Religion is and always has been a major influence on the everyday lives of all humans. From the very beginning, even primitive peoples worshipped some for of deity and of course there were always those individuals that claimed intimate knowledge of and a special relationship with those deities. In this way religious leaders became extremely powerful. Every modern religion has its own holy book. For the Christians, this is the Scriptures but there are good reasons why I am not a Bible student.
Theologians will have people believe that the scriptures are divinely inspired and that they are to be seen as the Word of God. Rubbish, says the critics. The scriptures are nothing but an arbitrary collection of writings by sometimes dubious individuals and that they are hardly holy. At best, these writings should be viewed as pedantic ramblings of fanatics that firmly believed that they, and they alone, know the truth.
Many others ignore the scriptures because, they say, this collection of books have been assembled by humans and that the present content of the scriptures have been chosen from thousands of potential writings. Critics say that only those works that underwrote the personal views of those that selected the books to be included were chosen. It was therefore the product of a church that needed to justify its own doctrines.
Some people ignore the scriptures because they simply do not know who to believe. There are those that say that the scriptures is an accurate historical record that contains not one single factual error. Then there are others that hold the opinion that the scriptures are allegorical and that it must not be interpreted literally at all. Both views have highly qualified and experienced advocates.
The fact that the scriptures have been translated into so many languages is also a bone of contention. Critics say that translations are often done by individuals that simply do not have the skills necessary to correctly interpret and translate the original meaning as contained in the original Greek and Hebrew texts. This means that many versions of the scriptures are nothing but interpretations by amateurs.
The very idea that man has free choice is firmly negated by the scriptures, sceptics quickly point out. Man is presented with a single option and this is to either do exactly as they are told or be condemned to eternal punishment in hell. This hardly freedom of choice, says the critics. Christians are sternly reminded that all other deities are false gods and that all other religions are heresies.
Perhaps the majority of critics will have nothing to do with the scriptures because they say that the message of love, repeated over and over again, is completely out of touch with reality. The scriptures promises those who believe that they will be treasured by the deity and that they will not want. The reality is that the vast majority of Christians all over the world are repressed and forced to live in abject poverty.
There are those that are actually very serious students of the scriptures, but not to become enlightened, but to disprove the the ideas set forth in this work. But there are also those that insist that it is a holy book that contains valuable instruction to the devout. Perhaps man does have freedom of choice.
Theologians will have people believe that the scriptures are divinely inspired and that they are to be seen as the Word of God. Rubbish, says the critics. The scriptures are nothing but an arbitrary collection of writings by sometimes dubious individuals and that they are hardly holy. At best, these writings should be viewed as pedantic ramblings of fanatics that firmly believed that they, and they alone, know the truth.
Many others ignore the scriptures because, they say, this collection of books have been assembled by humans and that the present content of the scriptures have been chosen from thousands of potential writings. Critics say that only those works that underwrote the personal views of those that selected the books to be included were chosen. It was therefore the product of a church that needed to justify its own doctrines.
Some people ignore the scriptures because they simply do not know who to believe. There are those that say that the scriptures is an accurate historical record that contains not one single factual error. Then there are others that hold the opinion that the scriptures are allegorical and that it must not be interpreted literally at all. Both views have highly qualified and experienced advocates.
The fact that the scriptures have been translated into so many languages is also a bone of contention. Critics say that translations are often done by individuals that simply do not have the skills necessary to correctly interpret and translate the original meaning as contained in the original Greek and Hebrew texts. This means that many versions of the scriptures are nothing but interpretations by amateurs.
The very idea that man has free choice is firmly negated by the scriptures, sceptics quickly point out. Man is presented with a single option and this is to either do exactly as they are told or be condemned to eternal punishment in hell. This hardly freedom of choice, says the critics. Christians are sternly reminded that all other deities are false gods and that all other religions are heresies.
Perhaps the majority of critics will have nothing to do with the scriptures because they say that the message of love, repeated over and over again, is completely out of touch with reality. The scriptures promises those who believe that they will be treasured by the deity and that they will not want. The reality is that the vast majority of Christians all over the world are repressed and forced to live in abject poverty.
There are those that are actually very serious students of the scriptures, but not to become enlightened, but to disprove the the ideas set forth in this work. But there are also those that insist that it is a holy book that contains valuable instruction to the devout. Perhaps man does have freedom of choice.
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