Lets face it shall we... the bible is a collection of writings from medieval times.
The bible is Inspired? Inspired perhaps by drugs, wine, hallucinogens, or even euphoric states caused by self flagellation and days of fasting. More probable would be the self serving need to subvert and control the uneducated and susceptible people of the time in which it was formulated.
It was a time of illiteracy and ignorance. A time when the Human Race was going through early growth and development. Fear of the unknown and superstition ran rampant. The tendency was, to interpret everything unexplainable as mystical. This tendency is a natural part of human psyche. To look for patterns in everything, and to see patterns where there are none.
The obvious result being supernatural explanations for what we now consider natural occurrences and phenomenon.
If god was omnipotent, as we are assured he was... why was he not seemingly aware of microscopic organisms and the germ theory. All left completely unrevealed to bible writers? Why was the earth thought to be flat, and the sun thought to revolve around the earth?
It comes down to this... life has intrinsic value. We do not need a book or a force outside of this life to give it value.
Very few people indoctrinated by religion, and faced with overwhelming evidence that the bible is folklore, can bring themselves to actually SEE the evidence. They seek shelter in a state of denial.
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Pretty sure the Bible wasn't written in medieval times. Not so sure you know what medieval times are, but they sure weren't when the Bible was being written. I'm not sure what that does for the rest of your post, but it doesn't help it.
From the wikipedia page on medieval times, it says:
"Monks and monasteries had a deep effect upon the religious and political life of the Early Middle Ages, in various cases acting as land trusts for powerful families, centres of propaganda and royal support in newly conquered regions, bases for mission, and proselytization. They were the main outposts of education and literacy."
Again, I'm not sure what that does to your assertion that it was a time of illiteracy and ignorance, but again, it doesn't help.
Cordially,
A Saskatchewan theist.
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