Arbiter Posted October 3, 2012 Posted October 3, 2012 Can the claim be made that the books that eventually became our Bible ... represent the true gospel when the people that created this canon were themselves in a state of apostasy?Even in times of widespread apostasy, there have always been plenty of individual people who never fell into it. You can think of the current state of the US economy for instance. When it's written for history books, and people read it many years later, it's going to sound like everyone was pawning their wedding rings to buy a loaf of bread. That everyone lost their homes to corrupt bankers. Being in the middle of it as it's happening though, you know that's not the case. It doesn't mean the US economy isn't a mess or that millions of people don't wonder where their next meal is coming from, or that a shocking number of people lost their homes for reasons that are so unfair it's grotesque. It just means that all widespread things that happen, don't happen to everyone. Me, I have no problem at all believing that there were enough godly people to put the Bible together, when it was put together, so that it remains for the ages an inspired, worthy work of genuine scripture.
mfbukowski Posted October 3, 2012 Posted October 3, 2012 Even in times of widespread apostasy, there have always been plenty of individual people who never fell into it. You can think of the current state of the US economy for instance. When it's written for history books, and people read it many years later, it's going to sound like everyone was pawning their wedding rings to buy a loaf of bread. That everyone lost their homes to corrupt bankers. Being in the middle of it as it's happening though, you know that's not the case. It doesn't mean the US economy isn't a mess or that millions of people don't wonder where their next meal is coming from, or that a shocking number of people lost their homes for reasons that are so unfair it's grotesque. It just means that all widespread things that happen, don't happen to everyone. Me, I have no problem at all believing that there were enough godly people to put the Bible together, when it was put together, so that it remains for the ages an inspired, worthy work of genuine scripture.The history may be written to sound even worse than that. It all depends on who, if anyone, "wins."But that is why I largely disregard his-story as we supposedly "know" it. I am just a tad cynical I suppose.
bcuzbcuz Posted October 5, 2012 Posted October 5, 2012 If your testimony is based on "scientific, historical evidence", then it isn't a "testimony". It's just something you believe.Too clever by half. And you know this because?????
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