Critique Of The Bible

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The Bible is a unique book that was written over a span of 1500 years ago and was written in three distinct languages (Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic) however, there was no specific writer. It reads about real factual events that occurred and was a dialog of many people’s lives. It authenticity has been proved by researches and historians that have proved these texts to have been real life occurrences thousands of years ago. The Bible was written over such a long span of time, as it contains the old and New Testament and within them the Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus etc. Throughout the New Testament, factual stories are retold from different points of views as there are approximately 40 authors that wrote the bible. Tradition says that Moses was wrote the Bible Genesis 1 and 2 however, this is debatable. (Brown, 2012)These factual stories have different topics and messages within them about the nature of God, the creation of the world, rules to live by, and the coming of the Promised Messiah.
The intentions of the writers that wrote the bible are somewhat clear as they appear in the biblical texts and stories as lessons learnt throughout life. Not only does it contain texts and lessons but also commandments, songs, prayers, warning, parables and prophecies that are still read, sung and believed in today. The bible was written by many different people with different strengths, personalities, fears, courage, backgrounds and cultures to display his messages. (Zevada, 2013)
The bible was written to display messages to all generations such as faith in God and guidance, how to live a life with goals and a purpose, how to relate to each other and treat our ‘neighbours’ as equals to ourselves and encourages us to look to God for direction and str...

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...nated like the spirit called Brahman that is the foundation of all life and can never die as he is the creator and is eternal. This is known in today’s world as Karma. Karma is practiced all throughout this religion and is a key source to living and meditation as is the single syllable within the Vedas known as ‘OM’.

It is doubtful that religion will be as well formed as it is today without these creation stories to guide people along the path of life. It is evident from all information displayed that all religions have creation stories and the Christian and the Hinduism creation stories have visible similarities and teachings within these stories. Whether they are symbols or teachings these creation stories and scriptures are somewhat similar and are both crucial elements in how to live a righteous life and enter their state of either heaven or reincarnation.

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