I was thinking the other day about people that are not believers of God and the bible as His written word. And I was wondering what then those people think the contents of the bible are/were. Do you that don't believe it is the written word of God believe that those writings were written when claimed? Do you think they were just "stories" written years ago? I am curious. Any thoughts?
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I do believe in the Bible, but your question can be applied to any religious text.
So to answer your question, as I have applied it to all non-Bible scripture including the Tao te Ching, Quran, Poetic Edda, Younger Edda, Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Tipitaka, ruti, Smriti, Tattvartha Sutra, etc. Insofar as they hold truth, they are "given by inspiration of God, and are profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works" (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
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Last edited by Regret on Mar 12th, 2007 at 05:29 PM
Yes I believe a lot of whats in the bible are stories like the parting of the Red Sea which written evidence now suggests that they where helped across by a army of Arab fisherman from the Arabian peninsula who disliked Egypt.also science for the most part with evolution largely disproves biblical creation
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Re: Contents of the bible.
The bible is a mix of history, stories and legal documents. Some parts of the bible are based on fact while others are fiction. The problem with the bible is modern interpretation, which is different then original intent. For example, Revaluations is a typical anti-Roman code book, but modern interpretation has distorted its true meaning to the point perversion.
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I addressed this, and also answered the question, or do you believe his question cannot be applied as I suggested to open the discussion to a more broad audience?
Exactly, they were just "stories written long ago", maybe some of them had a truth at the core, but like any story that is told and re-told for generations, it gets changed and added to from the original. They're also a way of passing along knowledge and history and we're lucky to have them.
They were also written in a time when science all but didn't exist, so the best way to explain something like 'how did man come to exist' was "God made man from dirt", it's not that those people were stupid, they just did with the best they had at the time.
Huh, never thought about it! Oh my goodness! I don't know. I think I would need to know more about other writings such as the Qu'ran before I try to comment on it.
Excellent question Alliance! I will dig a little and get back to you.
(was your first scentence meant to be sarcastic or serious? I took it as serious....that ok?)
I beleive the Bible is just a collection of human experience and wisdom gathered through centuries of growth, learning, exposure to other myths and cultures, and biases from people in power.
IF the Bible was truly written by an infallible God, then there would be no contradictions, would there ?
On top of that, the Bible claims that God is not "the author of confusion", yet the Bible is the most confusing book to date (even the Quran is more clear, despite its being violent and sexist)
Like, do you think that thousands of years ago people were scribbling songs and stories and such...and then found they were compiled to form what we know as the bible?
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