Is it possible that the Bible contains so many contradictions to remind us to keep perspective about taking?

Question

things too seriously?

Answer 1

no its just complicated for us to understand but its true
REligion is serious If you dont think so why come here?

Answer 2

There are no contradictions in the bible. You need to give some specifics about what you mean, I have seen many supposed contradictions which with a little research turn out not be.

Answer 3

No credible Biblical scholar on this earth will claim that the Bible was written by Jesus himself. They all agree that the Bible was written after the departure of Jesus peace be upon him by his followers. So, if the authors of the Bible were people other than Jesus, then did they have Jesus or the Holy Spirit in them guiding their hands and dictating to them word for word what to write? As it happens, once again the answer is no. Who says so? The majority of today's credible Christian scholars do. For example:

Dr. W Graham Scroggie of the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, a prestigious Christian evangelical mission, says:

"..Yes, the Bible is human, although some out of zeal which is not according to knowledge, have denied this. Those books have passed through the minds of men, are written in the language of men, were penned by the hands of men and bear in their style the characteristics of men...."

"It is Human, Yet Divine," W Graham Scroggie, p. 17

Another Christian scholar, Kenneth Cragg, the Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem, says:

"...Not so the New testament...There is condensation and editing; there is choice reproduction and witness. The Gospels have come through the mind of the church behind the authors. They represent experience and history..."

"The Call of the Minaret," Kenneth Cragg, p 277

For example, we read in the Bible the words of the author of "Luke":

"It seemed good to me (Luke) also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, (Luke 1:3)"

If you consider the Bible the word of GOD, well, it is quite obvious that Luke decided to write his Gospel because he wanted to please the president or the
leader at that time Theophilus. This however has several problems: (1) It compromises GOD because there is a biger purpose than GOD to write the Gospel, (2) It shows that Luke wouldn't have written his Gospel if it wasn't for that leader, and (3) Luke was not inpired when he wrote his Gospel because he said that he decided to write it after he had full understanding of it, which means that he wrote it with his own human words and thoughts and not GOD's.

Answer 4

I would say that most of the condratictions come from the tranlators trying to fill in the missing gaps with what they think should be there and misinterpatation in translating from more than one langue. also missing books that either the Jews or the Christians threw out .
Plus the OLD TESTAMENT was written from oral traditions that were memerioised and passed on. until paper,pen and Ink and writing were invented.
Also the OLD TESTAMENT wa started when mankind was still nomadic or semi-nomadic and small towns were just starting to be built for travelers mostly.the main ocupation was farming and herding of livestock and the verses were written in a way that these people could understand from there working postion.

Answer 5

The only contradictions in the Bible are to the way you want to live.

Answer 6

There are no contradictions, if you go to the original language and keep in context , you wont find contradictions. We are under a new covenant now than when the people in the old testament lived.

Answer 7

I'm not aware of any contradictions in the Bible, only in interpretations. So, no, I don't think it's possible. I do think He wants us to take Him seriously.

Answer 8

to find out all the contradictions in the bible you would have to read it from beginning to end so tell me what is an atheist doing reading the bible

Answer 9

Could you be a little more specific rather than criticising the bible as contradicting itself without giving a specific example please ? Give me the chance and i may be able to discuss these contradictions ' of yours' with you.

Answer 10

there are absolutely no contradictions in the Bible you just have faulty reasoning powers you need to do your homework rather than making bogus claims for shame Gorbalizer

Answer 11

No. That would require that it have been written with intent. But it wasn't. It's just a somewhat random collection of ancient religious writings compiled over the course of about 1000 years.