Do you believe EVERYTHING is true in the Bible ?

[Marla_Singer]

Many Creationists are saying that if one single thing is not true in the Bible, then it means nothing is true in it and as such, God doesn't exist. I'm severly against that appreciation which I find futile, childish and superficial. However, this is only my opinion.

Anyway, let's hear your opinion.

 

[Zeekater]

Haven't read it, so I can't really comment on it.
I see it more as a fictional read, like any other book. It has some things which might be true, but most is made up.
Doesn't really matter, I don't believe that what it says in my philosophy class book is true either.

 

[Colonel]

I havent read most of it but can assure you that most if not all of it fake.

 

[Mauer]

Yes I do. Except the part about jedis

 

[newfangle]

I respect Christians a little more who take the entire bible as literal truth. As soon as you open the door to "contextual" interpretation, it can mean anything you want. This way, I know what page they're (thus I can prompty avoid them. )

Some atheists believe that the Bible contains many valuable lessons. I think they need to check their premises.

 

[stormbind]

Many Creationists are saying that if one single thing is not true in the Bible, then it means nothing is true in it and as such, God doesn't exist. I'm severly against that appreciation which I find futile, childish and superficial. However, this is only my opinion.

The Old Testament makes as much sense as an episode of ST:Voyager, in reverse.

It's possible, I suppose, that it is actually encrypted in a similar fashion to other Jewish religious texts. Personally, I ignore it, and emphasise the teachings of Jesus.

It suspect that the creationists you're referring to, don't read much outside the Bible

 

[Riesstiu IV]

Yes I do. Except the part about jedis

The Bible has Jedis?! Awesome!

Jedi Jesus...

 

[h4ppy]

I don't beleive that everything in the Bible is true, even though I am Christian. Its just that I think that when the Bible was first written down they did not include all of the neccissary parts.

 

[CIVPhilzilla]

Well the Bible is a great work of fiction nother more.

 

[Zulu Elephant]

Anyone who thinks the bible is word-for-word true should read 'The Age of Reason' by Thomas Paine...he completely destroys the whole thing.

I'd love to hear from a creationist who has read it to hear their views

 

[Yuri2356]

The Bible has Jedis?! Awesome!

Of course it did!

"And the Lord God did say unto Moses: take up thine father's sabre of light, and with it release thine people from the empire." New Hope 2:14

Don't realy belive the events of the bilble, but I do think that someone was actualy inspired to write them down (the prophets existed, but they might not have actualy been backed by a Deity.) Especialy some biblical events that have strong ties to the recorded history of other nations.

 

[Shadylookin]

absolutely not. There are many contradictions and paradoxes which go to prove it is not true.

 

[Moss]

No, and I do believe in God. But the Bible is a biased history of one particular group in history. Not everything in it is true and many things that are possibly true are undoubtedly slanted.

Plus...I don't know that much about the writing of the Bible, but even if the stories in Genisis were passed down or whatever...there no way that they could know what happened that many years ago when the bible was written.

 

[Speedo]

Since you don't differentiate between fact and truth, I can't vote.

I can't think of anything offhand in the Bible that is untrue. Several things, however, aren't scientific fact. They don't need to be- the Bible isn't a science book.

The best example is creation. The Genesis story of creation has one purpose and one purpose only: to give the Jewish people an origin which links them with God. Whether God snapped his fingers, spoke or used a mechanism like evolution is entirely irrelevant. The simple fact is that many people aren't comfortable if you take God out of the strict limits they've always seen Him in- thus why you see arguments like "God wouldn't be all-powerful if He used evolution." Bullshnap. God can do whatever the heck He wants, however the heck He wants to do it.

 

[Crimso]

I have probably read 90% of the bible (not including Psalms) and I can tell you that it contains a bounty of wisdom. As an optimist, I have to say that a lot of this wisdom is 'true' if you remove God from it. I believe that it is true that matierial things are not good for the spirit; I believe that it is true that greed, envy, and solthness are detremental to a human; etc.

Of course it is not fact though... the world, and human beings, have been around longer than 6000 years. Certain people, places and events are real, but 'snowballed' or hyperboloized into legend over time, just like the histories of any peoples. WHAT ABOUT THE DINO'S?

If everyone followed the teachings of Jesus we would have utopia. But even the Christains on this board don't, so... ok I... think that... WHY THE @#$% IS THERE ANOTHER RELEGION TOPISAJFLKAHFWLIEYUHFLAIUFSHLAFUE

 

[Damnyankee]

I'm a Christian and while some things in the bible are not true or contradictory, i believe that humans wrote the history in the bible but God inspired our laws and beliefs as christians. Without the bible, i doubt we would all be speaking english, or even be typing on the computer.

 

[ybbor]

i believe that the bible in it's original translation, in corect context, and with an understanding of the author's purpose for writing, is entirely 100% true. To say there is a mistake that emans that God either made a mistake in 1) what God said, 2)there was a mistake in writing it down, or 3) it got lost through the generations does not make sence in the sense of an all powerful God. '1' for obvious reasons, '2' because it implies that he can't find/create one person on the whole earth who can take acurate notes, and '3' because that would imply God can't manage his own story

 

[bobgote]

i do take it as literal truth. no-one has really pointed out any errors/untruth in it to me, but i certainly wouldn't take that as proof god doesn't exist just that the book is wrong. but yeah, it'd have to be an impressive contradiction to achieve that.

 

[Milan's Warrior]

I am an atheist so NO.
But I find your question very interesting. I was brought up as a catholic and catholicism (as I was taught it) has a strong enphasis on interpretation. According to catholicism you are supposed not to believe the literal text but the interpretation that the Pope - Bishops - Priests give you.

I found out only when I moved to the US that there are people that they actually believe in the Bible as it is written.

 

[stratego]

They're probably highly exaggerated records of things that actually happened. Noah didn't really go through the flood, he's probably just some crazy old guy telling a youngster about the time when he tried to pack his farm animals into a boat and sail to the next island. And there was no tower of babel. And Jesus mom wasn't really a virgin, it just added to the supernaturalness of it.