Do You Think The Bible Is True(Self Evident)

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If the bible is true, then God is unworthy of worship. He is constantly committing or commanding others to commit genocide, infanticide, etc.. It be better off for God's character if the bible wasn't true.

The Bible contains things such as talking cattle, which I would say is evidence that whoever wrote it was taking some serious hallucinogenics.

Genesis contains many contradictions. There are two separate versions of the creations story.

I grew up a fundie in my mom's church. Due to a number of reasons I gradually came to the conclusion that many parts of the bible appear to have been written or manipulated by a cult that wanted to rule by fear and coercion. Because of the teaching of eternal damnation, and that the majority of people, however decent, could end up there, which not even the most notorious of history's dictators could entertain or advocate. No-one would wish such a thing on anyone of your acquaintance, even your worst enemies. (Just for the record, the Koran is just as full of this damn-the-infidels stuff.)

Please indicate to me: if God hardens who he wants, then why? Is this a fair thing in your opinion? Supposing I had twin sisters - I give one a really valuable Christmas present such as a new car, while the other sister gets nothing? How should she feel? And what about so-called free will? What if the president of a nation decided that all the people who voted for the opposition parties should be sentenced to life imprisonment?

Also, because of the lack of clarity in the Scriptures on various issues such as being gay, etc. The original meanings and intents of the Book appear to be lost and have been replaced by writings of people with their own agendas.

Why indeed then, does scripture indicate that God wants everyone to be saved? And there is also no agreement on whether faith aloone is enough, or faith as well as good deeds! Somwhere, we've lost the plot anyway, judging from all the cruelty that has been done in the name of religion.

Indeed there is much violence, genocide and killing iin the Old Testament, which I was not aware of while growing up and only hearing the good ol' Sunday School stories.

If someone argues that the earth is a mere 6000 - 10 000 years old, ask them where was God all the time before that? If there's a God that made all this, isn't he infinitely greater when we realise the Earth is 4.5 billion years old? Please explain how the light from galaxies millions and even billions of light years away could reach us if the entire universe is only a few thousand years old?? What about continental drift, from the time when the land on earth was one continent called Pangaea? I've known that from high school!

I've been making a detailed study of these things for a number of years now. I'm convinced there's an overwhelming universal energy, which can be tapped into and used, for good or bad, and am reminded of the story of the Cherokee grandfather who spoke of the two wolves inside him, one truly good and one bad and selfish, and said that the one who will win is the one he feeds.