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“But if Noah was perfect (as the Bible claims he was in Gen. 6:9), then he wouldn’t have been tainted with the imperfection of sin, and just as the descendants of Adam had “inherited” sin, the descendants of Noah would have inherited sinlessness. So Noah’s descendants (which would be the entire human race) would have escaped from “Original Sin” and wouldn’t need to be “saved from their sins”. This makes”
― Steve McRoberts, The Cure for Fundamentalism: Why the Bible Cannot be the “Word of God”
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“But what if the Bible was not God’s word? What if it was just a collection of books and letters written by men: expressing their own (often barbaric) opinions? What”
― Steve McRoberts, The Cure for Fundamentalism: Why the Bible Cannot be the “Word of God”
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“Could it be that the reason so many people believe that the Bible is God’s word is that so many people have never read it? Most people have heard parts of it quoted, but they’ve never sat down and read through even one book of the Bible on their own with their brains engaged.”
― Steve McRoberts, The Cure for Fundamentalism: Why the Bible Cannot be the “Word of God”
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“the Bible is God’s word, it should speak to the common man in easily understandable language. We should not have to rely on theologians who may tell us what they want us to believe.”
― Steve McRoberts, The Cure for Fundamentalism: Why the Bible Cannot be the “Word of God”
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“This implies that the man did not know the difference between good and evil prior to eating the forbidden fruit. If that was the case, how could God expect him to know that it was “wrong” (or “evil”) to disobey him? If he did not know the difference between right and wrong then it would hardly be fair to punish him for doing wrong.”
― Steve McRoberts, The Cure for Fundamentalism: Why the Bible Cannot be the “Word of God”
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“Gen:6:6: And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. We know that a perfect being would never repent of any of his perfect actions, and would not grieve (since he could foresee and forestall any incident which would cause him grief). Other Bible writers agree with this: Num:23:19: God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? Genesis says that God repented. Numbers says that God cannot repent. Is it possible to believe both of these statements? If not, then it is impossible to believe the Bible as a whole.”
― Steve McRoberts, The Cure for Fundamentalism: Why the Bible Cannot be the “Word of God”
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“According to Genesis, the flood took place only 1,656 years after creation. To give you an idea of how recent that was, the Bible tells us that Noah’s grandfather, Methuselah, was 113 years old when Adam finally died, and Methuselah died the year of the flood (possibly due to the flood and a very unconcerned grandson). So someone who was personally acquainted with the first created man was still alive when the flood began!”
― Steve McRoberts, The Cure for Fundamentalism: Why the Bible Cannot be the “Word of God”