Quote Originally Posted by valour View Post
It was written by men of God under the inspiration of God. Why would Matthew, Mark , or anyone else teach people to do good things and love one another? What motive would they have to do that? What would they gain from that?

God created Adam and Eve in the beginning, God does not degrade against women, he chose a woman to give birth to the Savior of the World. If I am not mistaken the Apostles walked with Jesus when Jesus was in the flesh, so they knew him well. I agree that the world would be a better place without religion, but it would be a better place if Jesus was accepted and not rejected.
Why wouldn't they? I never said they were bad people, maybe they were great people, I promote being good and doing good things too...they just said jesus told them to, I don't think anyone needs to be told that or have to have a book to understand. And yes the bible does degrade women, it says they should keep their head covered, not speak in church etc. And yes, they did walk with him, but they are the ones that wrote the bible...it was handed down word from them. To the last part, Jesus isn't disliked by many, I like him, muslims, buddhists etc. Like him. And his story isn't much different than others and others have similar teachings...I actually think Buddha is very similar and also says to question everything, no matter if he said it, to not accept it unless it agrees with their own common sense and reason.