Christians: Have you ever critically read the Bible?

Question

Seriously, if you read the stuff you read in the Bible in any other book would you accept it as fact. Talking snakes, boats filled with two of every living animal, paths forming across large bodies of water, people walking on water, witches living in gingerbread houses, and some dude being raised from the dead. Would you go, “Gee that sounds like something that really might have happened?”

You actually believe in spontaneous combustion? It has NEVER been documented.

Answer 1

I have found that with God, all things are possible. Don't let your earthly mind get caught up in earthly thoughts. Explain how a mother can lift a car with her baby under it. Or spontaneous combustion.

Answer 2

When I first read the Bible, I thought parts of it sounded like a fairy-tale. It sounded like a bunch of stories written by uneducated men trying to explain their beginnings.
After years of studying, I see things in the Bible that astound me. They books relate to each other in such a complex, intricate way that I don't believe a mortal mind could have conceived them. You don't see these things by just reading over the Bible a few times.
So much of the Old Testament contains symbolic prophecies. Many of the stories and people are depictions or "types" of the Christ that was to come. Even the Tabernacle, the feasts and the sacrifices depict the Christ.
I don't believe you would ever see these things without the help of the Holy Spirit. Trying to see it from a purely scientific, logical standpoint will never happen.

Answer 3

Seriously that would have closed my mind, to it, like it has yours, with, preconcieved, thinking, you would not get the sense of it, you obviously believe that you, know better, than the Bible does, and if you were to read with those undertones, of course, you will not get the sense of it, I mean, think about it how much do you really know, about the Bible? Is your criticism of it really valid? You know how much of the Bible you have really read, and would it really then, with out having examined it properly, which I seem to sense, by your question, would that really be a valid criticism?why not be a fair critic and research properly to count your cruticism worthy, I personaly have, researched the Bible, and in detail, and have found it to be very truthfull and beneficial for many things in life, then by living according to it I have improved my life, and found true happines, through the wealth of informaion in it, that has enhanced my life in many ways, but of course, if, you, skim through it, just briefly, considering some parts of it, that may, then, seem odd, to you, because of your preconcieved ideas, it can't possibly make sense to you, that would be like a doctor giving you a diagnosis and some medication for it,you are told to take 2 pils 3 times a day, but then you decide to take only 1 every other day, would you then, expect the medication to really do it's job? I wouldn't think so!! It couldnt even scratch the surface nor would it be fair, then, to claim that the medication was incapable of helping you then! How reasonable would that be?Not at all reasonable, is what it would be! The same is true if you look into the Bible but do not put it into practice in your life it will then not, do anything for you nor would it sound like it was making sense to you! How could it?

Answer 4

Yes. I have a degree in Religious Studies and you do look at these things. The bible is based on myth. That is a story that conveys deep truth. Some truths can only be conveyed in that manner. The deepest truths of humankind can only be understood by our subconscious and the subconscious responds to the metaphors.

The fundamentals students were the ones that had the most difficultly with those classes.

Answer 5

I disagree with the previous answer. there are a lot of Christians (which includes myself) who examine the Bible critically. Keith Ward, Marcus Borg - quite lots every person who's a Christian and a Biblical student. Fundamentalists are a perimeter flow - albeit an exceedingly vocal and influential one - interior the final history of Christianity.

Answer 6

lol. theres a lot of question about the bible. many says it's just a work of literature. many argues about the different parts of the bible. who is right and who is wrong. u may read a part that has a good stuff and other parts as violent. but to tell you man, religion is not the only way to live clean in this world. there r so many. follow ur countries law, help others, donate to charity. believe in whatever God u believe and have faith. that's all. don't argue about religion. it will just develop hatred among others

Answer 7

mmm Gingerbread arrrr.
unfortunately there was no "gingerbread house" DaMM!!! (-:

If God can bring YOU into existence, than i'm confident, he is able to do everything else he said in the bible.

You have a good question, and yes your right, believing in this stuff (talking snake, dead coming to life etc) takes a fair lot of faith.

But it takes More faith to believe there is no God. i dont have that much faith do you?

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Have you ever Critically studied our origin, do we originate from
slime?, is our world a total accident?, is a majestic eagle in flight a product of total Chaos?, or a design of a God of amazing capability and intelligently organized detail?

These are all good questions, keep searching, and asking the hard stuff.

thanks for the thought process

Toodles (-:

Answer 8

It's clear you don't think much of the Bible. But history records that people wanted the power that the people of God had, so much so, that they tried to buy it. Witches indeed have a power but they don't have "the " power. For many people this unseen but felt power is more real, than the world we live in.

Answer 9

There is a scientific and logical answer to everything, it's just often beyond our understanding. And, I don't know about the gingerbread part, but do you also doubt that witches exist?

Answer 10

Sounds like sour grapes to me. So the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob can do anything that is possible, and you can't? You sound like the flea who exclaimed so emphatically, while sitting on the dogs back, "There is no Dog!"