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Is the Bible inspired by God?

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crashfrog
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07-21-2003 10:18 PM 		Reply to: Message 16 by Buzsaw
07-21-2003 10:14 PM

So why did the standard of living in Israel sky rocket in a few decades under Israel after centuries of wasteland under cultures of non-biblical origin and heritage?
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Aren't the Israelis mostly Jewish? What do Jewish settlers have to do with Christian Biblical Fundamentalism? The Jews are not Biblica Literalists, to my knowledge. There's certainly a large part of your bible they don't even accept.
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Finland has been traditionally relatively uncorrupted, having a strong Lutheran base with the Bible regarded as the highest authority for morality and society.
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Are you sure about that? Certainly Sweden doesn't hold the Bible as the highest moral authority in their country.
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crashfrog
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07-22-2003 12:29 AM 		Reply to: Message 24 by Buzsaw
07-22-2003 12:01 AM

Honestly I think you're going to have a hard time convincing anybody that America, or any other Western country, was founded on a tradition of Biblical literalism. For instance, America - if you think that America is founded on Biblical literalism, why then have only 4 (or so) of the Ten Commandments ever been laws?
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How does "Thou shalt keep no other gods but Me" fit into a tradition of religious pluralism? How does "Thou shalt not covet" fit into a tradition of consumerism and a free market? What is the free market based on, if not coveting?
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