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Originally Posted by JMS
...then there are issues like civil rights (gay marriage), a woman’s choice for abortion, freedom of religion. in this day n age, setting standards based on an old book of fairy tales just isn’t logical.
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The Bible may be a book of fairy tales to some. But to others it isn't. In fact, the Bible is the most unique book ever written. It is translated into more languages than any other. It is more circulated than any other. It is quoted more than any other. Homer's writings are fair tails. I don't think Aesop will argue with you about his stories either. I would even wager to say that the Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe’s author would lay down on that one. But the Bible is the mother of all books.
And the Bible's writers don’t consider it a fairy tale. 66 books, 40 authors agreeing on the most controversial subjects across 1000's of years. I would venture to say there is none like it. So to call it a fairy tale is a little myopic to me, without first considering the facts about its origin.
No other book has seen history like it has. Thousand vowed to stamp it out, for one reason or another. Yet it lives on. Translated across many languages over 1000's of years, yet when the Dead Sea scrolls were found, less than 1% of the writing contain any error at all, and those were style differences, and not content conflicts. I would say that this book is more than just a fairy tale.
But if the Bible IS a fairy tale, then I don't blame the abortionists, the homosexuals, the Hindu's, or any other person who wants to oppose it, for seeking it's destruction. For if God wrote the Bible and it was true, then God would certainly have issue with them, now wouldn't he?