Im questioning the bible. iii yi yi. sorry.?

Question

Im not trying to make anyone not beilve, or there is o right or wrong Im just wondering.

1. Why does the bible and the history book contradict themself:
ie: Writing was invented in a certain tribe right? So why would the bible be written back then, how do we know everything like adam and eve if there was no writing?

2.How come if its all the same bible, different religions belive different stuff if theres only One God?

3. Isn't it, the bible was translated so many times, it lost its meaning?

4.If God really was real wouldnt it be in the history books?

5.Isnt God something/someone that people blame for the earths creation because they need something to say did it so they feel secure? if you disagree, please explain.

Please DONT answer these questions with I know it because its in the bible. And please explain. Thank you.

UPDATE!
2.How come if its all the same bible, different religions belive different stuff if theres only One God? Why would there be so many different religions?

Also isnt it true...
God didnt make us
We made God.

Answer 1

Let me try to give you a general answer that may cover all your questions. But, first these are good question to begin with. Remember however, the Truth can never be found through questions, the questions are merely a starting point.

Let me suggest the book "A Hero with a Thousand Faces" by Joseph Campbell. Think of religion as dancing. Almost all cultures of the world dance, but each region has its own style that fits the culture, geographical conditions, and other things specific to that region. Dance itself is a unified concept that manifest itself differently in that culture. This is the reason there are more than one religion in the world. I think this is an answer to your second question.

Also, looking for uniformity in mystical texts is probably not the best approach. Paradox is a plenty in most spirituality orders and religions. Paradoxes actually help sideline your mind so that your heart can connect to the Truth. This is not an easy topic so this is all I will say for now.

Q3 and 4 have to do with the science of accuracy in history, and I content that the Truth transcends time and place. For example something that was True a thousand years ago is still is true today and will always be true. Remember that I am not talking about Reality, which is merely our perception of the Truth. For example for a long time the reality was that the world was flat and all stars would revolve around the Earth. The Truth of course is something else.

Now, regarding your Q5. Let me talk about Mythology and our current misunderstanding of the term. A Myth is commonly translated as something that is not true. This is not a good use of this word in this context. Think of Mythology as the creation of human subconscious. That is Man has always created Myths through its subconscious. If you have ever heard of the Healing Myth, you would know that Mythology plays an important part in human progress. One of the major issues western man has is that it has lost its connections with its Myth. In fact Myths have been replaced with heroes in the movies.

So the answer to your Q5 is better explained with another way of asking that question: Isn't it that the Truth (you may want to call it God) has the tendency to manifest itself through human psyche as Myth?

If none of what I have said made sense, don't give up on your quest. Once you have the language, you will see.

Answer 2

The Bible was not inspired by God. The Bible was put together by man. Around the 300's or so they were like thousands of bishops that got together and they decided what books would go into the Bible. If they didn't like the way something was written, the meaning of a sentence.They would take one word and find all the different meanings for that word and change it to say what they wanted it to say. Different religions all have there own Bible. Like Christian Bibles have 39 ot books and 27 nt books. Judaism has 24 ot books only. When the Bible was translated from hebrew, greek to english there were words that either could not be translated correctly or there wasn't a english word to translate it to. So there for they just picked the one that was simlar in meaning. Which ended up giving the sentence a whole new meaning. Take a look at the four gospels: Mathew, Mark, Luke, John. They all have the same plot. They all tell the story of Jesus dying on the cross. But they all also tell it in a different way. They put in the books that they thought would give them control of the people. There are more books that are not in the Bible but if you do the research you will find that some of them were not found until 1947 or after the King James version was written in 1611. Many of these books were found in caves in jars and are called the Dead Sea Scrolls. In 381 they voted that no other changes could be made to the Bible.

Answer 3

One day I read something in a book that made me think, what if this is true. So I starting looking at the reference notes the author had put in the back of the book and started looking at his sources for myself. I started reading the ancient Sumerian and Babylonian tablets which are the oldest writings on the planet. They are dated as being written about 4000 years before the bible. And I realized that it could not be coincidence that some of the same things were in the bible. This caused me to start researching many other things, like the Egyptian book of the dead, (which is also far older than the bible) and many other sources and ancient religions. I noticed that a lot of things from then were in the bible also.

I agree with the many scholars that say most of the religions and mythologies originated from the ancient text of the Sumerians. The stories were passed on for thousands of years orally before being written down again later by other cultures. During that time the stories have changed but many of them can be traced back in origin the the Sumerians. When you take this into account along with the whole process on how the bible was established my men, it is my opinion that you cannot deny that the bible is a collection of stories along with some historical information that should be classified as great literature.

Answer 4

The Bible was inspired by God. It started as an oral history until Moses started writing it down.

Different people interpret certain passages to mean one thing, while others interpret things differently. This is true with anything people read. A good example is that there is a lot of debate over the Constitution, or even Harry Potter books. Unless the author is there to explain all the details at length, it is open to interpretation. Even then, there is debate about what was really meant. This is human nature.

If the Bible was really inspired by God, and the Bible says right in it that it will be preserved, then we have to assume that there is a valid version of the Bible still in existance. Many people believe this is the King James Bible from 1611. If you read the history of the Bible, you can understand why they feel this way.

Whether God is or isn't in the history books is irrelevant. History books leave lots of important stuff out. They are written by humans, and it depends on the beliefs of the authors as to what will be included. Also, schools would not purchase history books that discuss God's existance, because this is not something government-run public schools want to teach about. They purchase books that fit in with their agenda. There are history books that include God, but you won't find them in public schools.

People could believe in God for many different reasons. Personally, I don't think a life without God offers any hope. There is so much evil in the world, so much suffering, that if I didn't believe in God, I couldn't imagine wanting to go on. If you read the Bible, it tells us that Lucifer and his angels (demons) were cast out of heaven, and they are running things down here.

Please look at this website. http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/

Answer 5

This is what I think, but necessarily true.
1. In the past Church is more powerful than government, so church writes its own history. Later the church is separated from government, so the politicians wrote their own history base on the true event. So there comes the two version of the history book. Winner always write the history.

2. There is disagreement in the religion, like a civil war, so they divide themselves. In order to make themselves unique, they have to change the bible a little.

3. I don't think bible today is the same as 2000 years ago, if we pass down from one generation to the other without translating, we will lose its meaning as well.

4. There is no God, history books are base on true event that can be proven.

5. God is someone who actually lives in this world at one time, who did many good things. In order to credit him, we worship him and want to follow his model.

Answer 6

I have never heard we made god? I don't believe that the bible is correct. Here is something you may not know, that back when the bible was first created, before it spread to different cities, the romans took all the bibles and burned them. Then they wrote their own version and gave those back to the city. And if god created everything, didn't he create evil? The bible is full of things that cannot be true. And only people of ignnorance would be able to believe. And there is no way god would send people to hell for not repenting for lying about not eating the last piece of cake? No . In the bible, they make god out to be some vengeful evil to be feared man. When he is not. He is an all loving all giving person. If you have more questions email me. And I would suggest you check out sylvia brownes books, I had many of these same questions myself and she helped me emensly.

Answer 7

I can answer your questions. Number one, God spoke of the words but man wrote it down when they were able to. And Man makes mistakes, so some things can be faulty with history. 2. Religion, as I've said numerous times, is a personal belief. Even if it's a monotheistic religion, they have different views and different beliefs, which is fine. 3. Just because a work is translated doesn't mean it's lost its meaning. Words are second to thoughts. And the thoughts remain on the page, no matter how many times people reword them. And I've seen numerous versions of the Bible to know what you're talking about. 4. The people who write the history books don't want to offend the other people who don't believe in God. History is mankind history, religion is a different kind of history, and schools don't like to get involved in religious clashes. 5. People like to ***** and moan about how it's god's fault we're in this mess of earth, when in fact it's our fault we are in the messes, we picked them. God let us live our own lives and look what happened. It's just a natural consequence, live you learn I suppose. And yeah, many people do blame God to make themselves feel better. But it's our own faults and we have to take responsibility for them.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Questioning the bible is healthy. You'll never find God there, except in tiny glimpses buried under a load of manmade mythology. The real God is findable through reason, logic and knowledge, not archaic nonsense.

Answer 10

this is answering #4: because there different religions in america and if they put god in the history books, ppl of a different religion could sue them