For those who still trust the bible as infallible....

by SweetBabyCheezits 37 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  PSacramento

  NVL,

  LMAO !!! but you did get my point though, right?
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  notverylikely

  LMAO !!! but you did get my point though, right?

  I did. It was a good point, but I can't concede that until I give you a little shit first :)
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  startingover

  Thanks believers for all your candid admissions on this thread. Although SBCheezits isn't really getting too much response to the question posed, this thread has yielded what I think could be some eye opening thoughts for those who might just be coming out of the fog of belief.
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  SweetBabyCheezits

  SBC: Is it safe to say your parents, community, or environment influenced you to accept the bible as a child?

  DD: No. That's my point. At least for me, as a child those things were questioned openly from many differing view points.

  Okay. Not saying you're evading the question, I'm just foggy on what that means. (Brain cloud, per se.)

  So did your parents ever take you to a place of worship of any sort as a child? Or am I to understand your family was non-religious? Did they have and encourage the study of multiple holy books such as the Bible, Koran, Talmud, etc.. equally? Or were they predominately Christian... but you could ask questions without concern?

  If there was absolutely no bias there, fantastic! Even better reason to pick your brain. But I want to make sure that's the case first.
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  PSacramento

  Like DD, I was NEVER told the bible was inerrant or anything like that when I was growing up and really, the only time it become the "UNALTERED, ERROR PROOF WORD OF GOD AND ALL IN IT IS EXACTLY AS IT IS WRITTEN FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END" was when my Mom become a JW.

  Of course that applies ONLY to the NWT.
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  cyberjesus

  See the point is that most believer will evade this question because the majority of us believed it to be gods word since we were children. We didnt really analyzed it and use critical thinking trying to verify its authenticity we accepted the common knowledge. And any posterior research was not to analyze our beliefs but to confirm them
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  SweetBabyCheezits

  ^ CJ, that's my theory but I'd like to see if any Group X1 believers see themselves that way. It wasn't until I recognized that in myself (after getting offended at an Atheist comment) that I could address it.

  FWIW, Group X1 folks, I still fear bias clouding my judgment and thus seek to identify/suppress it.
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  Deputy Dog

  SBC

  So did your parents ever take you to a place of worship of any sort as a child?

  Of course. My grandmother would take me with her to church from time to time. I'm not saying I was never exposed to the bible. There are/were nonbelievers (like one of my grandfathers) in my family as well, whom I loved and respected. As for my parents, they expressed belief in God although they were not very commited to the idea, so the bible was a not an issue

  If there was absolutely no bias there, fantastic! Even better reason to pick your brain. But I want to make sure that's the case first.

  I'm not trying to say there was absolutely no bias. I'm trying to make the point that, in my family, there was bias for and against. I was encouraged to see for myself. I had family on all sides.

  I have a sister who claims to be an atheist, and two sibblings who... don't really know what to believe about the bible, all loved by my parents just the same.