Criticism of the Bible

of the bible and faith in God. Not only did he love God but he also had a love for education, earning a Ph.D. at the young age of 25. This was in 1955 the same year of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This was what initially inspired King to say enough and protest the segregation laws that were set in place. He continued to protest with the people against a system that oppressed and continued to declare them less then human. Many protests and arrests later King started to receive heavy criticism…

choices and if those choices lead to God he will allow you into Heaven. He understands that you will make mistakes because we are sinful but that is why he sent his only son down to Earth to repay for those sins. The theist, Sinnot-Armstrong, says the criticism towards the free will response is that why doesn’t God stop the serious crimes…

Note that this is not a judgment or self-righteous criticism to those who came before, but an understanding of their lives during that time that affected their beliefs. Lincoln describes the centrality of religion to the crisis of the union, “both read the same Bible, and pray to same God”, but still hold different beliefs. The question is then: how did two entirely opposed views develop from the same core belief? Why did some people read the Bible and conclude that it…

didn’t know that people lost their lives in order for the Bible to be published. There is a lot in the Bible that we don’t know but taking time will do your life good. Here are some things that I want to share with you. The fascinating story of how we got the Bible in its present state started thousands of years ago. A man by the name of John Wycliff (His last name can be spelled like Wycliffe) produced the first hand-written English language Bible manuscripts in 1380 A.D. He was an Oxford…

followers as un-disturbed and accurate word to guide ones faith. The Islamists have the Quran, the Jewish people have the Torah and the Christians have the bible, which has not been un-disturbed through the centuries. In Peter J. Thuesen’s book In Discordance with the Scriptures, The study presents the debate concering the translations of the bible amongst Conservative and liberal Protestants in America, specifically, over translations in the RSV (Revised Standard Version). Thuesen writes a…

These theses were also known as the “Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences” (“The Protestant Reformation”). The Ninety-Five Theses was a document that consisted criticisms towards indulgences and the church in form of questions and propositions for debate. As a matter of fact, many of those theses were directly aimed at the indulgences the church practiced. Luther used ideas developed by Augustine to help him develop…

to carry out Colossians 3:23-24, which states, “And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.” ("The Maxwell Leadership Bible", 2002) There are many reasons why I came to be a nurse. In my opinion, it was a series of people and events in my life that ultimately guided me to the nursing field. One person who had a great impact on my nursing future was my grandma,…

from within and to gather the more devoted Christians within the Lutheran church without challenging the state church system. Their ideal was for Christians to lead a faith-driven life as opposed to going to church as a social event ore reading the bible to pass the time. These were problems they had to face because of the church state system in which everybody was a member of the church regardless of their actual wish to be and their devotion to faith. Because of this system in which it is…

How We Got the Bible by Neil R. Lightfoot is a book that provides answers to many questions that a person may have about the Bible. In this book you will learn about what materials were first used to write down the words of scripture, and many more interesting things about the Bible that you might not have known, as Neil R. Lightfoot discusses the origin, the passing down of the bible from generation to generation, and the different translations of the Bible. This book could also be used for a…

Judaism from a Feminist Perspective, her 1990 exploration of the concept of a reformed, feminist Jewish tradition. “Setting the Problem, Laying the Ground” does exactly as its title implies, examining the extent to which the patriarchal nature of the Bible has exacerbated women’s oppression. Although Plaskow’s goal of redeeming Judaism through reform is admirable, and I find most of her reasoning sound, her arguments are often presented in a manner which weakens their overall effect. I must…