The Bible is not a scientific text. Christians that insist that it is are what prevents me from accepting Jesus as my personal savior.
So it’s the Christians that prevent you? If Christians were less flawed according to your views than you would be accepting Christ as your savior? I take it that you are perfectly holy without sin and therefore in no need of a personal savior. Scripture teaches us otherwise. If you don’t understand your sin and God’s Holiness than the necessity of Christ’s crucifixion for salvation will not hold any meaning for you regardless of how perfect the messenger is, even if someone rises from the dead. Luke 16:31. It was true then and it is true now, but don’t take my word for it find out for yourself. You may be amazed at what you find inside, if given the courage to face it. I pray that you are given that courage. You can Freep mail me anytime.
Cheers
It was one "Christian" in particular on FR that provoked me into thinking about why I would take some parts of the Bible literally, and not other parts. Doing that made sense at the time, because some things in Genesis such as a 4000 year old earth and the flood are obviously not fact. But when contrasted with verses in the Bible that insist on literalness, it made me realize that I had to reject the Bible in it's entirety. Note the sentence fragment in my original post "Christians that insist". Those specific people were the ones who forced me to face my faith and reject it, not all Christians.
If Christians were less flawed according to your views than you would be accepting Christ as your savior?
I've come to see Christians as some of the most flawed on earth. Only now to I put two and two together and recognize that it was bible thumping Christians that rationalized the possible rape of my children in court documents because the perp, the guy who married my ex, was another Christian. Only now to I recognize that the man who ripped off a company I had shares in to the tune of six figures was also a serious bible thumper. These are some of the people who screwed me the most, and was it just coincidence that they were the most religious? Or was it just that being forgiven by God, they had no conscience about what they did?
I take it that you are perfectly holy without sin and therefore in no need of a personal savior.
I am a sinner, and I truly wish there was a savior. I don't want to die forever any more than you do, but I guarantee we both will.
If you don’t understand your sin...
Been there, walked down that isle, discovered it was all in my head.