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I've been recently reading a book that talks about ancient civilizations that are present in the Old Testament. And it is honestly so interesting to see how although the Bible has gone to so many changes throughout the centuries, the way is written is rather similar to the way contemporary texts were written. The way that the ancient Israelites related to their deity is rather similar to how other civilizations in the Levant did it. Which makes christian nationalism even funnier. Because many christians nowadays have convinced that let's say Abraham would share their same opinions. While Abraham had no concept of nationalism as we know it nowadays. His world view was 100% different to ours, and that's why we would never be able to fully understand the Bible because it was written with a whole different world view.
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Mimi
Honestly I try to be a good Christian but then again I sometimes get those thoughts like what if the Bible was written by schizophrenics like mental illnesses weren’t a thing back then. Is there something that could reassure me on that topic or all I can do is let my faith guide me
Ooof this is real. My biggest worry or thing that sets me back on my faith is the idea that the Bible could have been modified during the thousands of years since it was written. Like there are parts of the Bible that we know were added or edited later, and most of them are pretty harmless I think. But how do you know which parts were the ones intended to be in there originally, or which parts were added afterwards? I've had people tell me that God intended for us to have the Bible we currently have, and to just believe by faith. But other than that, I do not think we can have a lot of reassurance our Bible is the same Jesus and the Apostles had back in the day.
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