Do you believe that it is possible that the Bible is true, but written in an inaccurate primitive language?

Question

Come on, now. How hard can it be to believe that the Bible was written by men with a primitive understanding of the Universe. I'm sure they tried to write it as accurately as they could, but sooner or later, a man from the BC era is going to reach a concept that, quite frankly, they didn't have the knowledge to explain using the kind of words a Harvard graduate might use.

Is it totally unplausible that a dragon, angel, or many of the other references mentioned in the Bible that sound outright preposterous were actually colorful, artistic references to something like poverty, violence, kindness, or the ability to solve problems? I don't know if you noticed this, but everybody used to talk like that back then. In such a primitive world, I'll bet any totally logical and anylitical works of literature sounded pretty boring. Who the Hell wants to sit around the campfire and read a map or an almanac?

The inability to appreciate and interpret art is a sign of mental weakness.

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Answer 1

I understand your point. After all I myself am a Harvard graduate. I graduated from Harvard school of medicine.

Answer 2

Why if the culture is primitive enough to have a "primitive" language would you assume that their preceptions would be any more sophisticated? I often ask why someone who wouldn't let a 3rd century dentist work on their teeth lets a 3rd century theologian tell them what is true about religion. Where did we ever get the idea that people's who hadn't even worked out the practicle parts of simple sanitation, had some how stumbled across great theological truths, much less an accurate way of expressing them? It's time we faced the fact that many religious leaders of the early days of civilization had political reasons for the practices and principles they spread.

Certainly any of the things you mention, dragons, angels, or other references could have been just a good performance by the local priest or holy man. Cases of such deception, particularly amoung the high priests of Egypt are well documented. Let's keep in mind the level of sophistication of the average man/woman on the street at that time.

Answer 3

your right, it is hard to believe that a men with a limited knowledge of the universe could write it accurately. Christopher Columbus in a time when everyone thought that the world was flat, knew that it was round from reading the Bible. there are a lot of things in the bible that they could not possible understand, and yet it is written in there. and that is why Christians call it the INSPIRED word of God.
By the way did you notice how many typo were in your answers?

Answer 4

Jesus spoke in idioms and the language of his day.

"The Bible writers were witnesses to the life of Christ, and faithfully recorded what they heard and saw."

Correction. Most of the New Testament writers never met or saw Jesus in their lives. They lived many years after Jesus left the Earth. They wouldn’t have known Jesus of Nazareth if they walked into him on the street.

But...

The Bible writers were great believers and great historians. They took the stories which had been passed down to them and to their friends by others— elders—from elder to elder, until finally a written record was made.
And not everything of the Bible authors was included in the final document.
Already “churches” had sprung up around the teachings of Jesus—and, as happens whenever and wherever people gather in groups around a powerful idea, there were certain individuals within these churches, or enclaves, who determined what parts of the Jesus Story were going to be told—and how. This process of selecting and editing continued throughout the gathering, writing, and publishing of the gospels, and the Bible.
Even several centuries after the original scriptures were committed to writing, a High Council of the Church determined yet one more time which doctrines and truths were to be included in the then-official Bible—and which would be “unhealthy” or “premature” to reveal to the masses.
And there have been other holy scriptures as well—each placed in writing in moments of inspiration by otherwise ordinary men.

Answer 5

Good question and interesting take on it. I was taught in school that the Bible was not to be taken literally but as a guide in values, morals and beliefs. It was like you stated that the concepts of the world wouldn't be understood by the common uneducated person and the Bible was written in stories they could understand and that applied to their simple lives. This was in a catholic school in the 1950's by probably the most progressive nun of her time at St. Wenceslaus in Maple Heights, Ohio.

Answer 6

It was written in Greek and Hebrew, which were not primitive languages. They were the language of the world then, much like english today. As for the fact that some of Christ's followers were not the best educated, well you can still make out what they meant. Kind of like some yahoo questions. Jesus came to the people who were poor to bring them his gospel.

Answer 7

Are you saying that the bible is not the inspired word of God?
Or are you saying that it is inspired by God, but it a lie, or that it was purposefully written to be misunderstood?
Of course it is a wonderful work of ancient literature but it does not stand up as History or as God's message for living your life.
The Iliad and the Odessy were written about the same time and in the same style. How do we know that they are not God's word?

Answer 8

Many of the more popular stories in the Bible were actually myths handed down from Babylonian and Assyrian culture. Take the time to read Enuma Elish and tell me what the Biblical equivalent of that story is.

Answer 9

Why do Sissy's always come on here and ask little sissy Christians to answer questions ,can you be a man and come into a bible believing Church and ask Good God fearing people these ignorant questions ,of course not you could never stand up to the truth of GODS WORD .

Answer 10

No the Word of God is true, but unless you ask the Lord to open your heart and mind to His Word, it is spiritually hidden. It has to be interpreted through the Holy Spirit, as it was written by men inspired by same.