Since the Bible is said to be the inspired word of God, is the entire book, and all it's contents perfect?

Answer 1

That would be a definate no. The Bible is like the telephone game in school. God told somebody, that somebody told somebody, and that person interpreted it and wrote it down. That is assuming God does exist and that the first person wasn't schitzophrenic or something.

Answer 2

This is a misconception for both the Christian AND the Biblical skeptic.
One misconception is that the Bible contains a tremendous amount of errors due to all the
years of being passed down and rewritten and resembles nothing of the original text.
This is simply not true...from a historical viewpoint. What archaeologists and historians
have found is that the copying process with which the Bible was copied from the original
text was amazingly accurate... and the resulting Bible we currently have is as close to
the original as humanly possible. I say "humanly possible" because humans make mistakes.
(christians, hang with me here) There are several mistakes which have resulted from the years
of being passed down and rewritten, but these mistakes are nothing more than some minor
spelling errors and word usage issues... and none of them change any teaching or doctrine.
All meaning, teaching and doctrine has remained intact.

The other misconception (by Christians) is that the Bible is absolutely perfect in every sense
and could not contain any mistakes. I believed this too, until doing some research I discovered
that there are some minor errors that have resulted from people being people. But, knowing that
what is written in the Bible still maintains its origianl meaning and authority is a great
comfort. God would not allow His own Word to mankind to be altered beyond recognition.

Answer 3

Divine, deep meaning.
Too many feel the you should be able to hold the bible and receive its full wisdom.

There are some books that I have read 10 or 15 times and I still do not have full knowledge of, I am still learning.

Sure I would like to have had a bible that just comes out and says what means, but it doesn't.

So you read each word taking each word back to the original to get even a feel for what is being said. And it was written on 3 levels and only on the deep level do you begin to learn how perfect the Lord is, how it does not disagree with the facts of the world.

Answer 4

I would say no, not as it stands. The original language(s) of the Bible did not include English; therefore, in translation, it cannot remain inerrant or perfect. The perfect Word of God is the Word that became flesh and dwelt among us who is the only begotten Son of the Father.

But even in saying that, the Bible is a work of miraculous proportions in the way that it has many writers over approximately 4,000 years. And it works together as a coherent whole. It's also held up under intense scrutiny. The seeming "errors" in the Bible are easily explainable. And they are usually insignificant to the point that throwing out the whole of what the Bible says because of those "errors" would be like throwing the baby out with the bathwater

Answer 5

All anyone can say about most anything religious is their beliefs, so mine probably won't be perfect but here they are:

The Bible was written by man, but inspired by God
Therefore, its intention and morals are true, but mistranslation may occur

Also, the Bible was written many years after the fact some as long as 50 years (new testament, no one can say when the old testament was written (sorry if I'm wrong about the old test.))

The Bible has been translated over and over in different languages, and no one can say definitely what every Ancient Hebrew word meant (yes, it is slightly bias from modern Hebrew by time)
For instance, there may have been only one word for kill, so what if God meant "Thou shall not murder," rather the "Thou shall not kill" BIG difference i.e. self-defense is not murder (again my belief) this could have happened in many places

Also, anyone can tell u that during the time when the publicly available translate Bibles came out (about 1500's)(they used to be Latin and Hebrew only) the Roman Catholic Church was corrupt with some (rare) exceptions, they may have doctored them i.e. John 17.17 (not necessarily fake, just an example) to re-affirm their own importance

These are the ones I have heard of and/or formulated myself.

Conclusion - Use your conscience, but don't let these potential flaws waiver your faith in God, because all these potential flaw are still the result of man and they are still His teachings.

Answer 6

I like how you worded your question. The Bible is "said" to be inspired by God but since none of us were around back then to confirm this, believers of the Bible might just be following another human's way of thinking when they could be following their own. So obviously, I don't believe that anything in the Bible is perfect or even believable. It seems to be a storybook about a mean-spirited, sadistic, jealous, spiteful God who puts his own people through horrific and cruel tests of faith. Anyone hear the story of Job??

Answer 7

Yes. God wants us to learn from the bible. So he made the perfect book. Even though some of the people make mistakes in the bible, doesn't mean the bible has mistakes.

Answer 8

ok ok sigh as christians we believe that what the bible says is basically how should i say this hmmm well we should not interpret it direclty. If the bible says if God wants ur eye u shall tear it out and give it to him. Basically it will come down to somthing very very simple such as if a poor man asks for spare change. See do not interpret it directly ha i got the perfect example. Hope this helps. Why do burgers come in packs of 10 while buns ocme in packs of 8?

Answer 9

No, there are mistakes because it was written by humans. The humans were inspired by God to reveal what he wants the world to know. But there is a difference between inspiration and revelation. Revelation would be the direct words of God, such as in the prophecies (Daniel and Revelation). But some of the inspired work will certainly have mistakes, as it was written by humans.

Answer 10

The word of God may be considered "perfect" butt it has been written by man which the bible states since Adam and Eve is imperfect so my answer is no much of the New Testament are books of the disciples so they are chronicles of the life of Jesus Christ as seen through the eyes of his followers about his life and his teachings.

Answer 11

Spiritually yes, but as for man's interpretations and translations? No. The Holy Spirit helps to teach us it's truths, which must be spiritually discerned. I've seen well known verses take on whole new meanings by revelations from God's Spirit. It is the bread of life to the believer, God's Word.