that he had answered wisely, he said to him, ‘You are not far from the
kingdom of God.”
In the second point you said that it was not correct to think that the
Bible or any sacred text is the word of God.
That's right.
So if the Bible is not the word of God, what is it, in your opinion?
The Old Testament is a set of books which covers part of the history of
Israel, conveniently manipulated in order to justify the conquering
intentions of its leaders showing it to be “the will of God”, although it
also includes some fairly correct messages from more spiritually
advanced beings than average - I am speaking of the prophets - then
already warning of the fanatical manipulation of religious beliefs, and
giving an idea of where authentic spirituality lies.
The New Testament, on the other hand, is an attempt to cover the oral
tradition concerning some of the more relevant facts of the life of
Jesus, mainly those of his last years of public preaching, and it partially
covers the message that he wanted to give (gospels), the life of the
apostles after the death of Jesus (Acts), and the Apocalypse, which
contains a series of visions of the author about the future of humanity.
Well in spite of not having a very good concept of the “Scriptures”, you
mention from time to time some passages from the New Testament to
justify some of your arguments.
I have not said that everything was a lie. You need to give the correct
value to everything. For that reason, I use many passages which make
reference to the public preaching of Jesus, such as the Sermon on the
Mount, for example, and many parables taken fairly faithfully from
what Jesus said. Bear in mind that the fact that Jesus spoke in the form
of parables was not unintentional. It has allowed many parts, which
were inconvenient for the church, to be saved from manipulation,
since, as their meaning was not very well understood, they were
allowed to pass through ecclesiastical censorship.
Can you give an example?
Yes. The idea of reincarnation is taken up, in a subtle form, from two
passages from the New Testament. First in John 3, with the dialogue
between Jesus and Nicodemus of whom we have already spoken:
"In truth, in very truth I tell you, unless a man has been born over he
cannot see the kingdom of God. ‘But how is it possible’, said
Nicodemus, ‘for a man to be born when he is old? Can he enter his