I believe the bible is a holy book(if not changed by humans) but is the Bible is word to word same as the day it was written/sent?
or it is different in different places of the world at present time or through different times?
2006-10-02 15:10:05 · 18 answers · asked by auzair19 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, except for the parts where its different.
2006-10-02 15:11:51 · answer #1 · answered by whynotaskhuladon 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I honestly hope I don't unglued your faith. The teachings in the Bible can give us much knowledge.
The Bible is not word for word same as the day it was written. It usually considered the inspired work of god. That work has always been through man. And man makes errors.
So many think we have lost the original works. There also have been books added and removed. And there have been transcription errors and deliberate additions and omissions.
There are some who believe that the King James version is the only version in English to read. others do not. I fall in the later camp as do many many others.
So listen to the npr story .. from the author of "the misquoting of Jesus" and read "beyond Belief" by Pagels.
2006-10-02 22:36:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am not a religious person, so please do not take offense when i say that in my opinion the bible has been changed by human hands many times throughout the centuries since it was first written, the bible is based on the spoken word or testaments of the disciples (supposedly) and in my way of thinking is a very good guide to how people should behave towards one another, ie "the ten commandments" if everyone were to follow them think what a wonderful world this would be, with no crime, no adultery, no wars, and this i believe really were the teachings of a great man, but what name you call him is i fear somewhat irrelevant, because the koran and the talmud (muslim and jewish bibles) respectively teach the same things, in other words as it was once put in a movie of all things "be excellent to each other".
so yes it is different at different times and in different places, mainly because it is written to suit the socio/economic reflections of that time and place. incidentally though i am not religious, i do try to adhere to the ten commandments as a way of life, it doesnt make me a saint, merely a person who tries to be a good person.
2006-10-02 22:21:11 · answer #3 · answered by a1ways_de1_lorri_2004 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Look at your bookstore. There are at least 6 translations. AND THAT'S ONLY IN ENGLISH! Consider that we have hundreds of languages spoken on the planet, and the Bible appears not to be the same anywhere on the planet
The Bible was written in Hebrew and Greek. The manuscripts differ from one another....there's a lot of controversy among scholars which manuscripts contain the original text. And words in Greek and Hebrew do not all have exact corollaries in English or other languages. Take the word cleave. In English it can mean either "cling to" or "cut apart." Similar problems exist in other languages.
Makes you think twice about the inerrancy of the Bible.
2006-10-02 22:16:50 · answer #4 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The original texts in Hebrew and Greek are the same. However, the language will certainly change. Missionaries run into this problem all the time. How do you explain the concept of "white as snow" to a people who live in the tropics and have never seen snow? Translation issues are always tricky and need to be handled in a way that the original intent of the Scripture is intact while making it intelligible to the reader.
2006-10-02 22:21:17 · answer #5 · answered by Tim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It isn't neccesarily the text that varies, but rather the interpretation. That's where all of the denominations came from. Shoot, the first time I read the Koran, I knew that someone was messing with the text, I just wasn't sure who. There are books in the Koran that were removed from the Bible, and vice versa. Some stories don't support either sides ideals, so they were just axed. But anyways, that's how I discovered apochrypha.
2006-10-02 22:17:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it has been changed through translations into different languages (King James Version) and customized to fit cultural differences (American Standard Version). There are currently at least six main variations of the Christian Bible:
* American Standard Version (ASV)
* New American Bible (NAB)
* New International Version (NIV)
* New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
* New World Translation
* The Revised Standard Version (RSV)
* The King James Version (KJV)
2006-10-02 22:21:32 · answer #7 · answered by wendy a 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bible has been translated into dozens of languages all the way around this world. In fact, it is the most translated book of all time. Taken from the same manuscripts, there are different "versions" of the bible. This means that the language has been updated to more modern meanings.
Other than a few very bad translations, which have been done by the cults of Jehovah's Witnesses, and Mormons, to specifically back up their false gospels, the bible remains true to God's intention, wherever it is spoken, read and heard.
2006-10-02 22:13:42 · answer #8 · answered by Esther 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
your right, it is just as God intended it to be from the day it was written to now. The only difference from my bible here and maybe lets say, someone's bible in china would be the language that it is written in. Same message though.
2006-10-02 22:15:05 · answer #9 · answered by Jason M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try this book called 'why trust the bible' by amy orr-ewing, it explains a lot
2006-10-06 17:22:22 · answer #10 · answered by good tree 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋