Reply #30: I take literally those things that make sense in my life... [View All]

[BlueCaliDem]

...and what science has ultimately proven to be true. Those not yet proven by science, I still reserve judgment on; those supposedly disproved by science, I wait a while longer since science usually corrects itself a few times over time.

My life doesn't better if the great deluge had, or had not happened; whether Noah took a pair of every animal we see now today, or whether or not the serpent in the Garden of Eden was a talking snake, or a talking gekko, or that the "fruit" was an apple, pear or banana.

My life, however, betters when, even in my anger, I can say I'm against the death penalty; believing this is "good". It betters when I can show my children to avoid jumping from bed to bed without any respect for their bodies that's so precious to them, and what should be.

It's a misunderstanding of those who believe the Bible serves as a historical record of the earth, and writings of science, and are looking for ways to discredit it this way.

The Bible was never meant to be that.

It's is a collection of books written over an almost 16 century period by over 40 people inspired by God, to help mankind navigate his/her life seeking harmoney, happiness, and prosperity at all levels of their lives.

But through the whole collection of books, from the Hebrew to the Greek scriptures, it's clear that all the disaster, and anger, and death was a creation of mankind, and that God, disappointed by their black hearts, left them over to their own devices--and viola!

We're now facing another war with Iran that will enter the world into it's third global war.