the bible isThe bible is 1 of the most criticized books. people claim it has many errors. what is the use of t

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ppl say it haz many errors, that there is no way that we can be sure that the bible we posses is an actual translation, and it does not matter if it is correctly translated because people misinterpret it anyway. answer this question. thanks. God Bless.

Answer 1

I would love to answer your question

IF I COULD WORK OUT WHAT IT WAS

Answer 2

You're absolutely right that we can't know if we have the original text of the Bible. And there are "errors" in the Bible that could very well be the product of a mistranslation. For example, some critics of the Bible point out that Leviticus speaks of "four-legged" insects. And they draw the conclusion that OBVIOUSLY, the writers of the Bible were so stupid that they didn't even bother to look at a grasshopper before they wrote this down. That sort of stuff irritates me very badly, because it's not too likely that they didn't know that, so we're probably just misinterpreting it. Or perhaps some scribe in the ancient past accidentally wrote down the Hebrew 4 instead of the Hebrew 6, and the error prevailed. With all of this I'll agree.

But there are other errors in the Bible that are not likely to be "mistranslations." When the book of Joshua says, "And the sun stood still" I don't think it's very likely that it's a mistranslation of "The earth stopped rotating on its axis, making it APPEAR as though the sun stood still." And I don't buy those who say, "Well the writer was just using a poetic expression, but he really knew that the earth rotated on its axis." No, the most likely answer is that the writer of the book of Joshua thought, like everybody else did in his day, that the sun moved around the earth. That doesn't make him stupid, because it sure looks that way. But it does make him wrong. And while we can't prove beyond every shadow of a doubt that Joshua didn't really "mean" to say something else, by the same token we can't prove that the sun DOESN'T go around the earth beyond every shadow of a doubt. At some point, the only reasonable option left open is that the Bible, sometimes, is actually wrong.

Answer 3

The Bible is a collection of 66 books written over a period of nearly 2000 years by 40+ different authors on three continents, in three languages, by several difference races and cultures. Each of the books reflects the personality of the author, where it is the military precision of the general Joshua, or the romance of Ruth, the poetry of David, or the wildly imaginative visions of talking candlesticks and women flying in basket that Zephaniah saw.

Because of their personalities, they authors often bring out different sides of God's personality. Or tell the same stories including different details. (If you put two newspaper stories of the same event side by side, odds are they will include same different details or be arranged in a different order, but both still be correct). So is it possible to find two verses that (if you totally ignore the context - when and why they were said) can appears to contradict. But when you actually read the book cover to cover, it all holds together. There are changes and advancements as you go through the story of course - or there would be no story. But there are no "errors" or "contradictions" in the book.

Are the translations we have accurate? Of the New Testament we have over 2,300 manuscripts (most in fragments) that date from 15 years to 300 years from the time the books were written. They have been found all across Europe, Asia and Africa. They originally belonged to many different Christian groups, some of which were rivals with each other. Many of which have only been discovered in the last 150-200 years. Yet when these manuscripts are compared with the Greek text used to make Bible translations today, there are no differences. There is no historical, textual, or archaeological evidence to support the idea that the New Testament as changed since the time it was originally written.

Misinterpretations? When dealing with a book that has over 3.6 million words, there are going to be some questions about what it means. Look at the number of arguments and court cases over any single phrase in the Constitution, short as it is, and you know that there are going to be disagreements about parts of something as long and involved as the Bible. That is humans nature. But that does not make trying to understand it worthless, any more then questions about the First Amendment make the Constitution worthless.

I like the statement by Mark Twain, "Its not the parts of the Bible that I don't understand that bother me. Its the parts I do."

Answer 4

What is your question? Are you wondering why people criticize the bible?

I think it is criticized a great deal because:

1) it is so prevalent. There is much more criticism of well-known films and books than there is of less well-known films and books.

2) it is mistakenly taken literally by so many people, some of whom even want it to dominate society. As a result, it is important to point out it's many flaws, to help demonstrate that it should NOT be taken literally.

3) in general, it is not a very good book, in the sense that it is full of contradiction and nonsense. And yet, some parts (even some of the pure fables like genesis) are very interesting. This combination (lots of nonsense but some interesting parts) provides ample opportunity for rich criticism.

Answer 5

Being the most widely distributed publication in the world, there is going to be some people who read a passage from the Bible and get one meaning while another person gets a different meaning. God doesn't make mistakes, man does and in the end man wrote the Bible.

Answer 6

Is the constitution of any country perfect?
Can the society exist without the constitution, the police force, the other guardians and friends such as the politicians,priests, lawyers, law makers, the media etc. Are they perfect yet we need them for law and order in the society.
The bible is the first document bringing law, order, uniformity and support to the society - yet when people cannot be controlled we need the schools and the teacher and if all else fails we have the law-makers and the others.

Answer 7

I do think of that lots of atheists and/or agnostics react out of thoughts. although, i be attentive to lots of scholars that submit sturdy arguments whilst it includes the Bible. commonly, those scholars are Historians, evaluating and contrasting Christianity to different religions until now Biblical circumstances. Or giving direct rates from the early supporters of the Bible. all and sundry merits the time of day, because of the fact they are human. in accordance lots of Christians, issues take place for a reason. you somewhat does no longer have plenty annoying circumstances in faith if no person contradicted a sturdy argument.

Answer 8

true no one can know empirically.
theologians will tell you that the history of the biblical canon has more validity than you could ever need
but the point is that the issue is very contentious and those who say that this bible has made it this modern era in perfect translation are intellectually dishonest

Answer 9

no one knows its their opinion i dont think it has any errors. Some people just may interpret it wrong or take it the wrong way or just upset with some of the things in it and the only way to feel good is to just say it is wrong.

Answer 10

This is the very reason the Catholic Church has the Magesterium. After all, the "Church" did exist before the Bible did. It was the Church (people) that wrote it and assembled it.

Answer 11

well i'm agnostic so i'm open minded to different possibilities although some things in the bible seem pretty far fetched to me