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  • How Do We Think About the Bible From a Philosophical Point of View?
    Let me briefly preface that I have studied and have degrees in both philosophy and religion, and joined this forum looking for good discussion.

    I do think however that as nuanced as these topics are it is best to address very specific topics and issues so as we may come to find very nuanced specific answers to those questions. Otherwise we are circling around a yet to be defined grey area which does not set any new foundations of relevant boundaries.

    That being said, as I stated previously, yes the Bible does address many philosophical issues humans have needed to confront, but I see nothing special about the Bible's ability to do so successfully. Many or most of the same issues were discussed and written long before the Bible came into being and I have not found anything particularly progressive or groundbreaking in finding the answers to those questions within its texts that other cultures and scripts did not already address.
  • How Do We Think About the Bible From a Philosophical Point of View?
    The question "How Do We Think About the Bible From a Philosophical Point of View?" is really too broad to begin a detailed and constructive discussion. The Bible certainly discusses philosophical problems of humanity (i.e. origin of life, our role in the world, the origin of evil, etc.). You will need to take a philosophical stance the Bible proposes and then form your hypothesis or question from that.

    The Bible does not prove the belief in God or defend it, it presumes it.