Bible Question (short): Help me understand the bible |
Question (full): I believe in God and I believe in heaven. But I've recently finished reading the bible for the 3rd time and I can't help feeling it just isn't true. God kills so many people and demands others to kill in his name. God's 10 commandments says murder is a sin and punishable by death, yet right after Mosses wrote that down he murders half of his people just for worshiping a golden cow (that they didn't know was a sin since Mosses hadn't come down with the commandments yet) And then there are so many contradictions. I just don't know. Can someone help me understand this? Do I NEED the bible to love God? Or can I just love God without it? |