2006-12-31 06:49:47 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
BINGO!
you got it!
2006-12-31 06:50:53 · answer #1 · answered by Jeebus is my Rectum 3 · 3⤊ 5⤋
I think you are confused. The bible doesnt mean you buy BULL..If you dont believe then you buy BULL. Read revolations..Everything going on in the world today in the middle east was written some thousand yrs b4 now and is now happening. Read the BIBLE Apply it to your live. Have faith and Pray for Forgiveness and you too can be saved.
2006-12-31 06:54:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The word "Bible" refers to the Christian canonical collections of sacred writings.
Judaism's religious texts are often referred to as the TaNaKh by Jews, or Hebrew Bible by Christians or scripture scholars, which includes sacred texts borrowed by the Christian canons.[1] The Christian Bible is also called the Holy Bible, Scriptures, or Word of God in English translation, while the first part of TaNaKh, the Torah, is also known in Christian usage as the Old Testament. The Roman Catholic, Anglican Church and Eastern Orthodox canons contain books not found in the TaNaKh, but which were found in the Greek Septuagint. The later additions to the Christian canon known as the New Testament, and considered part of the Bible are not recognised as testemonials in Jewish halacha.
More than 14,000 manuscripts and fragments of the Hebrew TaNaKh exist, as do numerous copies of the Septuagint, and 5,300 manuscripts of the Greek New Testament, more than any other work of antiquity
According to the Online Etymology Dictionary the word bible[3] is from Anglo-Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin, as used in the phrase biblia sacra ("holy books"). This then stemmed from the term (Greek: τὰ βιβλία τὰ ἅγια ta biblia ta hagia, "the holy books"), which derived from biblion ("paper" or "scroll", the ordinary word for "book"), which was originally a diminutive of byblos ("Egyptian papyrus"), possibly so called from the name of the Phoenician port from which Egyptian papyrus was exported to Greece
2006-12-31 06:52:36 · answer #3 · answered by memo 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I believe that reading the bible is the same as reading a storybook. Just as the Torah and Quran, we know that it is a man made device to keep people on the straight and narrow. However, a person must make their own assumption on how they are supposed to live in this life. Reading the bible doesn't make you more or less of a sinner than anyone else. They way you live your life has more bearing. If a person is placing all of their belief in the teachings of the bible, Torah, Quran, etc, then they are surely fools.
2006-12-31 06:54:29 · answer #4 · answered by Talkstress 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It Was Named The Bible So Year's Later Sad People With No Life Could Wonder About It.....
2006-12-31 06:52:04 · answer #5 · answered by † Dark Prince † 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
First of all the Bible is not Bull....and second it stands for Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth.
The Bible; is perfect, is true, will last forever, gives us wisdom, can be trusted, reveals the truth, is Holy, authoriative, a Christian's spiritual weapon, inspired by God, judges our life, and helps us grow spiritually.
Better believe it....
2006-12-31 06:56:02 · answer #6 · answered by Jess 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't consider what the Bible offers to be bull, but rather wisdom to live our lives by.A guide book and loving letter from our Creator.
"THE word of God is alive and exerts power and is sharper than any two-edged sword . . . and is able to discern thoughts and intentions of the heart." (Hebrews 4:12) This description of what God's Word can accomplish surely stamps the Bible as more than just a good book.
"Its message is as vital to our lives as our next breath," one religion writer put it succinctly. Then he added: "When you take the issue of our longing and need for healing today and read the Bible in that light, astonishing results follow." Like a lamp that burns brightly, the Bible sheds light on the many complex issues and problems of modern-day living.—Psalm 119:105.
Indeed, the wisdom expressed in the Bible has the power to mold our thinking, help us solve problems, improve the quality of our life, and equip us with the skills to cope with those situations that we cannot change. Most important, the Bible enables us to get to know and love God.
A Book That Gives Purpose
The Author of the Bible, Jehovah God, is 'familiar with all our ways.' He knows more about our physical, emotional, and spiritual needs than even we do. (Psalm 139:1-3) Thoughtfully, he sets clear limits for human behavior. (Micah 6:8) It makes sense to seek to understand those limits and directions and learn to live by them. Happy is the man whose "delight is in the law of Jehovah," says the psalmist. "Everything he does will succeed." (Psalm 1:1-3) Such a prospect surely merits our examination.
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2000/12/1/article_02.htm
The word bible comes from biblia and literally means little books...library. There are 66 books of the Bible ( 39:Hebrew Scriptures, old testament; and 27: Greek Scriptures, new testament)
2 Timothy 3:16 & 17: "All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work."
2 Peter 1:20 & 21: "For YOU know this first, that no prophecy of Scripture springs from any private interpretation. 21 For prophecy was at no time brought by man’s will, but men spoke from God as they were borne along by holy spirit.
2006-12-31 07:09:34 · answer #7 · answered by wannaknow 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry for my ignorance: what is the connection of the word 'bible" to bulls?
According to the Online Etymology Dictionary the word bible is from the early 1300s, from Anglo-Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin, as used in the phrase biblia sacra ("holy books"). This then stemmed from the term (Greek: τὰ βιβλία τὰ ἅγια ta biblia ta hagia, "the holy books"), which derived from biblion ("paper" or "scroll", the ordinary word for "book"), which was originally a diminutive of byblos ("Egyptian papyrus"), possibly so called from the name of the Phoenician port from which Egyptian papyrus was exported to Greece. Biblical scholar Mark Hamilton states that the Greek phrase ta biblia ("the books") was "an expression Hellenistic Jews used to describe their sacred books several centuries before the time of Jesus," and would have referred to the Septuagint. The Online Etymology Dictionary concludes that the Christian scripture was referred to in Greek as Ta Biblia as early as 223 CE. The word "Bible" replaced Old English biblioðece ("the Scriptures") from the Greek bibliotheke (lit. "book-repository" from biblion + theke, meaning "case, chest, or sheath"), used of the Bible by Jerome and the common Latin word for it until Biblia began to displace it 9c. Use of the word in a figurative sense, as in "any authoritative book" is from 1804.
2006-12-31 06:56:48 · answer #8 · answered by blapath 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bible means collection of books and is related to the Spanish word, Biblioteca (meaning library).
2006-12-31 06:53:11 · answer #9 · answered by Lady of the Garden 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
ahhh no.....
According to the Online Etymology Dictionary the word bible[3] is from Anglo-Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin, as used in the phrase biblia sacra ("holy books").
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible
2006-12-31 06:52:58 · answer #10 · answered by Judy the Wench 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. Come to think about it, I dont know why too. And nowhere in the books of the bible does it mention "bible" at all. I dont think you can count in the tower of "babel". Hmmm.
2006-12-31 06:59:25 · answer #11 · answered by mil's 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋