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If the Bible calls them histories, so I read them, even if many scholars disagree.
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This is what worries me about all believers - if the Bible (or Koran, or Mahabharata, etc) says one thing, & the 'scholars' (basing their statements on 'trivialities' like archaeology, historical record, common sense) say different the text is given primacy & the scholars either dismissed as fools or sent to the stake.
The Bible says Jesus was the Son of God, the Koran denies that. To the followers of each the others are heretics, unbelievers. LMP, you scare me. Sorry, but you do. I know you would never light the fire, but you would create the climate, make it possible for the fire to be lit.
When you say 'I believe the histories contained in the Bible, no matter what the 'scholars' say.' & I ask for evidence its not because I want to belittle your faith, butbecause only evidence is safe. The Twin Towers fell, & thousands of people died because some people decided to 'believe' something they read. Six Million Jews died in the Holocaust because people made the choice to reject the 'scholars'. Belief is the single most dangerous approach to life.
Its an approach that seems the way of least resistance, 'let go, trust in a Higher power', don't worry about all these confusing 'facts'. Admit your ignorance & rest in the arms of God'. Sorry, but its a cop out, a denial of your intellectual responsibility - & that is ultimately a rejection of your moral responsibility.
And now I'm on the attack again.
Look, I'm not saying the cold, hard material world is all there is. I've had experiences which have confirmed to me that 'there are more things in Heaven & earth' than are included in the works of 'scholars' but I've never gone down the line of simply 'believing' anything. If the historical accounts in the Bible are true they can be proved (& it will be 'scholars' who prove them), if they can't be proved they are
not true.
You've called yourself both a writer & a poet - if you are, & especially if you are a poet, you don't get the luxury of such a cop out.
Sorry for my harsh words, but they had to be said....