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I see people walking around New York all the time talking to themselves. I've even heard some people making claims they are god or that god was speaking to them. Of course, I, like many others, just walk past them and recognize they are crazy and in need of medical attention.
When I consider some of the biblical stories and the steadfast belief some place in them, the above comes to mind. In some of these stories we are told that god supposedly spoke to people. They are written as matters of fact and believed without question by many people. For example, we are told god spoke to Abraham and told him to move his family from Ur. On another occasion we are told god spoke to Abraham and made certain promises and still, there is another occasion where god supposedly spoke to Abraham on Mount Moriah and told him not to kill his son after previously telling him to actually do so.
What strikes me as odd in these accounts is that Abraham, as far as we know, never wrote a book. Who was with him when he heard the "voice of god?" Who can confirm he did? Who did he tell he did indeed hear the voice of god? Why should I, 4000 years later, believe he did hear these voices or believe it "just because" someone says so in a book?
The same goes for Moses. If indeed he wrote certain books of the Bible, why should I believe he had frequent conversations with god because he tells us in his books he had frequent conversations with god? Why am I required to place faith in someone making claims they spoke with god when today just about NONE of us would give such a person the time of day? In fact, some of the commands Moses supposedly came up with, supposedly speaking for god, are some of the most asinine, evil and ridiculous things ever written. Again, we are not told that anyone was ever with Moses when he heard these "voices" to confirm or deny he actually heard anyone speaking to him. Consider his conversation with god at the 'burning bush' or on Mt. Sinai. Again, who was around with Moses to confirm these conversations?
Even more amazing to me are the biblical accounts of things no human should know or would have been privy to. There are three accounts in the book of Genesis where god supposedly has a conversation with himself, with his angels or other gods (depending on what you believe). In one case, man was not even created yet, but we are told what god said in relation to creating man. Who was around to chronicle this? Then there is the story in the first two chapters of Job where god has a conversation with satan. Was the writer of the book of Job present at this meeting?
Then we have Muhammad, the founder of Islam. He too made claims he heard an angel speaking to him while he was in a cave. Some 1,000 years later, billions believe his words and fashion their lives around them, believing them to be the word of god.
Believers, have you ever considered these questions?
When I consider some of the biblical stories and the steadfast belief some place in them, the above comes to mind. In some of these stories we are told that god supposedly spoke to people. They are written as matters of fact and believed without question by many people. For example, we are told god spoke to Abraham and told him to move his family from Ur. On another occasion we are told god spoke to Abraham and made certain promises and still, there is another occasion where god supposedly spoke to Abraham on Mount Moriah and told him not to kill his son after previously telling him to actually do so.
What strikes me as odd in these accounts is that Abraham, as far as we know, never wrote a book. Who was with him when he heard the "voice of god?" Who can confirm he did? Who did he tell he did indeed hear the voice of god? Why should I, 4000 years later, believe he did hear these voices or believe it "just because" someone says so in a book?
The same goes for Moses. If indeed he wrote certain books of the Bible, why should I believe he had frequent conversations with god because he tells us in his books he had frequent conversations with god? Why am I required to place faith in someone making claims they spoke with god when today just about NONE of us would give such a person the time of day? In fact, some of the commands Moses supposedly came up with, supposedly speaking for god, are some of the most asinine, evil and ridiculous things ever written. Again, we are not told that anyone was ever with Moses when he heard these "voices" to confirm or deny he actually heard anyone speaking to him. Consider his conversation with god at the 'burning bush' or on Mt. Sinai. Again, who was around with Moses to confirm these conversations?
Even more amazing to me are the biblical accounts of things no human should know or would have been privy to. There are three accounts in the book of Genesis where god supposedly has a conversation with himself, with his angels or other gods (depending on what you believe). In one case, man was not even created yet, but we are told what god said in relation to creating man. Who was around to chronicle this? Then there is the story in the first two chapters of Job where god has a conversation with satan. Was the writer of the book of Job present at this meeting?
Then we have Muhammad, the founder of Islam. He too made claims he heard an angel speaking to him while he was in a cave. Some 1,000 years later, billions believe his words and fashion their lives around them, believing them to be the word of god.
Believers, have you ever considered these questions?
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