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Sadly, the bible was never intended to "prove" God or anything.
It's only a book that holds a tradition of faith between its pages.  In the end, does it really matter how much a person has read in that book when he or she lives their life like a total butthole?

posted by FineYoungSinger on October 19, 2007 at 10:42 AM | link to this | reply

Reminds me of when I was pregnant with my son. His father wanted to have him baptized as a Catholic, a religion he wasn't even practicing.

I asked him, what I think should be the most basic question, if you have ever read ANY of the Bible at all... "What did God create Adam from?"
His answer was "a rib". Actually, I think at first he said "bones", then changed it after I gave him a strange look and asked him if he has ever actually read the Bible.
Enough said.

posted by Afzal_Sunny7 on October 17, 2007 at 8:44 PM | link to this | reply

YOU CAN PROVE ANYTHING BY THE BIBLE
And the thousands of different Christian beliefs seem to bear that out.

posted by Xeno-x on October 17, 2007 at 12:59 PM | link to this | reply

kooka_lives - to a certain extent this a chicken or the egg scenario
It isn't too much of a generalization to say that many atheists are in fact atheists because they are conversant with the bible. Or at least the indoctrination into a Christian religion, which is most likely in our part of the world, would include some bible study which would in turn solidify the belief that there could not possibly be a God. At least not the vengeful, vane and decidedly fallable God that exists in the bible. I don't understand how someone can read the bible and not see it for what it truly is; the ramblings of our ancient predecessors attempting to make sense of the world and our existence from a position of nearly complete ignorance.

posted by gomedome on October 17, 2007 at 9:02 AM | link to this | reply

I am a believer in God. 

I have read the Bible.

~Peace, OTA

posted by Blue_feathers on October 17, 2007 at 9:00 AM | link to this | reply

kooka
thanks for sharing

posted by richinstore on October 17, 2007 at 8:57 AM | link to this | reply