One president said,"Knowing the bible was a good college education." How many agree, who does know the bible?

Question

Can any one remember the president?

What do you think of the world history in the bible?

What is your opinion of how the math is presented coming down from Adam?

Gen.5: 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 25, 28 is 1056 Noah born Gen.7:6; is age 600 flood year.
Gen.9:28,29;
Noah lived 350 years after the flood.
Gen.11:10,11;
Shem lived 502 years after the flood.
Gen.11: 10 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24 is 222 years Gen.11:32 is 205 at 427 after flood.
Gen.12:4;
Abraham age 75 at 427 years after flood has Promised Land Covenant
Exo.7:7 [ Moses age 80 ]; 12:40,41 [ 430 ]; Gal.3:16-18 430 years after Abraham to the law.
Moses 857 years after the flood with half a million promised land heirs in Exodus. Num.33:38,39; Aaron died 40th year. Deut.34:7; Moses died 40th year.
Joshua 5:6,10,12; 14th day into New Year ends 40 years 898th after flood.
Judges 11:26; 300th year is 1,198 after flood. Acts.13:20; 450 & 857 is 1307 after flood. Iki.6:1,38; 480 & 897 is 1377 to temple of Solomon.
Solomon is 1033 less 36 1Ki.11:42; to 997 B.C. 391st year ends Judah kings.
606 B.C.

For those of you who ask, this is the math given that begans with Moses and as differents ones write, each gives an account of the math involved. Each person has a birth year, most have an event, each have a death year.

I have only been on the computer as online for one year, I read about the president and took it for granted, but can not find it as a fact, and I am sorry about that, but learning the bible takes as much time as going to through school and college and after 43 years, I am speaking from experience. Bible is Bible and everyone has to learn it for self. People appreciate things more when they do it for themselves and I am sure God knows that. We really have to want to know it.

Again I am sorry for repeating something I did not research, so that I could give the source, it could be some one knew it, but I can not find it. Sorry.

Answer 1

Both George Washington and John Adams were very devout men of God and believers in Jesus the Christ as was Abraham Lincoln.

However,I am not familiar with that quote, but I have a quote to give you.

Dr Howard Hendricks eloquently sums up the differences in the two contrasting approaches to Bible study writing that

"Knowledge that is self-discovered is stored in the deepest part of the mind and remains the longest in the memory. There is no jewel more precious than that which you have mined yourself."

I think the Bible accurately describes the Egyptian empire in its day, the Assyrian empire in its day, the Babylonian Empire in its day, the Medo-Persian Empire in its day, the Greek Empire in its day, and the Roman Empire in its day.
It also describes accurately the lives of the kings of the Selucid Empire and the Ptolomy Empire for over 100 years.
History bears out every word.

I don't recall Adam being mathematical. You will have to tell me where you are going on that one.

grace2u

Answer 2

I do know the bible and I don't agree. Reading the bible all the way through was what caused me to leave Christianity. I couldn't reconcile all the inconsistencies and barbarities.

I did a search on the quote you listed, but nothing turned up. If a president did say it, it's not widely known. I do think that any country with a president that feels this way is in serious trouble, because it's a rather ignorant statement. (Then again, it may have been taken out of context.)

The bible doesn't talk about world history. It talks about the history of the people in very small area. I think the history of that small area of the world is barbaric and backwards compared with today's standards.

I assume by the math, you're talking about all the begats. (Adam begat Seth, Seth begat Enos, Enos begat Cainan, Cainan begat Mahalaleel, Mahalaleel begat Jared...etc.) I never really had an opinion on them, other than that they're yawn-inducing.

Answer 3

Knowing the Bible is a matter of revelation and not education. This does not mean that one does not have to study. I would rather a man know the Bible than have any college education that I know of.

The Bible, placed aside as a book of mystery, has such a pivotal influence on Western Civilization that people who do not read it are missing a historic background in law, politics, art, literature, religion, and human conflict. (and math?)

Math was held secret among the priesthoods of ancient times. From several sources the math for building the pyramids came from Enoch the seventh from Adam. The math is encrypted in the word.

Answer 4

I tottaly disagree because the bible is only use for indivaul soul resaerch and comfort because in Ephesians 6:!7 it says " And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, whichis the word of God" and in Proverbs 29:18 it says " Where there is no vision , the people perish" I'm a twelve year old this is my friend's Yahoo account. I'm twelve and a Pastor in the making

Answer 5

The bible is a nice little collection of stories, but it is not a biology textbook. It can be argued it is the only written history of a certain period of time; however, the lack of supporting documentation makes it dubious at best. As a stand-alone document it leaves a lot to be desired. I certainly would not look to someone for answers whose only resource was the bible; usually the only proof a bible-believer offers is the bible itself. Hardly what one would call objective.
**EDIT** Yeah, it may tell the "histories" of some early civilizations, but the miraculous happenings associated with the bible stories are a bit hard to swallow. Hence my contention regarding lack of supporting documentation: No other historical record mentions the sun stopping in the sky.

Answer 6

I don't agree--I'm a faithful Christian, but the Bible is only our moral compass which tells us how to live. It doesn't tell us how to decide college offers, loans, or which credit cards to use. The Bible is true, as it tells us, but it's important to remember it's purpose. An artist's rendition of an event will be totally different of a psychiatrist's or a detective's. I don't quite understand your question about Adam's math, sorry!

Answer 7

I don't know who said it, but I disagree.

Unless you're applying for a job at a Christian bookstore, employers are highly unlikely to be impressed by the substitution of 'I read the bible' in the space for filling in the name of the college you attended on an application. A medical school is going to be even less in favor of it.

Answer 8

The more I learn about the bible the less I trust it.

It is a poor substitute for a close personal relationship with God.

Love and blessings Don

Answer 9

The Bible is NOT myth.

However it is not a textbook either. It is the:

Basic
Instructions
Before
Leaving
Earth

As far as the math part, are you referring to the generational timelines depicted in the family tree written in Genesis?

Answer 10

I do not know the president-but, I can agree with this. It can teach a person how to stay away from Bible thumpers, by knowing where their thoughts are coming from.