Re: God vs. Man??
Originally posted by Abra
Okay so, I've been wanting to ask you guys this for a while, so, bear with me. I'm a Christian, but I was raised in a church that believes that everything in the Bible is true. I don't really believe this because, basically, man wrote the Bible. Yes, they tell me that God was speaking through man, but if man is sinful, how can he write a book that's entirely true and valid? Adam and Eve were in direct communication with God, but they still fell into sin. Could the men writing the Bible have done this also? There are so many interpretations of the Bible these days; I just don't know what to believe anymore. 🙁
I admire your character of being broad-minded personality. I wish people here have the same mind or an attitude that a seeker of the Way must emulate.
As we are told by this open-minded and spirited religious leader:
"Don't believe in anything simply because you heard it.
Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations.
Do not believe in anything because it is spoken and rumored by many.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books.
Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
But after observation and analysis, you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept and live up to it." --Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha
Originally posted by mahasattva
And what about the Songs of Solomon? This book consists of a collection of erotic love poetry. Once again, with the world in such a mess one would have supposed that God could have thought of something more important to say to man than this.
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Song of Solomon 8:1-2
"O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised. I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate."
*BONERZ*