How to read the Bible

Bill: " Do you think when the tele-wire was first created, people already prospect it to be used for Internet?"

same idea may also suitable for the Bible -- the people who wrote the bible already forecast there are Asia, India, America and the Antarctic?? there are so many new impacts to our society, cars, ships, planes and Internet will innovated, and make our knowledge can spread so wide, our distant become so close. and also, did the bible writers also know that, 2000 years later, there are so many philosophers that taught people and raise up our intellectual level? and the bible writers also know that the population of mankind will reach 6 billion? do they has the feeling of 6 billion? No. none at all. they only knew people around the small asia. i also wonder that, do they know about the Golden Greek's civilization? which is 1000 years before that time, because nothing of Greek was mentioned! therefore, Bible, just like an ordinary story book, who try to teach the people around small asia. At that time, those people are still at very low civilizational level, which mean, people are more like un-educated kid. they pray everything supernatural, super-power. they cannot control and change the environment, and so, they create many gods and try to explain everything they wonder.

if you are a modern people, or a very wise man at that time. and you see that the quality of people is little higher than animal, or just a kind of speaking animal. you want to help them.

may be i tell a little story before i goes on. One day, my sister, who is study literature and know nothing about science, ask me what is the different between Optical Zoom and Digital Zoom. that i said, Optical Zoom is Zoom by adjust the lens position then change the focal length, just like you can look far away through a telescope. Digital Zoom is just like you enlarge a picture in computer. she tole me, "so, what is the different?"

this story is try to point out that, to understand this world, even in a very small aspect, there are so many basis concept to understand first. without those concepts, it is very hard to further explain or understand things. to let my sister know what is the different between digital Zoom and Optical Zoom, i need to tell her many basis elements in camera. however, if i don't has enough time, how do i explain the whole concept? take a fusion as an example, how do you explain fusion to a P1 kid? may be the easiest way is "Fusion is combining many atoms (i suppose they knew what it is.) into one." for normal kid, it may be work, but for those curious one? they further ask what is atom? how do you do? and you know there will be another class for them.

Ok, time to go back the bible writers. they knew a lot of things about human, about our psychology, about our behavior. they knew we can do better, we can be hygiene, can be polite, can live better through cooperation. they knew their words means nothing, since they are normal man. but if they pretend they are massager from gods, people will believe them by no mean.

the thing is like primary school teacher. how do they teach the kid for "1+1=2", "don't steal things" ? they build up an authority, and the kid just believe it is right. that's is. same for bible, when teaching kid, the bible method is excellent. all you need to do is follow what Jesus did, and don't think, don't argue. especially the existence of GOD - the power of make you believe.

having this understanding of Bible, the book for "do not think" people, or for kid, one should be regard Bible just a story book, to understand the history, and become a manner book for kid. when we grow up, we should break the barrier from the Bible and throw it away and Start to think about it. We should read more other book, to meet the modern requirement for living.

at last, there are many modern people just study the bible. yes, they can, in case they haven't read any modern books (can you believe the few wise bible writer are better then all people in the history? ) and don't like to think for the reasons of everything.