agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
The Bible, and the Quran, and the Vedas, and every other religious text are human attempts to describe God. None of them are going to get it quite right in every detail, but you can learn a lot by cross referencing them to see what they agree on.
Flyswat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
They contradict each other on many aspects. So either only is from God or none of them are.
Obviously we cannot consider texts that were modified and are no longer like the originals (which we need to have for comparison) since we know parts of the text is not from God. Not knowing which part has been altered makes things worse.
Preservation is a requirement prior to even considering what the text says.
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Yes, which is why I said to compare them to see where they don’t contact each other.
Never said any of them were from God. They’re all from humans attempting to describe God.
LillyPip@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
This doesn’t tell you anything if they were all derived from earlier stories – which, it turns out, is actually the case. We have the earlier stories as proof, in many cases.
agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
There are centuries of religious thought by mystics developing upon the texts inspired in part by those stories. The parts based on common ancient legends comprise a relatively small part of religious texts.
And still, if anything that’s supportive evidence. The ancient legends that pop up again and again, that survive centuries of canonical revision, probably reflect deep and spiritually apparent features of reality.