abandonconflict
Well-Known Member
I will share the passages that led me to question my faith. I completely lost all faith when I saw that it was only a source of fear for me and that by abandoning it, I was better off. So ultimately, it was reading the bible that led me to question and the answer was my decision, confirmed by life becoming happier. I am very familiar with the King James bible.
Psalm 14:1, The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
It has been argued, and I agree, that this is how Paul defined the word fool. This would have come to him clearly through the Septuagint from the Torah. Remember he did not speak or read Hebrew.
First Letter to the Corinthians 3:18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
In a strange way, this is how Paul demanded his readership think outside of the box he perceived them to be in. In the context that he was an anti-imperialist as was Jesus Christ. He wished to get a message across to them that didn't jive well with state jazz. He had been a tax collector of the Roman empire.
Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Even Christ was rebellious against the doctrines of his own people, the Israelites of Judea. Aside from the irony, that Romans, a century after his death began a movement in his name which did not embody his teachings, there was a time when I sought to be Christian. By that, I strove to be like the man, as I understood him. This began my meekness toward new ideas.
Psalm 14:1, The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
It has been argued, and I agree, that this is how Paul defined the word fool. This would have come to him clearly through the Septuagint from the Torah. Remember he did not speak or read Hebrew.
First Letter to the Corinthians 3:18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
In a strange way, this is how Paul demanded his readership think outside of the box he perceived them to be in. In the context that he was an anti-imperialist as was Jesus Christ. He wished to get a message across to them that didn't jive well with state jazz. He had been a tax collector of the Roman empire.
Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Even Christ was rebellious against the doctrines of his own people, the Israelites of Judea. Aside from the irony, that Romans, a century after his death began a movement in his name which did not embody his teachings, there was a time when I sought to be Christian. By that, I strove to be like the man, as I understood him. This began my meekness toward new ideas.