Thesis 1
The words in the bible resemble the word of God and not human thoughts. They are God's commands. As such, human beings have the duty to carry out the bible's commands without doubt or question. Faith, and not empirical evidence, therefore, becomes an important, if not the only, tool with which to correctly understand the bible.
Thesis 2
The bible is a holy book and thus should never be amended, nor should any of its pages be torn or be used for anything else other than reading. To amend the bible or to throw it into the rubbish bin, for instance, is literally to disregard and insult God’s holiness. Blasphemy is the ultimate crime for such acts.
Thesis 3
The bible is simply a book on historical events, some exaggerated and some understated, written by different people who were influenced by different experiences at different times. As a book of history, the book may have some degree of importance, although it must be read and studied critically. Hence the bible has nothing to do with commands or anything related to 'holiness,' and people may disregard some parts of it.
Thesis 4
The truth is that the bible was written by human beings, by prophets of God and no other. But these prophets were not writing whatever they wanted. The words were given to them by God using his own mysterious ways. This is the basis for books such as Genesis, especially the part which deals with the creation of the world which human beings could not have been able to witness with their naked eyes, and Revelation, amongst others.
Thesis 5
The bible is nothing but a collection of many books written by different people at different epochs and for different reasons. It has nothing to do with God's dictation or being holy. This is why it is a big book of many irreconcilable contradictions. The collection process itself was mired in controversy and corruption; hence so many writings were either ignored or destroyed, or hidden from the public eye by the Church elites who made the compilation. Examples here include the Gospels of Thomas, Judas, Peter, and Philip, amongst others, which have recently been discovered.
Thesis 6
To talk about the bible being a book of all times is a total absurdity. A thorough empirical study of the bible reveals its true identity; that the writings in it were writings meant for people in the places mentioned therein. As such, to follow the bible’s instructions literally and mechanically apply it in Southern Africa, for instance, is the basis for the conclusion that one's reasoning capability has hit rock bottom.
Thesis 7
The
two Testaments contradict each other. Thus, the Old Testament applies only to
the Jews whilst the New Testament applies to the whole world including the Jews.
The society to which the commands were given as contained in the Old Testament
applied to a definite community, the Jews, and no other. The ‘globalisation’ of
the word of God only happens in the New Testament as restructured by Jesus
Christ. In a word, Jesus Christ repealed the Old Testament, and to keep the two
Testaments in one book can only help to reinforce the contradictions between
them and thus contradict God’s word completely.
