One of society's dominantly accepted beliefs is in the belief of a higher power. There are the occasional few who stray from the norm and claim to not believe anything, i.e. atheists, however, the majority of people do think there is an omniscient being watching over us all. Further, they believe this being, be it God, Buddha, Allah, etc, has the ability to inspire human beings to do things in His name. Most religions have a holy book that was divinely inspired by this higher being. In Christianity, this higher being is called God and this holy book is called the Bible. Supposedly, the authors of the books of the Bible had the Hand of God aiding in their work. Divine dictation was how the Bible was written.

I have been raised Roman Catholic and Catholicism thrives on biblical teaching. I have faith in much of what I grew up with, yet, I find fault with the Bible, both literally and theoretically; it contradicts itself in both ways. Too many people blindly follow the teachings of the Bible and read

J. Kellenberger claims that there is "religious sensibility" found specifically in the Book of Psalms. In the passages, one is supposed to discover the presence of God around us and realize that what truly prevents us from seeing God in our lives is the condition of our hearts. Why is it believed that there is even a moral aspect to the heart anyway? The heart is an organ that pumps blood through the body; hence, the condition of our hearts is purely medical. God touches our hearts by keeping us alive. No more, no less. Further, our belief system is in our head, not our heart, so there is no reason to read the Bible, much less the psalms, which are merely simplified song-like passages, in order to awaken us to a new understanding of our innermost feelings towards God or our fellow man. The Bible should simply be a storybook, not a basis for a religion, seeing as it is just a collection of stories and tales. If one were to read the entire Book of Psalms, apparently he would have a revelation and realize the flaws of his innate religious character. The psalms "allow our hearts to listen to the word of God" (Kellenberger) more accurately and more expediently. How is that? A book is just that, a book. The written word of man cannot be the basis for an entire religion. There is fallacy in the thought that a few authors could attempt to instill a faith in mass amounts of people. Jack Weir, a biblical scholar and philosopher, believes that there are two main arguments used today to defend the Bible: 1) The Argument for Divine Perfection and 2) The Argument Denying Human Error. These two defenses are used by Bible-beaters in order advocate their point. Basically, the first argument claims that since God spiritually had a hand in writing the books of the Bible there can be no inaccuracy or mistake in the entire book. The second point says basically the same thing; since God had divine intervention in the writing of the Bible, despite human error, error could not exist in this case. However, the Bible contains factual disparities. For instance, in Genesis are two contradictory stories of creation. In Genesis 1:20 & 21, "every living creature" is brought forth from the waters, including every winged fowl." But in 2:19 God brings forth "every beast of the field and every fowl of the air" from dry ground. In Genesis 1:2, earth comes into existence on the first day, completely underwater. Only by the 3rd day were waters of the deep collected, and dry land formed. Yet in Genesis 2:4-6, earth on the first day was dry land, unwatered. The first story has trees

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