i believe in the morals that were presented throughout the bible, in all the 66 books it has.
i believe that the bible was created a long time ago to try and help us find ourselves, however the interpretations which have lead to our society's religious structure (i point primarily towards catholocism) have been widely abused for the agenda of man: ie some figureheads in society for a long time have used the biblical message to push their own selfish agenda. Unfortunately this is disillusioning.
the bible was written a long long time ago, for an audience of a past era, to try to get through to them a message of kindness and compassion. we can still take most if not all of the morals presented in the bible and apply them in our lives today - if chosen to do so.
I was a christian, however the religious structure i belonged to had too many loopholes and hypocritical moments.. common sense yet again intervening, and thus, my own spiritual and emotional development through looking into myself for answers, have both thrived... i must say much more than had i remained a part of the christian faith.
the heirachy that most religions have turned to is in my eyes, a hypocritical abuse of the power of the self. promoting fear to get one to view your way is very, very wrong. but it seems to have worked very well thus far hasnt it?
take the age the bible was written over, the humans back then havent seen as advanced technology as we have etc, were quite primitive in comparison to us. take the knowledge of science back then, say astrology, where the earth came from, the big bang etc. Was that kind of philosophy entered into widely back then? or say, even the research into it?
Say you were trying to reach an audience of all age groups and creeds in those days. The explaination of the origin of existence is usually the first place to start.
Now say, to fully encompass the entire physicis of " creation " - consider it, say a " big bang " - in an interesting manner that would appeal to such a wide audience so that it could be understood by all would mean everyone spending years and years of mathematical learning and scientific theory etc. Hard.
but what say, if you could make a story in which the creation of existence is relatively simple, yet vague enough to leave room for speculation - put it in the context of " god created heavens and the earth in 6 days - and on the seventh he rested " ?
people in that age would have awed and wondered over just how much power that was, and perhaps ultimately begin to believe in what the bible said.
after all " I am the Alpha, and the Omega " - could 6 days for god be billions of years for us?
what did einstein say? something about the more he looked into the universe the more he began to believe in a higher power. perhaps science cannot explain all, just yet, and maybe we have to look somewhere else for the answers.
this is all speculation for now... the answers will be provided in death
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