Sunday, December 19, 2010

"The Christian God is a father who cares more for his apples than for his children." - Denis Diderot

I saw this quote on Facebook and started thinking about it.  I mean it really makes me think about what I truly believe about the Bible and such.  I don't see the Bible as being 100% true.  I think quite a bit of it is made up of stories.  Like, Adam and Eve.  Did God really care about them eating that piece of fruit so much that he banned them from the garden of Eden (just as if he kicked them out of his house)?!?  It makes no sense to me!  I went to a Christian grade school while growing up.  In Kindergarten we learned about Adam and Eve alongside the story of Pandora's Box.  Both are stories of how evil entered the world.  I'm surprised we were even allowed to be taught of Pandora's Box.  They probably didn't think of it as being very harmful.  I mean, it isn't, but to fundamental Christians, if they were to think about it, it would be harmful to their children...in a sense.  I'm not trying to start a debate, just some thoughts I've been thinking this morning.  Anyway, yea, so both are just stories...tales you tell your children of why things are the way they are.  Who knows?!?  Maybe someday I'll get to the conclusion that the Bible isn't true at all?!?  IDK.

1 comments:

Tiffany said...

Unfortunately I think that quote comes from someone who can't see the forest for the trees, that is, is taking a specific story out of the bible and using that to sum up God. If one looks at the bible as a whole, its purpose, who it points to, then the book itself is a love letter to us, one that shows just how much God loves us. God doesn't care more about apples than us, but he loves us so much that gives us free will to love him....it's not really love if we were forced to stay in the garden. The purpose of the bible is to show us his love for us...through Jesus. Hopefully we can read the bible for ourselves and come to a different conclusion about God's nature :)

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