Wouldn't He make the Bible easily understood by anyone who reads it? Scholars do not even agree on many of its verses. Strike 438,614 fundies...
2006-09-05 10:17:33 · 47 answers · asked by bc_munkee 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Good question!! You got many people to ponder on this.. Is your question so incomprehensible that no two people can come up with the same answer?
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Ya mean why did he make the human brain so complex that we can question everything, think about everything? Isn't it great?
2006-09-05 10:46:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The problem isn't with God's Word or that it isn't comprehensible...the problem is with a person who tries to understand it using their own wisdom. Man's ability to fashion and change things to better suit his needs as opposed to looking to the Word for its true meaning. The bible's message is so simple anyone can grasp the basic concept behind it, yet it is also so complex that it would take more than a life time and a multitude of academic disciplines to fully understand all the truths contained within. What you need to understand is that the bible actually functions on multiple plains of existence and our inability to understand it is not equally to our capacity to understand it. We have the capacity to understand and comprehend the bible, but we lack the will and the obedience to understand it and often derive our own wisdom and understanding replacing the original context with it. And you were right in claiming that people in general do not agree as opposed to trying to correct that and making it only "fundies" as you called it.
So God didn't make His Divine Word incomprehensible....man has done this....it goes back to the idea of selective hearing/reading.
2006-09-05 10:28:36 · answer #2 · answered by Bruce Leroy - The Last Dragon 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is my understanding that the Bible is inspired by God and written by man. When God speaks his divine word is understood by those listening, yet each interpretation would be unique as the person hearing the word. We are all part of the divine are we not? There is no one answer, the answer is different for each of us. Just as a traveler from Florida going to California would not take the same path as the traveler from New York going to California. We are not all in the same place, so the same answer does not apply. Our individual interpretation is what is the truth, our truth and not the truth for anyone else.
2006-09-05 10:47:45 · answer #3 · answered by one_soul_source 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Most of what the Bible says is pretty plain. I mean, really, when it says, "Thou shalt not commit murder," what's unclear about that? When it says, "Jesus said, 'araise,' and she arose," what's unclear about that? When it says, "And he begat a son," what's unclear about that? Every so often you'll get a verse where the context isn't perfectly laid out, and people try to make it fit this way or that, like the stuff about women being silent in church, and also talk about rules for women praying. There's some debate about how that all applies and interrelates, and depending on how you lay the contextual ground work, it can be a little unclear, but really, there's a lot less of that than there is of the really clear stuff. You just don't hear as much about the really clear stuff because no one debates what it says.
2006-09-05 10:25:41 · answer #4 · answered by Sifu Shaun 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Bible is complex to be sure but not incomprehensible. Actually most Christians do believe and gather together and worship in these things called CHURCHES. : O Imagine that?!Mainstream Christianity agrees on the fundamental principles which is the Gospel (good news).......
A. Deity of Christ
B. Blood atonement
C. Salvation by grace through faith
A lot of the scholarly squabbling is either over exact dates of print, authorship, etc. And a lot of the fighting is between liberal scholars (ones that basically reject the Bible to begin with) and conservative scholars.
2006-09-05 10:27:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
First, I do not think it is that incomprehensible, but if you have a specific, I'd be happy to discuss it.
Second, the Bible is a text that talks about an infinite being. Since we humans are finite, I think it is fair to say that there are going to be certain things that we simply will not be able to understand in this lifetime. Does not make it wrong, however.
As for disagreements on the texts, I think you are taking discussions concerning details that are vauge (the nature of the "melennium" mentioned in Revelations, the mechanics of Predestination, etc) and extrapolating them to cover those parts that are very clear and in which there is very little arguement (the divinity fo Christ, His sacrificial death, etc). Is that what you are taking about?
2006-09-05 10:48:14 · answer #6 · answered by Tim 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Perhaps because he wanted you to think about it and formulate intelligent questions to ask Him for answers to. God did give you a brain with which to think. Had he wanted thoughtless followers he would have made us all brainless and given to believing whatever someone else said was true. He wants you to work a little at it. Of what good are you to the lord if you come to him without knowing what you are seeking and why you think you will find it in HIM? Cookie cutter Christians are no fun.
2006-09-05 10:22:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The bible is inspired by God to man through the Holy Spirit. If you are not understanding the bible, then you probably do not have the Holy Spirit in you. You can receive the Holy Spirit by accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Otherwise, the bible is simply Pearls before Swines... no offense...
2006-09-05 10:22:37 · answer #8 · answered by faithfulbibleman 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Perhaps its a test to make us learn to combine our resources and learn to live and work together. We certainly haven't made much headway in our goal to bring peace on earth and justice for all. Maybe we should start reading the book in an interfaith setting rather than separate from each other.
2006-09-05 10:23:11 · answer #9 · answered by Hatikvah 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Free will crops up again, that's got to be the answer to a thousand different questions for Christians. If you've been given free will why do you lead your life by an old rule book written by lots of different men thousands of years ago which none of you can agree on. Madness
2006-09-05 10:34:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋