That everyone seems to skip?
First of all, I'm an atheist. I was Christian but as I grew up, I realized that I don't believe in God. It doesn't make sense to me.
Anyway, even though I'm not a believer, I find religions very interesting. One of my 2018 goals is to read the bible, the whole thing. So yesterday I started and already on the first pages I found something very questionable in Genesis. The woman was created for the man? And the man dominates the woman? What?
I won't even start with Leviticus.
I also wonder why so many Christians never read the bible. How can you believe in something when you haven't even read your holy book?
So please tell me, how can you believe in something that has so many questionable things?
First of all, I'm an atheist. I was Christian but as I grew up, I realized that I don't believe in God. It doesn't make sense to me.
Anyway, even though I'm not a believer, I find religions very interesting. One of my 2018 goals is to read the bible, the whole thing. So yesterday I started and already on the first pages I found something very questionable in Genesis. The woman was created for the man? And the man dominates the woman? What?
I won't even start with Leviticus.
I also wonder why so many Christians never read the bible. How can you believe in something when you haven't even read your holy book?
So please tell me, how can you believe in something that has so many questionable things?
I was not brought up in a Christian household. My mother had only a basic knowledge of Christianity having been placed in a Christian Orphanage from age 7 until she was 16. She never attended Church on a regular basis. My Father was an Atheist.
Apart from sporadic attendance at Sunday School and what I gleaned from Primary Education my knowledge of the Bible and Christianity was next to nothing. My journey towards Christianity started around age 25. Prior to that I too was something of an Atheist. In my mid twenties I realized there was something missing in my life that nothing seemed to satisfy. I began to explore Eastern religions and eventually met up with a group of Christians that led me to understand the gospel.
There is an awareness in every person in the world that there is an emptiness deep inside them. They try to ignore it by filling their lives with money, material things and relationships. Many go through life and continue to try to fill it with these substitutes but some wake up one day and realize that what is missing is a relationship with God that nothing in the world can match.
The Bible is not just a collection of old stories. It is one story of how God has planned to bring us back into a relationship with him and make us complete. I advise you to approach a Christian group and ask them to help you to understand the basic Christian message. In the UK we have a program called The Alpha Course which is designed for those seeking the kind of answers you are looking for. it may be available where you are. Or you should be able to find it on the Internet.
God Bless You