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If Christians believe the bible is true why don't they follow it?
There are so many passages in the bible that Christians don't follow, yet they still claim it is the word of god. If your going to say its only relevant to the culture, you can say that about the whole bible making it completely irrelevant. And if you simply choose not to follow certian versus you could not be following the will of god, just your opinions. It either has to be everything or nothing, and no one follows the whole bible so its hard for me to see it as legit. Here's just a few examples.
The bible says you shouldn't eat pork
“Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcass shall ye not touch,
they are unclean to you.” [Leviticus 11:7-8]
“And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud,
it is unclean unto you. Ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their
dead carcass.” [Deuteronomy 14:8]
The bible says you should kill rebellious children
Deuteronomy 21:18-21
18 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him, 19 his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his town. 20 They shall say to the elders, "This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a profligate and a drunkard." 21 Then all the men of his town shall stone him to death. You must purge the evil from among you. All Israel will hear of it and be afraid.
You should kill adulterers and rape victims
Deuteronomy 22:23-24
23 If a man happens to meet in a town a virgin pledged to be married and he sleeps with her, 24 you shall take both of them to the gate of that town and stone them to death—the girl because she was in a town and did not scream for help, and the man because he violated another man's wife. You must purge the evil from among you.
Anyone who blaphimies should die.
Leviticus 24:16
16 anyone who blasphemes the name of the LORD must be put to death. The entire assembly must stone him. Whether an alien or native-born, when he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.
Christians who conver to other religions should be put to death
Deuteronomy 13:5-10
5 That prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he preached rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way the LORD your God commanded you to follow. You must purge the evil from among you.
6 If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you love, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, "Let us go and worship other gods" (gods that neither you nor your fathers have known, 7 gods of the peoples around you, whether near or far, from one end of the land to the other), 8 do not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity. Do not spare him or shield him. 9 You must certainly put him to death. Your hand must be the first in putting him to death, and then the hands of all the people. 10 Stone him to death, because he tried to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
Jesus says divorced women should not remarry
Mark10:11
'Whoever divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another she commits adultery against him'"
Christians should not get married
Corinthians 7:1
Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to get married.
Women cannot teach men
2 Timothy 11-12
“A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.”
Women may not speak in church
1 Cor 14:33-36
As in all the congregations of the holy ones, 34 let the women keep silent in the congregations, for it is not permitted for them to speak, but let them be in subjection, even as the Law says. 35 If, then, they want to learn something, let them question their own husbands at home, for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in a congregation
12 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Yeah, they don't know whats in their "books".
I doubt any Christian here read all their Bible books. that if they read one of them.
Personal note to you:
You are very aggressive sometimes with your answers.
Dont say it is **** and stuff, It may be corrupted and not pure 100% but still we have to believe in it as one of the books that was sent to Jesus (PBUH). let us be better than them.
Source(s): Brother - 1 decade ago
You know sometimes those answers were for a simpler time. Just like the Right to Bare Arms. I do not think the forefathers had armor piercing bullets and automatic rifles in the thoughts when they wrote it. But somewhat we still take the writing as a basis. Yes you are correct on those lines but understanding the meanings you have to put them into the time and error. Also they could not E-mail for judgment calls.
- capitalgentlemanLv 71 decade ago
You have a lot to learn!
Very, very briefly - the new covenant replaced the old. Thus, the 613 old Jewish laws no longer apply.
Many of your NT quotes are completely out of context. Such "cherry picking" can get you into a lot of trouble. You need to understand the whole message - what is really being said. E.g., woman cannot teach men - out of context for sure. Especially the woman not speaking in church one - there was a very good reason for that particular statement, but if you do not know the story of what was happening in Corinth at the time, you will get a completely wrong idea.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
I think there are religions that follow their teachings to the word and they stop women doing things as per their teachings and kill people when their teachings say so. Christians adopt a kinder approach and ignore these teachings.
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- 1 decade ago
Assalamu 'alaykum sister ; You answered one of my questions earlier despite not receiving a satisfactory answer, place sister, i ask that you help a muslimah in need I'm a new convert to Islam and have a few questions myself. I hope that you can enlighten me that I may do Allahs will.
1) When the birth of Jesus is announced to Mary, Surah 19:17-21 says ONE angel but Surah 3:42 and 45 mentions multiple angels at the moment.
2)Surah 22:47 says that a day to Allah equals 1000 years but surah 70:4 says one day is 50,000 years.
3)Surah 31:11 says the angel of death takes the souls upon death, but surah 47:27 says angels in general, while surah 39:42 says Allah
4)Surah 7:54;10:3;11:7 and 25:59 says creation took 6 days but surah 41:9-12 says it took 8 days
5)Surah 2:29 says Allah created the earth first and then the heavens but surah 79:27-30 it says the other way around.
6) No specification to what mankind was made of, in surah 96:1-2 it says blood, surah 21:30 says water, surah 15:26 says clay; Surah 3:59 says dust; Surah 11:61 says earth; Surah 16:4 and 75:37 out of sperm ; then Surah 19:67 says out of nothing at all.
7)Surah 4:48 and 116 says idolatry is unforgivable but surah 4:153 and 25:68-71 says it is forgivable. Surah 6:67-78 says Abraham commited this sin but as far as i know the prophets were sinless.
8) surah 21:76 says Noah and his family survived the flood but surah 11:42-43 says one of his sons drowned.
9) Surah 24:2 says 100 lashes to man and woman guilty of adultery but surah 4:15 says prisonment for woman but none for the man who repents.
10) Surah 2:62 and 5:69 says christians will go to paradise but surah 5:72 and 3:85 says they shall go to hell
11)Surah 19:71 says all muslims will go to hell momentarily but there's other verses that says some that die in jihad will go to paradise
12) Surah 3:144 says all prophets died before Muhammad pbuh but surah 4:158 says Jesus was taken to paradise without dying.
Thank you.
Source(s): Various English Quran translations and Spanish translations. - NemesisLv 51 decade ago
Because they only follow that which is most convenient to follow. The only reason the religion has managed to survive this long is because of the flexibility of its adherents, in choosing which mandates they feel they should follow and which ones should be considered "relics of a by-gone era". It's like a virus that keeps mutating, allowing its host to survive to pass it on to others.
- 1 decade ago
Because they are under the belief that as long as they have "faith" and ask for forgiveness they can be lazy on sin and judging other people. They are the biggest hypocrites on the planet.
- 1 decade ago
Assalam, najia, plz don't interfer about any other religion, we know what is in ''quran' ,,,,we have to do that,,,,but we too dont follow it complitely,,,,,,,we have to the right path & follow on it, not to participate in between others religions,,,,,plz don't feel bad ,,,,,,,i agree with you , but live it up all this, my best regards will be always with you !
- 1 decade ago
Hurrah lets condemn other people for their beliefs so we can feel better about ourselves!!!
- soLv 61 decade ago
It's not consistent enough to be followed. No one can follow it.
Source(s): The Bible.