2006-08-20 00:13:40 · 27 answers · asked by jikg 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I say the Bible is a book, and like any other book it has some truth, but is not infallible and is subject to interpretation....and I think lot of people really take it way too seriously?
It is also a very bloody book.
2006-08-20 00:22:18 · answer #1 · answered by sueflower 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am pretty sure the original is still around somewhere, but yes I would agree it is altered. Any time you translate anything from one language to another you alter it. Anyone that speaks two languages can tell you this as it is how it is interpeted that changes it. For example the Turkish language has very little words and some words in the english language do not exist in turkish they use one word to mean several different english words. So I agree. The Qu'ran in its true arabic form is the way it was written but it too is altered when it is translated into english or french or urdu or whatever the language is.
Also if you look at your Bible it is always someones version, which to me means it is not the true Bible but a version of what is true. For example the Bible I had growing up was the King James Version.
2006-08-20 00:26:13 · answer #2 · answered by lost_soul 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here are few of many examples of that which is being presented as the Word of God. I would like to quote the research of scholars of the Bible:
VERSES THAT CONTRADICT THEMSELVES
Genesis 6:3 and Genesis 11:11 - Life limited to 120 years?
Genesis 32:30 and Exodus 33:20 - Jacob's life was preserved?
Exodus 4:22 and Jeremiah 31:9 - Who was God's firstborn?
Numbers 23:19 and Genesis 6:6-7 - Does God repent or not?
2 Samuel 6:23 and 2 Samuel 21:8 - Did Michal have children?
2 Samuel 8:4 and 1 Chronicles 18:4 - 700 or 7000 horsemen?
2 Samuel 8:9-10 and 1 Chronicles 18:9-10 - Toi or Tou? Hadadezer or Hadarezer? Joram or Hadoram?
2 Samuel 10:18 and 1 Chronicles 19:18 - 700 or 7000 charioteers? 40,000 horsemen or footmen? Captain's name?
2 Samuel 24:1 and 1 Chronicles 21:1 - Who provoked David?
2 Samuel 24:9 and 1 Chronicles 21:5 - 800,000 or 100,000?
2 Samuel 24:13 and 1 Chronicles 21:11-12 - 7 or 3 years?
1 Kings 4:26 and 2 Chronicles 9:25 - 40,000 or 4,000 stalls?
1 Kings 5:15-16 and 2 Chronicles 2:2 - 3300 or 3600?
1 Kings 7:26 and 2 Chronicles 4:5 - 2000 or 3000 baths?
2 Kings 8:26 and 2 Chronicles 22:2 - 22 or 42 years old?
2 Kings 24:8 and 2 Chronicles 36:9 - 18 or 8 years old? 3 months or 3 months and 10 days?
Erza 2:65 and Nehemiah 7:67 - 200 or 245 singers?
Matthew 1:12 and Luke 3:27 - Who was Salathiel's father?
Matthew 1:16 and Luke 3:23 - Who was Joseph's father?
Matthew 9:18 and Mark 5:22-23 - Dead or not?
Matthew 10:5-10 and Mark 6:7-8 - Bring a staff or not?
Matthew 15:21-22 and Mark 7:24-26 - The woman was of Canaan or Greece?
Matthew 20:29-30 and Mark 10:46-47 - One or two beggars?
Matthew 21:1-2 and Mark 11:1-2 - What happened to the ***?
Matthew 26:74-75 and Mark 14:72 - Before the cock crow once or twice?
Matthew 27:5 and Acts 1:18 - How did Judas die?
John 3:16 and Psalms 2:7 - Only begotten son?
John 5:31 and John 8:14 - Was Jesus' record true or not?
VERSES THAT CONTRADICT THE TRINITARIAN DOCTRINE AND/OR THE DIVINITY OF JESUS
Exodus 33:20, John 1:18, 1 Timothy 6:16 - No one saw God.
Isaiah 42:8 - Do not praise and worship images.
Isaiah 45:1 - "Anointed" does not mean "God".
Matthew 14:23, 19:13, 26:39, 27:46, 26:42-44 - Jesus prayed.
Matthew 24:36 - Jesus was not all-knowing.
Matthew 26:39 - Jesus and God had different wills.
Matthew 28:18 - All power was given to Jesus.
Mark 1:35, 6:46, 14:35-36 - Jesus prayed.
Mark 10:17-18 and Luke 18:18-19 - Jesus denied divinity.
Mark 12:28-29 - God is one.
Mark 13:32 - Jesus was not all-knowing.
Mark 16:19 and Luke 22:69 - Jesus at the right hand of God.
Luke 3:21, 5:16, 6:12, 9:18, 9:28, 11:1-4, 22:41 - Jesus prayed.
Luke 4:18, 9:48, 10:16 - Jesus was from God.
Luke 7:16, 13:33, 24:18-19 - Jesus was a prophet.
Luke 10:21 - Jesus gave thanks.
Luke 23:46 - The spirit of Jesus was commended to God.
John 4:19 - Jesus was a prophet.
John 4:23-24 - Worship in spirit and truth.
John 14:28 - One was greater than the other.
John 5:19, 5:30, 7:28, 8:28 - Jesus was helpless.
John 5:20 - The Father showed the son.
John 5:30 and 6:38 - Jesus and God had different wills.
John 5:31-32 - Jesus' witness was not true.
John 6:11 and 11:41-42 - Jesus gave thanks.
John 6:32 - The Father was the provider, not the son.
John 7:29, 16:5, 16:28 - Jesus was from God.
John 7:16, 12:49, 14:24, 17:14 - Jesus' words were not his.
John 8:42 - Jesus did not come of himself.
John 10:29 - "My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all."
John 14:1 - Jesus said, "...believe also in me."
John 14:16, 17:1, 17:9, 17:11, 17:15 - Jesus prayed.
John 14:31 and 15:10 - Jesus followed commands.
John 17:6-8 - "I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me."
John 20:17 - Jesus had a god.
Acts 2:22 - Jesus was "a man approved of God."
Romans 8:34 - Jesus was an intercessor.
1 Timothy 2:5 - Jesus was the mediator between God and humans.
2006-08-20 00:22:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I know some Muslims might say that. But I don't know that all do.
The way I figure it is...
The Bible is God's word. Since it is His Word, He certainly has the power to ensure that it is not changed beyond His original meaning, and if it has, then He would make things right (i.e. the newer translations going back to the oldest source materials available)
If you were to read the Quran, you would notice that there are references to the Bible and so a Muslim cannot make a thorough study of the Quran without knowing about the Bible too. I think (and I could be wrong) that there is mention of needing to learn the Bible in order to truly understand the Quran.
2006-08-20 01:05:10 · answer #4 · answered by stacey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do you think would someone discredit an honest person? Is it not by spreading that he lies about what he says. That is what being done to the Holy Bible. When you want to claim something false to be true, the best position that one can do is to preempt other claims as false in order to start awareness of its falsely claimed truth. But has everyone noticed that the Christian Church never do that? Why do you have to waste time condemning others as false when you know the real truth? If one is sure that what he claims is the real truth, you don't go around and tell people that others are false. It is just such a waste of precious time and effort. Those who do that are the false ones and they are so desperate that they even resort to killing to silence the truth.
2006-08-20 08:41:46 · answer #5 · answered by graif 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, dispite the hate-monger, ignorant question, their true. The bible has been warped and altered from its orignial form, the Catholic Church have been open in what they did to it. Any books they didnt like were destroyed and enforced interpretations still exist today.
Muslims are quite honest about the Koran, they say it cannot be properly translated into English, so they dont believe it should be. Thats a fair enough answer to an ignoramous of a question
2006-08-20 00:20:52 · answer #6 · answered by thomas p 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
None of the Bibles we possess in our homes today are the "original" item. For those of us who do not read and understand Hebrew and Greek it is neccessary to use translated documents.
Linguists will tell you that when a writing is translated from the original language to another, some expressions will have to be modifed in order to achieve the understandable meaning of the author for the reader.
These modifications should not take away from the Truth or alter the substance of the message.
2006-08-20 00:37:20 · answer #7 · answered by steve 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bibles Contains many many Errors and has many contradictions with science, History
The four Bibles have even contradictions each other
If you Open the Bible you will see apology for Its errors.
how can any body after all of this believe that the present day Bible is the Original Bible of God?
What Islam says is the only logical belief about the present day
Bible
2006-08-20 00:26:31 · answer #8 · answered by mohamed.kapci 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Muslim, by definition, is a follower of Islam. Since the Bible was already in existence by the time Islam came into being, how is it possible for a Muslim to make that claim. You state "Muslims say...".
Could you possibly supply any facts to back your statement, or are you just thumb-sucking? It ticks me off when people make fatuous statements without any backing. Go well, and God Bless!
2006-08-20 00:24:01 · answer #9 · answered by Scabius Fretful 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bible was written 400yrs after christ died, its said that there were hundreds of disciples books but they chose the ones they liked!
The Koran is supposed to be the word of god exactly as it was given to Mohammed
If you read both its amazing how similar they are, except the Koran doesnt put women down as much as the bible does.
Both believe that jesus and abraham were special men sent from heaven to teach us something.
If u truly open ur heart and read both, they teach the same thing, love, tolerance and peace.
2006-08-20 00:29:27 · answer #10 · answered by livachic2005 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋