Do you believe the bible is the literal truth?

Question

As in EVERYTHING inside of it is true, no matter how outrageous it may sound? People coming back from the dead, sea's parting, sticks turning into snakes, Jonah being swallowed by a whale, walking on water, and so on?

Answer 1

No. Those are analogies and they are hugely misinterpreted...
You have a brain. Use it.
You use fingers to touch things, right? If something's warm does it mean it's alive? No.
If something is hard does it mean it is made of stone? No.

Get it?

Answer 2

yes i do believe that the bible is true. There are proven facts about the bible here are some:

For example in "Time" magazine's cover story dated December 18th 1995, on page 69 they pose three major questions and gave their answers.

"Was there a Moses?" and their answer " Charlton Heston notwithstanding, many scholars contend that Moses was a legendary hero created by the Hebrews to instill a feeling of national identity and solidarity. Apart from the Bible, there is no evidence that such a man ever lived."
We will investigate that thesis and find contradictory evidence that is so striking that you will wonder how the scholars could have been so wrong. Even the name of the wet nurse of Moses will be found in the Egyptian records!!!!!

"Did the Exodus happen?" Time's conclusion: " If they really spent 40 years wandering in the desert after fleeing Egypt, the Israelites should have left at least a few traces. But though scientists have evidence of human occupation in the Sinai dating to the Stone Age, nothing suggests that the Israelites were ever there."
We will show that the scientists have in fact found not just traces but massive evidence that the Children of Israel were there but that even the route they took matches exactly the Biblical account. They just dated it wrongly.
In fact, every single event mentioned in the book of Joshua can be found in the archaeology of the land exactly. When the book states that a city was burned, the burnt layer is found; when destroyed by conquest, the destruction is there; when left alone, the evidence, too, is there and totally accurate.
until about 200 years ago, it was generally accepted that the Bible, if not the word of GOD, was at least the basis for an accepted history of the near east and for many the history of the world.

Praise God this research was done by a non-believer, he found that the bible was indeed true.

Answer 3

Bible predictions of things to happen in the future confirm the inspiration of Scripture as they come to pass. Notice the following examples of fulfilled Bible prophecies:

A. Four world empires to arise: Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome (Daniel chapters 2, 7, 8).
B. Cyrus to be the warrior to capture Babylon (Isaiah 45:1-3).
C. After Babylon's destruction, it would never be inhabited again (Isaiah 13:19, 20; Jeremiah 51:37).
D. Egypt would never again have a commanding position among the nations (Ezekiel 29:14, 15; 30:12, 13).
E. Earth-shaking calamities and fear toward the end of time (Luke 21:25, 26).
F. Moral degeneracy and decline of spirituality in the last days (2 Timothy 3:1-5).

A. The 66 books of the Bible were written:
1. On three continents.
2. In three languages.
3. By about 40 different people (kings, shepherds, scientists, attorneys, an army general, fishermen, priests, and a physician).
4. Over a period of about 1,500 years.
5. On the most controversial subjects.
6. By people who, in most cases, had never met.
7. By authors whose education and background varied greatly.

B. Yet, though it seems totally inconceivable,
1. The 66 books maintain harmony with each other.
2. Often new concepts on a subject are expressed, but these concepts do not undermine what other Bible writers say on the same subject.

Answer 4

specific i've got faith the bible is "reality." that would not propose I interpret each and every thing interior the bible with a wood, literal translation however. I in basic terms say this by using fact it seems such as you're attempting to water the bible all the way down to a "be large to a minimum of one yet another" message. that's considerable, of direction, yet a lot not the only message... Oh, and as for the final, i could respectfully disagree; i don't think of atheists could go away Christians on my own even without fundamentalists...

Answer 5

If you have never seen anything that can be done by the power of God it is so easy to be skeptical. Do I believe this personally, yes I do. Am I an undereducated, imbecile that relies on the natural and refuses the phenomena no. This is all in God's handiwork that is not to be understood by the non-believer that doesn't understand the spiritual just the physical. They never realize the physical can be destroyed so easily, but the spiritual remains.

Answer 6

Considering the fact that faith is not just believing, but knowing,I know that everything in the Bible is true. The Bible tells us when something is a parable. The actual words in the Bible never change;but, each time you read it you will discover different truths

Answer 7

Certainly it is not a historical document. It was written 1700 years ago to explain the unexplainable (for those times). Noah's Ark for example and the Flood. I believe that it was a localised event and factual in that respect. He probably saved his farm animals but for two of every species, there is not a ship on this earth that could have accommodated them. Also, poor old Noah and his sons would have had to traverse the world to collect them. However, I do believe the parts about Jesus Christ and yes, I do accept His miracles.....................

Answer 8

"Literal truth" is a poor starting point for discussion.
For one thing literature recognizes many types of forms such as narrative, poems and song all of which are in the bible.
Are the teachings credible and trustworthy? Is a more open way of discussing things.
Attacking ideas out of context is nothing more than a cheap shot
Try reading a little book written by G.K. Chesterton, "Orthodoxy".

Answer 9

In my humble opinion, the Bible is a book written by man as told by man, the producer, the spirit of God was the director. I have no doubt that it is an accurate depiction of what these people saw and experienced during this time. Just because these things didn't happen to us in this day and age does not mean they never happened to these people.

Answer 10

yes I do. There is nothing that God can't do. Just look into today's day and time. There has been some outreagous things happen but we couldn't believe that they happened. But they did. And yes I do believe the Bible is the Word of God and that everything happened in there or was a parable that he used to teach us.

Answer 11

Everything is true!! Do you know that the Bible tells about underwater rivers in Job. No one ever believed this until scientists discovered that it was true. Nebuchadnezzar's hanging gardens were considered false, until explorers discovered them two years ago.