Originally posted by JesusIsAlive
Yes everything in the Bible is truly stated, but not necessarily a statement of Truth. For example, let's say that I told you to record everything that I say so that it could be preserved for future posterity or study 100 years from now. Here is what you record me as saying,"All elephants have wings and can fly, all sharks live on dry land, all zebras live underground, and all birds fly to the moon lay the eggs and then fly back to earth."
Question: in this scenario [B]did I actually say those words?
Yes? You are correct. But is everything that I said a statement of truth (i.e. truthful or factual)? No? You are correct again.So what we have are words that I have truly stated (because you wrote down every word that I said), but my words are not statements of truth (that's because elephants do not have wings and they cannot fly, all sharks do not live on dry land, all zebras do not live underground, and all birds do not fly to the moon, lay their eggs and then fly back to earth).
All Scripture in the Bible is truly stated but not necessarily fact or truth. The Bible simply records the actual words that were spoken, or the events that occurred. But you have to rightly divide the Word of Truth to determine if what the Bible reveals is both truly stated and a statement of Truth. For example, the Bible states that Jesus Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose again the third day. This statement is truly stated (meaning Paul did say these words about Jesus), and Paul's words are statements of truth (or truthful) because Jesus did actually die, was literally buried, and did in fact rise from the dead the third day. [/B]
How do you know that you interpretation is better then someone else? There are as many interpretations of the bible as there are sands on the beaches of the world.