Tuesday, August 28, 2007
The Bible in general
The Christian bible is just one of around thirty books that all claim to derive from divine origins. It is impossible for them all to be right.
So where did the bible come from?
The simple answer is it was written by man, in the name of God; which is completely different to being written by God.
The modern Christian Bible consists of sixty-six books that were declared canonical or holy by a council of men who allegedly found these writings to be more holy than the other 200 or so Jewish/Christian texts they had to choose from.
The bible has been through many different “editing” since it was first declared divine in around the fourth century A.D. The current revision of the bible is around 350 years old as The book of Revelation was not included until1672 by the council of Jerusalem. We could argue why was revelation not classed of divine origin until then, or how many other worthy texts have been ignored on the same principles. Sadly this argument could last forever and a day as the people who made those definitions are not here to defend their decisions.
There is no proof anywhere that any part of the bible was actually written by God and handed to man, whereas there is reams of evidence that support that the bible was written by man as an attempt to explain things which were then unknown.
Too much nonsense and contradiction.
I was brought up as a generic Christian, My father is non practicing Roman Catholic and my mother was Church of England, which as you may know absolves you from actually visiting church at any time other than funerals, christening and Weddings.
My father was a dominating force in the forming of my personally beliefs. He basically said “There are several different churches in this village, they all have their own strengths and faults, you have to make up your own mind which if any you want to believe.” Although he said it with a Hungarian accent and punctuated with a plethora of swearword.
Thus my religious upbringing was free from preformed opinions or forced doctrine. I was left to look at them all and make up my own mind. Sadly all the churches in the area were of some Christian denomination or other so the majority of my personal findings are based around the Christian Bible. I am not picking on the Christians in this blog, it is just most of my observations were formed during my teen years and onward and unfortunately I did not come into contact with many other religions later in life. I will try to include all religions in this blog, not to ridicule or debase them but to explain why I personally choose not to believe them.
My father was a dominating force in the forming of my personally beliefs. He basically said “There are several different churches in this village, they all have their own strengths and faults, you have to make up your own mind which if any you want to believe.” Although he said it with a Hungarian accent and punctuated with a plethora of swearword.
Thus my religious upbringing was free from preformed opinions or forced doctrine. I was left to look at them all and make up my own mind. Sadly all the churches in the area were of some Christian denomination or other so the majority of my personal findings are based around the Christian Bible. I am not picking on the Christians in this blog, it is just most of my observations were formed during my teen years and onward and unfortunately I did not come into contact with many other religions later in life. I will try to include all religions in this blog, not to ridicule or debase them but to explain why I personally choose not to believe them.
About me
About me (isn’t that what blogs are all about really?) and my reason for this blog.
My name is Ade and I am approaching forty much faster than I care to admit. I have started this blog not as a rant against religion or peoples beliefs but more of an explanation of why I personally choose not to believe or follow and particular religion. I suppose I am more an Agnostic than an Atheist, but most people that I talk to assume that I am an atheist and think this because they misinterpret what I say. They think I am an atheist because I refuse to believe in anything remotely religious, which in part is true but not absolute. I believe in what can be proved and I try to retain an open mind on things that can’t be proved. I object to the mindless following of dogma and teaching that expect us to act and respond in a certain way because it is what we are told to do, rather than knowing the reason why we are reacting in such a manner.
I believe night follows day because the world rotates and that science has proven it to be so. I believe we are what we are because nature and nurture shape us and as we mature free will completes what we are to become. Social and economics restraints may hold us back or urge us forward but what we become inside is based on how we see ourselves with in the whole fabric of existence.
The purpose of this blog is not to debunk or ridicule religion but give the reasons why I personally choose not to believe in religion.
My name is Ade and I am approaching forty much faster than I care to admit. I have started this blog not as a rant against religion or peoples beliefs but more of an explanation of why I personally choose not to believe or follow and particular religion. I suppose I am more an Agnostic than an Atheist, but most people that I talk to assume that I am an atheist and think this because they misinterpret what I say. They think I am an atheist because I refuse to believe in anything remotely religious, which in part is true but not absolute. I believe in what can be proved and I try to retain an open mind on things that can’t be proved. I object to the mindless following of dogma and teaching that expect us to act and respond in a certain way because it is what we are told to do, rather than knowing the reason why we are reacting in such a manner.
I believe night follows day because the world rotates and that science has proven it to be so. I believe we are what we are because nature and nurture shape us and as we mature free will completes what we are to become. Social and economics restraints may hold us back or urge us forward but what we become inside is based on how we see ourselves with in the whole fabric of existence.
The purpose of this blog is not to debunk or ridicule religion but give the reasons why I personally choose not to believe in religion.
Is God an Atheist?
Honestly I don’t know, but there again neither does anyone else.
The Dictionary describes an atheist as
a·the·ist –noun
a person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a supreme being or beings.
This said, does God believe in a higher being than himself. It is doubtful, as he (according to religious dogma) is the only supreme being and thus could not cowl to anything or anyone, thus by definition God must be an Atheist.
So what is an Atheist and how does an atheist differ from a Believer. Well by not much when you think about it.
A believer is some one who denies the existence of all other Gods and faiths bar one.
An Atheist is some one who believes in one less God and faith than a believer.
So the difference is minimal as an atheist denies the existence of only one more God than any believer.
The Dictionary describes an atheist as
a·the·ist –noun
a person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a supreme being or beings.
This said, does God believe in a higher being than himself. It is doubtful, as he (according to religious dogma) is the only supreme being and thus could not cowl to anything or anyone, thus by definition God must be an Atheist.
So what is an Atheist and how does an atheist differ from a Believer. Well by not much when you think about it.
A believer is some one who denies the existence of all other Gods and faiths bar one.
An Atheist is some one who believes in one less God and faith than a believer.
So the difference is minimal as an atheist denies the existence of only one more God than any believer.
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