel, the "Newest Testament", to create a new religion and claim that our bible took 3500 years to write.

... and God said: "it is time for me to retire. The new God from now on will be that dude Sotos who posts on Cyprus Forum"...
... and the prophet Paphitis said: "most will doubt the divinity of Sotos, and for this sin they will burn in hell for eternity"...

[miltiades]

Isn't strange how those who believe in the current religious mythology scorn science and would rather take the word of a Jew , Moses, he wrote the first 5 books of the old testament including Genesis. Science gives thee age of our planet earth as
4.54 billion, the moon came some 10 million years later where the sun was formed some 60 million years before earth.
Yet tbe word of a Jew is .....gosbel !!!!

[Get Real!]

The bible can also amaze by some of its incredible content… ie: foreknowledge of the fundamentals of modern medicine.


For example quarantine…

"He shall remain unclean all the days during which he has the infection; he is unclean. He shall live alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp." Leviticus 13:45-46

Leviticus was written by Moses some 3,000 years before Man finally figured out in the middle of the 16th century that sick people could infect others and the first cases of guaranteeing are recorded in history!

How did Moses know this in 1500BC?


Another example is the prevention of spreading of germs…

In the same book Moses mentions that those needing to defecate should do so far away from the camp and that they should cover it with dirt afterwards, but I’ve forgotten the wording of this verse so I couldn’t find it for you.

How did Moses know this in 1500BC?


Proper diet is another…

Moses mentions that we should only eat split-hoofed animals that chew their cud (regurgitate) and this of course EXCLUDES pigs and indeed modern medicine verifies that pigs are very dirty animals that require extra vaccines and special processing as they are carriers of far more ailments than other livestock.

How did Moses know this in 1500BC?


Many more examples exist in the bible but you get the drift…

[miltiades]

Did the bible mention another of the imaginary God's creation, the dinosaurs?
Or the bloody kounellous that keep cutting my fishing line !!!