BELIEVE IT OR NOT

UNTRUE

Genesis ii, 21-22

So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh; and the rib which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man

Genesis iii, 16

God said to the woman [after she was beguiled by the serpent]: “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children, yet your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.”

Matthew xxvii, 25

The words of the crowd: “His blood be on us and on our children.”

Revelation xix,20

And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had worked the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshipped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with brimstone.”

TRUE

Exodus iii, 14

God reveals himself to Moses as: “I am who I am.”

Leviticus xxvi,12

“I will be your God, and you shall be my people.”

Exodus xx,1-17

The Ten Commandments

Matthew v,7

The Sermon on the Mount

Mark viii,29

Peter declares Jesus to be the Christ

Luke i

The Virgin Birth

John xx,28

Proof of bodily resurrection

_________________________________

You'll note that some of the disputed passages are also in the Gospel, not just in the Old Testament and Revelations.

After having grown up and learned of the history of the world and of world religions (avid reader here), I've often wondered at how fanatical people can be about the veracity of the Bible given that it comes from many different sources and many different times. The OT and NT are obviously from two different religions, with the blood and thunder Yahweh of old becoming the merciful and forgiving God as preached by Jesus Christ. The OT God was a xenophobe, urging his people to war on Palestinians, sacking their cities and claiming their lands. The NT God, through Jesus, preached about the "Good Samaritan" and encouraged better relation with the Gentiles.

The Bible is not just one book. It is six dozen books written by different authors, at different times, with different aims and intent. It's really time for Christianity to sift through this morass of writing and rediscover the parts of the Bible that [b]actually pertain to being a Christian... a believer of Christ... and not just another fundamentalist hardliner... a species too common to Judaic religions (that includes Jewish and Muslim fundamentalists and traditionalists).