If ET wrote the Bible, would u read it?

I've already read the Bible, both Old and New Testaments. In fact, I still have my copy. What makes you think that none of us have actually read the Bible in the first place?

And the answer is, if ET wrote the Bible, I would be disheartened by the state of the Universe and the lack of intelligent out there.

So the only way of knowing if the information was correct, is to re-read the information again when your an adult. When you re-read the information again with a mature educated mind, only then can you properly evaluate the information.

like the rape pillaging and genocide that occurred in the name of god. Sounds shockingly familar to modern times. It seems the more things change the more they stay the same

like the rape pillaging and genocide that occurred in the name of god. Sounds shockingly familar to modern times. It seems the more things change the more they stay the same

Exactly, so it doesn't say much for the bible then does it?

I agree with almost everything said here. The bible is a violent book. Many of the stories are not pretty. The bible is very graphic.

Look i think it was Ancient Aliens TV show suggesting that the book of Ezekiel described a UFO that started me reading the bible again. I never would have read it otherwise. But the book of Ezekiel really does sound like some type of UFO. And so do many of the other bible stories, they sound like ET encounters. All the bible stories start to make sense if this guy called "God" is not God, but a human scientist "playing God" with the people down in the middle east.

John.

I agree with almost everything said here. The bible is a violent book. Many of the stories are not pretty. The bible is very graphic.

Look i think it was Ancient Aliens TV show suggesting that the book of Ezekiel described a UFO that started me reading the bible again. I never would have read it otherwise. But the book of Ezekiel really does sound like some type of UFO. And so do many of the other bible stories, they sound like ET encounters. All the bible stories start to make sense if this guy called "God" is not God, but a human scientist "playing God" with the people down in the middle east.

John.

I disagree. I think suggesting that aliens are the basis of the stories of the Bible make even less sense. Sure, you could take pieces of the book and interpret them to sound like it was ancient aliens, but there are so many holes in that theory that it just doesn't hold water. You can keep forcing the stories to make sense by picking and choosing what you want to support your theory, but this is the exact opposite of science, which is to let the data bring you to the conclusion.

+1.

If the bible was written by or about aliens, surely it would have been more coherent than what it is. Aliens travelling to our solar system would be intelligent enough in not making their "book" too obscure!
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like the rape pillaging and genocide that occurred in the name of god. Sounds shockingly familar to modern times. It seems the more things change the more they stay the same

Exactly, so it doesn't say much for the bible then does it?

It really makes me wonder why anyone worships it in the first place. You can add incest, sodomy, and rule by fear and intimidation to the content. God creating horrific acts, like torturing Joeb, killing his family just to get a rise out of him. Any modern person would be given a death sentence for a tiny fraction of what God is said to have done.

Steve

Edit: God even had to torture and kill his own son just to make a point, that in the long run changed nothing.

When you go on like this, you'll think you can add just about anything.
Where did you find in The Bible that sodomy is ok? I suspect you found no such thing, not even a change in opinion (what to punish for, and what is a suitable punishment may likely have changed in other cases).
I mean, you know the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, don't you?
You do realize the people of Sodom were being punished for sodomy, do you not?
Then again, Guy will wonder in here and accuse the NARW and LGBTs of thinking sodomy is a-ok.
Last: it? So, you have the mistaken impression that people are worshiping the book? Certainly, your "it" follows the last proper noun in the quote just above your opening sentence.
Of the things stated here today, I find myself most closely aligned to OzzFan, at least with regards to the Old Testament, much as he also finds the most horrifying things there.

I disagree. I think suggesting that aliens are the basis of the stories of the Bible make even less sense. Sure, you could take pieces of the book and interpret them to sound like it was ancient aliens, but there are so many holes in that theory that it just doesn't hold water. You can keep forcing the stories to make sense by picking and choosing what you want to support your theory, but this is the exact opposite of science, which is to let the data bring you to the conclusion.

The "data" has led me to the conclusion that evolution theory is not the full story.

Darwinian evolution theory is not the complete story

The case is not closed until we thoroughly investigate ALL possibilities using the best science we have. And yes, that means using science to investigate biblical stories. Its the only way to know the truth.

Agreed. And you start narrowing down the possibilities by carefully examining all evidence until you can come to the best approximation. This is what Evolution Theory is.

My actual intent was not to say they were OK, or not. Just very intense stories, that don't all line up with the common view of what it said about the Bible. I apologize if my wording was not precise enough.
To me the roots of both the old and new testament are highly questionable, as well as the information contained in them.

I do find it strange that a book with so many different versions, or any of the other religious defining books can be taken so seriously given what we know today. Some of the stories may be based on events, and others manufactured to get a particular persons view across.

Observation and mathmatics provide a testable, and correctable path. Religions are not supposed to evolve, but of course they have ever since they were invented. One thing I have said before is that there is no mechanism to keep people on a particular message. Hence tens of thousands of different versions of just Christianity.

Steve
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