Chapter 4: The Problem With The Bible

There are many manuscripts to the Bible. For the New Testament alone, there are about 5,500. If we include lectionaries, which are Bibles arranged in the order they were read in the ancient church, then the number grows dramatically. The Bible is a collection of 66 books written by about 40 different authors over approximately 1,500 years. These authors came from diverse backgrounds and wrote in different languages on three different continents. The main problem is the original texts of the Bible were written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek over hundreds of years and underwent numerous revisions and translations too numerous to list. Thus, many of the writings are simply not true. For example, Romans 9:21 says, “Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?” The potter is a reference to God, the vessel is us. “One vessel for special occasions” means Heaven. “Another for common use” means Hell. In other words, if one lives a loving, caring, life but was made for common use; that person is going to experience agony in an eternal Hell and there is nothing he/she can do about it. This is complete and utter nonsense. How could the God of Infinite Love make such a horrible place and allow one of His/Her children to exist there forever? Also, the Mayans used human sacrifice because they believed this appeased the wrath of their angry God. Jesus dying for our sin is the exact same type of false belief.

I feel the Old Testament is full of erroneous doctrine. I attempted to read it several times, but became lost in the “who begat who”. Who cares? Furthermore, the scripture goes on and on and on about the extreme jealousy of God. Let me ask you a question. The Source of all life made neutrinos, neutrons, protons, and electrons. He designed recurring and changing inorganic and organic molecules, amino acids and all the forces that regulate life. God made rivers, lakes, oceans, forests, mountains, skies, worlds, suns, stars, galaxies, and universes. Who exactly would God be jealous of? You? Me? The Beatles? Oh, I got it, must be Elvis. For clarification, Source made all that is, but not in this illusory dream universe. Proof of this is entropy, decay and death. Christ created all the dynamics of life on earth via an extension of God’s power, nonetheless, everything here eventually dies because all was created due to Christ’s temporary insane fear. God’s creations are our true reality, which is the dimension of Heaven where nothing ever dies because all was created due to love. God’s Love. The beauty of the manuscript “A Course In Miracles” is it was written by one woman, Dr. Helen Schucman, and has never been re-interpreted. I’ve studied and written about this magnificent manuscript for over 15 years and have found nothing that is not true. I certainly cannot say that about the Bible.