Hi Miriam,
@Former-Member
I'm not saying my name yet as I have been quite open on Facebook about a lot of things and just need a break for a while. I initially came on here as I needed to connect with people who understand mental illness. I am not here for some kind of trick. As mentioned I have struggled with religious ideation at times.
But anyway, since so much happens in the Bible, both Old & New Testaments, that it's really hard to distill it into anything meaningful to be rapidly digested by society. Any attempts to do this misses all the subtleties within it. Before the advent of mass communication and modern society, the Bible was a book to absorb over many years, perhaps even a lifetime. It can say whatever you want it to say, but if you treat it as a guide book to life then it becomes a lot easier to deal with. As you say it aims to reveal God's 'truth' about our lives, but as you said it is not complete. Like all books, it ends, and then we are left wondering 'what next?' Assuming humanity has learned enough over the past several thousand years, I guess God wants us to take charge of our own lives. But then you can go further, and look at all the other religions, who basically had the same idea, and you realise the same sorts of desires are common to all people. This is not to push some 'one world religion' but it's obvious we all want mostly the same things out of life. I'm not scared to acknowledge other religions as I think in the future we are going to need all the helpful information we can get.
