Quote Originally Posted by niky View Post
Me? I prefer to see it as this: There's both Good and Bad in the Bible, too many authors and too many editors. Since the Bible is supposed to be the living word, it is the duty of Christians of the faith to continually update the Bible and bring it up to modern times.
It's wrong for Christians to continually update the Bible and bring it up to modern times, it's an abominable offense (Revelation 22:18-19). It's the duty though of Christians to spread/preach the Word.
Quote Originally Posted by niky View Post
The Bible is a history of the faith, not just a guidebook. And as it grows and evolves, certain portions of it should become just that, history, while the Gospels should become our new guides.
The Bible doesn't grow, it doesn't evolve either. Di po pwedeng magbago ang Bible, otherwise God is a compromising god. Di po sya ganun.
Quote Originally Posted by niky View Post
If you say that some practices are from misinterpretation only, what about the Sabbath? Christ himself overturned that ruling, thus, we don't necessarily follow the Judaic Sabbath in modern Christianity. Yet the laws regarding the celebration of the Sabbath still exist in the Bible.
Christ did not overturned that ruling. During the OT times, the punishment for breaking the Sabbath day is death. Ganun kahigpit ang Diyos. During Christ's time, the penalty is still death, but not physical death, rather it's spiritual death. Meaning, if you break the Sabbath day, you'll not be killed, but you're commiting a sin.
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And why does history stop at Roman times? Why not include more books in the Bible as Christianity itself grows? Why is it that the Bible is considered finished after some minor prophet or philosopher puts his last few letters in? Why did it not finish after Jesus' death? Why doesn't it continue until today?
Books cannot be added to the Bible because of the above curse. There may be people who did this, or are doing it, then it's their choice, they've been warned. Now why doesn't it continue until today? The job of the prophets was to bring Christ to every people, nation, tribe of the world, using the Bible. Today, it's the job of every Christian to continue what the prophets did, to evangelize, to bring Christ to every modern people using not just the Bible but every available means of communication.
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It's not only atheists who should be questioning the Bible, but also believers. By putting your faith and the book to the test, you can only make it stronger. If by questioning, you lose faith, then you aren't very faithful in the first place.
This I agree, ganito rin kasi ang sabi ng Diyos, subukan Sya. And this should be the attitude of all people.
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If by questioning and revising and making the Bible relevant to the Modern Christian, you make the Church stronger, so be it.
This I beg to disagree, because as I've said, God is not a compromising god, He's holy and righteous, though a lot of Christians today are compromising their faith and beliefs.

Again it's their choice.