What Aspects Of The Bible Inspire You Most And Why?

[agchristie]

In our everyday lives we encounter so many different scenarios? To what extent does the Bible influence your character and judgment?

[chanel5]

The Bible does not inspire me at all. I have read the old and new testaments several times, beginning when I was a young child, and the whole thing seems to me to be a hotch-potch of ill-remembered folk tales, driven by superstition, and filled with violence, racism, homophobia, sexism, cruelty and hatred of every description. Not an inspiring book at all.

[jomifl]

that if was to write a history of the Jews and Jesus then I must at least try to get the facts right..

[sandyRoe]

The Sermon on the Mount.

[boxtops]

If anything, the Ten Commandments, only because they give you a good yardstick to live by - but that's not particularly Biblical, you find that sort of guidance in all the major religions.

[jomifl]

The amount of begetting is quite impressive.

[sandyRoe]

As is the longevity of some of the begetters. Wasn't Methusulah still fathering children well into his 900s?

[Zacs-Master]

What Aspects Of The Bible Inspire You Most And Why?
Absolutely nothing.

To what extent does the Bible influence your character and judgment?
Not one iota, other than a profound mistrust of those who take it's words seriously.

[Baldric]

Not one iota!

[cupid04]

Romans: 8: 37-39.

It's comforting verses when I'm facing life's problems.

[naomi24]

//the Ten Commandments, only because they give you a good yardstick to live by //

The last six do - the first four are superfluous to any moral code.

Some verses could be said to be inspirational, but only if you believe it. Personally, I see no reason to believe it.

[Zacs-Master]

Don't forget the missing 5 Naomi!

[naomi24]

:o)

[Lie-in King]

I'm more inspired by Stephen R Donaldson's "Thomas Covenant" chronicles, Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" & pretty much anything by Stephen King - they're all far more believable than the nonsense in the Bible IMO.

My character & judgement are influenced by my life experiences - I go to bed at night with a clear conscience, knowing I've been the best I could have been as a human being, without the stricture of scripture to hold me back.

[Khandro]

I find the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in Revelations, pretty stirring stuff :0)
http://www.gotquestions.org/four-horsemen-apocalypse.html

[naomi24]

Khandro, and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse inspire you and influence your character and judgement how?

[andy-hughes]

I find no inspiration in the bible at all.

I am an aetheist, so i have no problem finding inspiration in my own mind, i do not need an ancient book to inspire me.

Not believing in God saves me from those knotty problems Christians seem burdened by every day - such as how a loving God can allow such pain and suffering in the world?

The answer i always get is that Mankind has free will, and from that, all evil comes.

That is far too glib and simple for me!

[vulcan42]

I think the four horsemen of the apocalypse would have updated themselves by now, probably be on Harleys.

[jomifl]

I'd rather rely on a horse than a harley. I know horses have bits but they don't leave a trail of bits behind themselves on the road.

[Lie-in King]

"If horses were vicious, rides would go begging"