Question about the Bible?

Question

I see the Bible as a sort of map for people who get 'lost.' I have a hard time believing the Bible b/c it IS a MAN MADE item, there are many contradicitons, and there are so many different versions of the Bible, who's to say which one is right? It's similar to the telephone game. It may have been correct in the beginning, but after so many translations/versions, the ending message is NOT the same as the message to begin with.

Does anyone else feel this way?

Answer 1

yup, that's why there are so many different branches of basically the same religion, mormons, jesuit, RC, church of england, jehova's witnesses, ahmish, methodists etc etc. They all follow certain parts of the bible more than others. I've always wondered whether what is written down is accurate or happened at all. A good similie would be chinese whispers on a massive scale. Personally I don't believe in any of it, a massive sceptic here. If there is only one god, why are there so many different religions? Why don't we all believe the same thing?

Answer 2

No, I don't feel this way. There are many books published everyday and if you publish the same one several years later, you will not hear the same story as told before. Same with songs, have you heard new singers try and sing old songs from the 1970's? They just don't sound the same, but if you ever read the Bible, you will notice that it never changes. It is always telling the same message. Some Bibles differ, depending on if it is a "made easy" reading one, like the NIV, or NKJV, etc. The word "Bible" means many books, such as the book of Moses, the book of Revelation, etc, and then you have your Psalms and all the others in the Bible I am sure you know of. Like I said before, the message never changes.

Answer 3

It is a man made work inspired by God. The contradictions come from the men, but the message all throughout the ages and milleniums remains consistent. No man could've written this book without God because of the prophecies in it. The dead sea scrolls had a scroll with the prophecies foretelling about Jesus and his death on the cross. And they were carbondated to before the time of Christ. History has denied the existence of cities and kings mentioned in the old testament, but then..... in these last days they have been discovered and the bible proven acurate. If you look at the thing as a whole, you can see that over a span of 1,000's of years, it is consistent in it's message and prophecies. And if that isn't enough, pray and ask God if it is of Him and He will answer you.

Answer 4

Well the translations don't really vary that much, a word here or there but the meaning is quite the same. The bible tells us that His word does not return void. The message is the same and I don't know who you have been listening to but read the different translations for yourself before you believe what you hear.

Answer 5

I don't feel that way, because the reason why BIBLE was written in many translation/version is for the people to easy understanding it. It was man made because God uses different people to write the bible, but you can't see any conflict to each book.

Answer 6

No one leads a perfect life . We all get 'lost' at some point . How do you know that you're not 'lost' ?? Your doubts about the veracity of the Bible possibly indicate that you are . I'd like to offer a 2 staged solution :
Read this short book : The Signature of God

Then whaddaya say we pick up that MAP !!!

Answer 7

The Bible Stands Alone
Compiled by Jordan and Justin Drake

In 1889 a schoolteacher told a ten-year-old boy, "You will never amount to very much." That boy was Albert Einstein. In 1954 a music manager told a young singer, "You ought to go back to driving a truck." That singer was Elvis Presley. In 1962 a record company told a group of singers, "We don’t like your sound. Groups with guitars are definitely on their way out." They said that to the Beatles. Man is prone to make mistakes. Those who reject the Bible should take the time to look at the evidence before they come to a verdict.

1. It is unique in its continuity.
If just 10 people today were picked who were from the same place, born around the same time, spoke the same language, and made about the same amount of money, and were asked to write on just one controversial subject, they would have trouble agreeing with each other. But the Bible stands alone. It was written over a period of 1,600 years by more than 40 writers from all walks of life. Some were fishermen; some were politicians. Others were generals or kings, shepherds or historians. They were from three different continents, and wrote in three different languages. They wrote on hundreds of controversial subjects yet they wrote with agreement and harmony. They wrote in dungeons, in temples, on beaches, and on hillsides, during peacetime and during war. Yet their words sound like they came from the same source. So even though 10 people today couldn’t write on one controversial subject and agree, God picked 40 different people to write the Bible—and it stands the test of time.

2. It is unique in its circulation.
The invention of the printing press in 1450 made it possible to print books in large quantities. The first book printed was the Bible. Since then, the Bible has been read by more people and printed more times than any other book in history. By 1930, over one billion Bibles had been distributed by Bible societies around the world. By 1977, Bible societies alone were printing over 200 million Bibles each year, and this doesn’t include the rest of the Bible publishing companies. No one who is interested in knowing the truth can ignore such an important book.

3. It is unique in its translation.
The Bible has been translated into over 1,400 languages. No other book even comes close.

4. It is unique in its survival.
In ancient times, books were copied by hand onto manuscripts which were made from parchment and would decay over time. Ancient books are available today only because someone made copies of the originals to preserve them. For example, the original writings of Julius Caesar are no longer around. We know what he wrote only by the copies we have. Only 10 copies still exist, and they were made 1,000 years after he died. Only 600 copies of Homer’s The Iliad exist, made 1,300 years after the originals were written. No other book has as many copies of the ancient manuscripts as the Bible. In fact, there are over 24,000 copies of New Testament manuscripts, some written within 35 years of the writer’s death.

5. It is unique in withstanding attack.
No other book has been so attacked throughout history as the Bible. In A.D. 300 the Roman emperor Diocletian ordered every Bible burned because he thought that by destroying the Scriptures he could destroy Christianity. Anyone caught with a Bible would be executed. But just 25 years later, the Roman emperor Constantine ordered that 50 perfect copies of the Bible be made at government expense. The French philosopher Voltaire, a skeptic who destroyed the faith of many people, boasted that within 100 years of his death, the Bible would disappear from the face of the earth. Voltaire died in 1728, but the Bible lives on. The irony of history is that 50 years after his death, the Geneva Bible Society moved into his former house and used his printing presses to print thousands of Bibles.

The Bible has also survived criticism. No book has been more attacked for its accuracy. And yet archeologists are proving every year that the Bible’s detailed descriptions of historic events are correct.

Answer 8

christain ll not ans u:P..thy just ans to those question which r agianst of Islam n Muslims::P....ya u r right Bible have so many versions.....

Answer 9

i do.... and i am confused most of the time even i have studied scriptures for several years under many bible scholars...... and especially when a person would quote her.... quote there...... and say an argument..... its crazy!!!!

Answer 10

the bible is bs. read a comic instead