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Confused former pastor seeks clarity on faq

Q:Why do we need apologists to “apologize“ for the Bible? Why do we need people like William Lane Craig or Frank Turek or Cliff Knechte & others to speak in such confusing philosophical parameters, to explain to us concepts that should be crystal clear to anyone reading the Bible? Why do we need scholars we hear about to clear up all the thousands of misconceptions and misinterpretations of the Bible? If we put 100 people in 100 different rooms and ask them simple Christian doctrine questions like how do you get to heaven, what is the Trinity, or what is the book of Revelations about, etc. We get 100 different answers. To me, this is why Christianity is so obviously a man-made philosophy. A God would have no reason to be that confusing.  Edit: My Mormon friends tell me the exact same thing. They say, “I read the book of Mormon and don’t find it confusing. It is very clear maybe read it and you will not be confused." Muslims tell me the exact same thing about the Quran. I was...

Is the Bible Horrific?

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What people miss about the Bible The woman here rightly said she should know what is in the Bible so she can speak factually to Christians about it. Then she goes on to say shes horrified, having only got 400 pages in, and not even to the New Testament yet because its full of war and bad things... and has a meltdown. And didnt do a video after she read the whole Bible.  Shes emotional and letting her emotions run wild instead of rationally factually look at what's in there. She misses it completely.  How she missed the problem from jump is her problem. Those without spiritual eyes to see can't see.  Here is what you need to know: 1. God created everything perfect and good. 2. Man sinned, sin entered and now man is continually always thinking and doing evil. The Scriptures show the righteous following God, and the rest of evil humanity doing evil and being hurt by those doing evil. Thats why Gen 3 God promises the Messiah to restore believing man to a rig...