right about what they say and believe in? If bible is "IT" (answer to evrytihng). Then christians should be "all knowing" right? Are they?
2006-08-07 07:32:29 · 27 answers · asked by Atheist Eye Candy 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
human beings cannot be all-knowing. Even Christians question!
2006-08-07 07:35:35 · answer #1 · answered by CatholicMOM 3 · 6⤊ 0⤋
The Bible is 100% right, we as Christians are right at understanding it less than 100% of the time.
2006-08-07 14:35:49 · answer #2 · answered by Paul McDonald 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Remember this on your search for the truth, not all Christians are true Christians. That is why you see so many denominations. There is only one truth. Do you see the true Christian organization that follows closely bible counsel despite human imperfection and bear the fruitage of holy spirit as brought out at Matthew 7:21-23? Jesus said this is how the world would identify his true disciples. Many people don't because they take delight in this world and it's unrighteousness. They don't want to change their lifestyle.
2006-08-07 14:42:29 · answer #3 · answered by roc788 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not. If this were true then Galileo would not have been burned at the stake by Christians for telling everyone that it was the Earth that rotated around the sun, not the other way around. It has been my experience that a lot of the Christians that I have met know less about the universe around them than Non believers.
2006-08-07 14:44:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What the Bible is not:
1. An outline of the future.
2. A history book.
3. A science book.
What the Bible is:
A book about Man's relationship with God. Period.
H
Christians are not all knowing. Then again, neither are atheists all knowing. Only God is.
H
2006-08-07 14:41:30 · answer #5 · answered by H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are right in your observation. Neither christians nor peoples of any other religion have any answer. Answers to such things are not found in text books and all books which are the holy books can only create hatred and war. That is a fact we all are seeing in this world. So instead of knowing ALL, the believers are in fact so blind that they do the exact opposite of what the BOOK says. Therefore, reading ABOUT is one thing, and BEING, totally different.
2006-08-07 14:43:53 · answer #6 · answered by Joshua K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible doesn't give answers to everything. But it is God's love letter to man, and gives us all we need to live a life pleasing to Him. (2 Timothy 3:16-17) It is the Holy Spirit that guides the believer to see the truth, with humility. Too much revelation can be dangerous and hard to handle without pride.
2006-08-07 14:36:35 · answer #7 · answered by John 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible is IT.
Problem is most people claiming to be Christian are only Christmas and Easter Christians who never read or study the book.
2006-08-07 14:36:32 · answer #8 · answered by Augustine 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By no means! Let me sum it up for you. God made us all and loves us all. Equally. Period. End of story. When you become a Christian, it simply means that you accept that Jesus is your savior (among other things). It does not mean you get the right to judge people, become righteous, or stop sinning. We're all sinnning and God said all sins are equal in His eyes. Everyone from homosexuals to murderers to mother theresa are all equally loved in the eyes of God. Any christian who tell you different is sinning, but everyone sins. I sin. You sin. THe only person who ever lived without sin was Jesus, and he did that for the sole purpose of setting it up so we could go live in Heaven with him when we died, if we chose to worship him. Everything God does is out of love. After all, a parent doesn't love their child any less if they make a bunch of mistakes. THe media likes to plaster the Christian fanatics all over the news, but that's not how much of us feel. I don't know everything, but I know Jesus is my savior and God loves me. And that's a very good start :)
2006-08-07 14:39:33 · answer #9 · answered by Flutter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christians never claim to be perfect. In fact, it is self-awareness of imperfection that drives people to become Christians.
Romans 7:19 For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do--this I keep on doing.
They then find that God doesn't want us to come as perfectionists but as people who recognise their sin and long for forgiveness; as the hymn writer said:
"Foul, I to the fountain fly,
Wash me Saviour, or I die."
(Rock of Ages)
This attitude continues after we are saved. We have the Bible, which we consider to be the inspired work of God and so totally reliable. But we often misinterpret what is written there, sometimes because we read solely to reinforce our prejudice.
It is possible to gain "the mind of Christ" and so interpret scripture accurately by lots of prayer, study and obedience to God. Also scripture should always confirm itself, not relying on one "proof text" only ("out of the mouth of two or three witnesses" - the basis of Judeo-Christian legal systems which the West uses).
So, the answer is we are not all-knowing - only God himself is that - but we work to move closer to the light of truth by living with, and for, the God of Truth.
2006-08-07 14:52:55 · answer #10 · answered by hippoterry2005 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
BIBLE Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth so no Christians are not all knowing; but it does let us know how we should live
2006-08-07 14:45:37 · answer #11 · answered by working4jc1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋