do you believe in the bible?

Can't you be a free thinker and not believe in the Bible?

Hi msfrancisco9369!

What is your religion anyway?

I am a Roman Catholic. Good day!

Is this a premise question to debate me?

Yes. I do believe in both of them. Because it was written through the chosen prophets and teachers and people of God since time immemorial.

If Christians believe in Bible fully, they can't be Christians. And if they agree with OT they will be like Jews.

If you are ok to debate as you asked, I'm ready

Christ himself quoted teachings, specially prophecies of the Old Testament. So it follows that if you are a Christian, you must also look back and read the Old Testament. You can't fully understand the Bible and its teachings if you'd only choose to read a book, or a chapter or a verse from it.

An analogy of this is, you need to learn elementary arithmetic before you go to advance mathematics.

OK,

Can you explain me the following verses?

M't:5:17: Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
M't:5:18: For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
M't:5:19: Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
M't:5:20: For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

What of that verses? What is your question?

You need to look at the Bible as a progressing book. It progressed from the time of Adam and Eve, to Moses, to the time of the prophets, to Jesus' time, to our time, and to the time of end. There are what you call dispensations.

When God said "multiply and be plentiful...", He said that to Adam and Eve. It is a law that Adam and Eve should do as a couple. It is but logical for God to say that to Adam and Eve because they were the only man and women then. Would you take this law for yourself?

Who told Moses to go to Mount Sinai to get the Ten Commandment? It was God who told Moses to go up in Mount Sinai. It is a law for Moses. Would you go to Mount Sinai also to get the two tablet of stones of the ten commandments?

What I'm telling is, you need to look for laws that specifically goes through your dispensation. We are in Jesus Christ's dispensation. His laws, from God, must be obeyed.

The Old Testament is still here because there are instances and circumstances that must be read for comparison purposes. Jesus' commandments are more specific than those in the ten commandments. And you can't really understand what is written in the New Testament when you don't know where it came from.

It is aptly called New Testament because something got old.

OK, I quoted those verses from the New Testament, Gospel of Jesus According to Mathew. Can you explain those verses?

I can't, really.

You can ask on this site instead, angdatingdaan.org.

I can explain it but it is much more clearer if you ask it to those who really can answer you completely.

Hello Frederick42.

Faith is something you believe in without any proof that can be sensed. Why would God Himself would appear to you if you don't believe in His words in the first place.

Its like someone you know have sent you a letter through postal mail. You received his mail but you don't believe that that letter came from him because he did not send it himself.

Well, its your choice anyways. Just think. If you think you are thinking... well think some more. Maybe you can find some more logic behind your logic now.

Yes. I try hard to obey its teachings and words everyday.

Thank you paul_original for your reply.

There are lots of things that have written in the Bible which are now happening.