In respect to the Bible, your
Judeo-Christian book, no one knows who wrote what, or where, or when. It is particularly
difficult with the New Testament. There was no Matthew, Mark, Luke,
or John. It looks now as if there never was even a Paul. ff there
was, there is much debate over whether he did or did not write any
of the letters ascribed to him.
T: That is not true. We know the author of the Bible.
It was God himself.
A:
Oh? In what language did he write? What was his nationality? Where
did he write it and when? T: He spoke a
universal tongue so that everyone could understand him.
And there are just certain things that
we need not know. T: We simply need to
trust in God. All that is necessary is
that we have the Bible now.
A:
If the most important thing is that you have the Bible now, then
surely you must look at it. We will
stand or fall on one direct order from god to his
people.
This is
Deuteronomy 21:18-21
If a man have a stubborn
and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother and that,
when they have chastened him, will not
hearken unto them: Then shall his
father and mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the
elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; And they shall
say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and
rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a
drunkard.
And all the men of his city
shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil
away from among you, and all Israel shall hear, and
fear.
Is that how you want to treat a
disobedient son? Remember that this is a direct order from the lord and if you disobey him
you are disobeying what has been
ordered by god.
T: That was the Old Testament. Jesus Christ changed
all that.
A:
Then why did Jesus Christ say in Matthew 5:17, 18:
Think not that I am come to destroy
the law, or the prophets: I am not come
to destroy but to fulfill.
For verily I say unto you,
Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise
pass from
the
law, till all be fulfilled.
T:
You are taking out lot context again. That is one little bitty
thing and you are trying to make a federal case out of
it.
A:
Not really, for Jesus Christ repeats this in Luke 16:17:
And it is easier for heaven and earth
to pass, than one tittle of the law to fall.
S:
Why do you insist on making fun of our religions, when we don’t
[sic] stand up as Christians and put
Atheist down for their beliefs ?
A: But the answer is so obvious! Your beliefs are
ludicrous. You can't really believe that the devil appeared and
wafted Jesus to a mountain from where he could see the entire world
and that the devil, personally, tempted Jesus by holding
a long conversation with him? ( Matthew
4:l-11, Luke 4:2-13 ) Or, do you think that god did "moon" Moses --
that he shoved his bare buff at Moses?
( Exodus 33:23, " And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt
see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen. ' Or do you think that god farts mighty farts? (
Isaiah 16:ll, " Wherefore my bowels shall sound like a harp...") Or
perhaps you plan to change your diet to suit your god. ( Isaiah
36:12 and 2 Kings 18:27,"....Hath he
not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat
their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?' ) When you accept stories like that as "gospel," you know that people are
going to laugh at you.
A:
You see how dangerous it is to follow the Bible to the letter ?
When you say that this is an inspired you can get into a lot of
difficulty.
ATHEIST