We were not there in the Past!

Question Asker: forrestalexanderwilson

Written Answer:

What did happen in the past actually is not so important to us, for we r living in the now and not in the past.

We care very much about the past bcoz we think it is the basis of the now. Eg the sacred book now we read and pass along is based on "what happened once upon a time".

One thing for sure is we cannot verify what was really the fact bcoz we were not there on the spot seeing the whole process and every bit of details going on.

History is not the complete and vivid restoration of the whole things called "the past". U can prove that by seeing many times two person experience a same thing together but when u ask them to describe, they can each tell a very different story from the other. Some are missing out, some are overemphasize, and some are distorted from the original one.

We have to remember that everyone of us is a creator. We bring this characteristic into anything, including writing history or bible as well. So it is not astonishing at all if the writer adding some their own opinion on "something should be in what way" along the writing process. And the pasteur or the teachers of this bible are creators as well. They can also add in their own interpretation and their subjective opions.

Didn't u ever experience this: when someone told u to pass along a message to somebody, more or less u will change the wording, paraphrasing or the logic that MAKE MORE SENSE TO YOU AND MORE PREFFERED TO YOU?

You will think like this "Should be in this way it is more right/ more accurate/ make more sense/ easier to say/ better to convince/ MORE POWERFUL TO MANIPULATE..."

So, if u ask me whether something in the past did happen like it is told, I will say I don't know. BUT, even if I say "Yes it is" OR "No, it is not", what will you think? You still will feel doubtful that "How come you are so sure but in fact you were not there yourself spotting the whole thing?"

It is easy to doubt kiatlc on this but not so easy to just apply the same question to someone you revere and being treated as the *AUTHORITY* of whatever you believe to be.

For one thing we are sure that is GOD does exist. But the only difference between religions is just that "WHAT IS GOD LIKE?". And here rises endless interpretation on the same subject that differ so much until many followers of different religions busy themselves in pushing against the other ones.

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