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Theeeeeeeeen... why are you so shocked when I don't agree with parts of the Bible? Isn't that what you would expect from an atheist?

I looked it up, the internet tells me that Jesus asked John to do it. His final act of his private life. His obedience to God. My answer before looking that up would've been "just tradition". Was that what allowed him into heaven?

Guy was the son of God, I don't think not being baptized was the one thing keeping him from Hell. Am I the first atheist you've ever known in your life?

Excellent counter-argument. This isn't a discussion, this is just you venting and very angrily defending the Bible. You're speaking to an atheist, you shouldn't be shocked when a person who isn't a Christian doesn't see the Bible as this golden, perfect invention that was written by other flawed...

I don't think you quite knew what I was aiming at with my post. My post is not about "why didn't they take out all the nasty stuff?" It was closer to "due to all the years and edits and translations through the years, maybe some of the info might be scrambled due to how difficult translations...

History itself. How did Adam and Eve exist? The Earth is 4.5 billion years old, man did not exist back then. Some people believe the Earth is what? 6000 years old? And that we lived alongside the dinosaurs? The earliest version of man are archaic humans. Or at least, that's one of our early...

I don't think I made that part clear. I'm not saying atheists are these perfect-minded people with solid arguments 100% of the time, what I'm saying is that there are plenty of nasty religious extremists out there that have even killed others just for having different beliefs. It's stuff like...

I actually agree with this part so much that it physically hurts a little. It's not like God is gonna come down and poke his head through the clouds just for me. If he showed himself, it might even be worse for humanity, because you never know how someone can interpret something. But in the...

I wouldn't say that historically inaccurate verses, God flooding the world because he didn't like humanity but then was like "nvm it's all good now!" in the Noah's Ark story, turning someone's wife into a pillar of salt, sending bears to murder children and helping Samson kill people to pay off...

Ooooooookay..? You're being extremely general about this. What am I missing here, dude? You're making the Bible sound like it's this absolutely flawless book. It is not.

...? No, it's not sad at all. Why is this shocking and confusing to you? There are some verses in that book that are very comforting, but also some that are very violent, horrible and off-putting. There are also some that just don't fit within history, yet people believe those things happened...

That isn't the word of the Lord, that's the word of ancient writers assuming that's what the Lord wanted them to write. A lot of that book is also based on mythology and social norms of those times, that would be outdated nowadays. You wanting me to "have a relationship with God" is one thing...

I've already read those books, and some parts left me horrified and confused.

I study a lot of NDEs, and I do so because that's the closest thing of "proof" we can get. Though not ALL stories are that believable. All kinds of people get to see heaven: atheists, Jewish, Muslim, etc. See, now that is how God should be. If you're a good person, you get to see paradise...

I'd like to think I'm going to paradise. I ain't perfect, but I haven't done anything evil. Well, I don't like Satan, he can eat every fart ever. Not sure God even exists, but I'd side with him. Even if Jesus didn't rise from the dead, I still love the guy. I don't know if that counts. What if...

I've done that many times, he doesn't tell me anything. This God fellow and I are not on the most solid terms. I don't know if my personality type is right for church. I don't know if an atheist-agnostic person would be right for a Christian woman. Even if I did believe in God, I don't know if...

Yes, and no I haven't read those threads yet.

Someone better tell those atheists and Jewish people that they're gonna burn for their thought process. To find proof of God, and also understand the massive logical contradictions in the Bible. I'm very distressed, and hope that if I can't find anything in life, I can get something in the next...

That's fine and all, but what about people who don't live terrible lives, but still don't believe in God? Or maybe they do believe in God, but don't think Jesus is the savior like in Judaism? Still gotta send them to hell? A person is more than their beliefs. I'm happy for you. I had a problem...

Well gee, looks like I don't really have a choice. I have to pick this one religion, or I suffer for eternity. There goes that "unconditional love" that God supposedly has.