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Christians do not claim that the humans who penned the books of the Bible were always accurate in everything they said or did. We simply believe that the Bible is right when it claims that God guided these men in their task of writing Scripture, in such a way that the result is an infallible book. The apostle Peter undoubtedly said some foolish things during his lifetime, but God did not allow him to clutter up the Bible with any of those blunders.
2 Timothy 3:16 contains the classic claim that the Bible was produced by God, not just men:
All Scripture is inspired by God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.
2006-06-30 07:49:46 · 15 answers · asked by hearts 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
To say that the bible was written by men who make mistakes. Yes, that is true. But for God this is not a problem when is the author and impressing the message that he wants to bring forth. If God can use fallible men to write an infallibe message, that is what he will do. He inspired the men who wrote, but he did not force them to write. He used who they were, their personalities and their own experiences to bring forth a message that has no errors.
2006-06-30 07:56:38 · answer #1 · answered by caedmonscall99 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It is simply saying that the men that actually penned the Bible itself were fallible. They were people, of coruse they were fallible. What is to say though is that the God that inspired the original writers to write scripture was then and is now completely infallible in every way.
Another possible meaning there though is that the people that copied scripture from century to century to keep it up were also not infallible in what they wrote. There are many differences in various texts between some of the various documents that we have. Generally speaking we take either the oldest of the texts or we use a general concensus of all of them to find the real truth of the text. That is the reason that there are so many different versions of the Bible out there right now, because different people see the translation process differently.
All scripture, in its original form, is absolutely infallible because it is God inspired and God is never wrong. The key is finding the original form, which we have no exact manuscripts of, and using only it. It would help if we could go back in time and get the original text penned by the original authors and use only them in the translation process. The translation would still be flawed, but at least we would be starting with the right document.
2006-06-30 15:00:38 · answer #2 · answered by The Shadow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So the Bible is infallible because the Bible says so? I don't think so. And God most certainly did allow Paul to "clutter up the Bible with blunders" as you put it. Perhaps not blunders, but Paul was writing letters to churches and church workers, he would not have an expectation that people would follow his words blindly. Why is it so important to some Christians that the Bible be inerrant? And by the way, when Paul was talking about scripture, he would have been referring to Hebrew scripture, since during Paul's lifetime none of the Christian writings were canonized or official, and there were hundreds floating around at that time.
2006-06-30 14:56:49 · answer #3 · answered by keri gee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no arguing about what The Holy Bible says. The Holy Bible is always right, no matter you may think or say. Those men wrote all those words and letters down with God in their hearts. God Almighty is infallible. I have faith and trust in our Lord Jesus Christ. May God Bless All.
2006-06-30 14:56:21 · answer #4 · answered by ~KP~ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All I can say is I have faith in Jesus Christ there is no arguing here. What the Bible says, yes I do believe. This s a debatable topic that goes both ways. If you could have a personal supernatural experience with Jesus Christ you may understand why we Christians believe.
2006-06-30 14:56:20 · answer #5 · answered by Nickerbockers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Note he does NOT say that Scripture is profitable for history, biology, astronomy, science, economics or any other material concern. It's not intended to be a textbook, for Pete's sake (pun intended).
It's a blueprint for growing closer to God, your Creator, your Father, your Savior, your Mentor, your Lord.
2006-06-30 14:57:13 · answer #6 · answered by Granny Annie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 Timothy 3:16 was written by a man whom it is traditionally believed was Paul. A self-witness is totally unacceptable.
2006-06-30 14:57:18 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can't have been inspired by a god. There are far too many contradictions in it. If that god is supposed to be perfect, a bible with contradictions is impossible.
2006-06-30 14:55:05 · answer #8 · answered by RED MIST! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's instruction not law and all is confused for a reason.
you dont do what it says anyway so why ask?
noone can be perfect, not one. Only Jesus was and he didnt write it.
But he comes through it.
Feed the poor
Clothe the naked
Serve others before yourself
and you shall have that reward in heavan.
2006-06-30 15:01:42 · answer #9 · answered by eg_ansel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The book is not infallible. That's all there is to it.
http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/jim_meritt/bible-contradictions.html
http://www.evilbible.com/Biblical%20Contradictions.htm
2006-06-30 14:53:47 · answer #10 · answered by Snark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋