KRAK_JOE said:
The Bible itself is a nonsense debate, it a fictional book, written by ppl who were on this planet 2000 years ago with nothin better to do, and didnt know any better.
Completely wrong. and you should know better. If they had "nothing better to do" then to write fiction, at the time it would have been orally passed on - not written. They had nothing better to do then to sacrifice their best animals to God (and by the way as you've not demonstrated you know why the Ark had 2 copies of the ten commandments - I doubt you'd know the first thing about how the Ancient Jews practised sacrifice either - there were two main animals used in sacrifice - the first would be burnt on the altar, and the second would be set free)?
KRAK_JOE said:
We are in the Technology Age, the only thing that saves lives on this planet is science, no Gods, no holy books nothin.
Again you abuse the name of science. Science is responsible for the atom bomb. Science is responsible for global warming, science is responsible for good things and for bad things - stop pretending otherwise.
KRAK_JOE said:
I just refuse to believe things that are impossible
In that case you refuse to believe in The Big Bang, Hubble's Law, Abiogenesis, and Evolution?
KRAK_JOE said:
I just find it laughable that you need a book to tell you how to behave.
Okay, I've read other good books too besides The Bible - some of which have some very very good and life enriching content. Stuff like being aware of who you are, rather then living in a delusion where you believe you're someone you aren't. You know, like when one of your friends has a drug problem and you can see it, and everyone else can see it - and yet he will contend that he's a drug user and not a drug abuser - or some similar delusion. It's better to recognize your own failings within yourself - because that's the only way that you can then go and work on it.
So I can firmly say that it is very important for there to be reliable books to read on self-improvement - on how to act, behave and do things.
For instance one thing you can do is to give thanks for what you have - because the more you give thanks for what you have the more you will have to give thanks for... and that's a universal truth. Another thing you can do is to act the way you would like to be. For instance, if you want to be a giving person - then give - and if that's an ideal for you you'll give about 80% of the time where you have something to give and you can do so. Or, if you want to be fit - act like a fit person ... fit people go for a jog 30 minutes a day, so do that.
There are many many many ways others have thought of that can help in personal development. Books help. Not just the Bible - however the Bible is the most fundamental book to read, it outlines true morality - and that is far more important to understand - once you understand that you've build a solid foundation.
After the 2003 bushfires in Duffy, the was a special day to honour the volunteers who had helped people in need. The organizers wanted to make it a Christian event - because more then 90% of the volunteers were religious Christians - but Stanhope refused saying it had to be a secular event.
Christians were the ones who helped the most.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Christmas_Child
Operation Christmas Child has received criticism from Atheists who claim they just use the operation to give Bibles to children... however if they actually checked a lot of the countries they work with don't allow them to included the printed, pictured, translated children's Biblical stories (from memory about a 3rd of all shoeboxes) - and they do not discriminate between those who do allow them to include it and those who don't.
And I can give you many more examples of good Christian work being done.