Follow Up: But taking something on Faith is intrinsicly flawed because...?

Question

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when you question the bible or the people who teach it, you aren't challenging your belief in God, you are challenging your belief in the people who wrote the bible, or rewrote the bible, or spoke of the bible, as this knowledge has passed though many many many people in time, and each person has their own filters and their own biases and blindnesses.

One might argue that since it is the Bible, God would surely keep it safe from damaging change (change is impossible to avoid, so the change of err is the only valid argument here). But this is flawed too as God has bestowed freewill on man, leaving him to do as he chooses. So that leaves 2,000 years of change, reinterpretation, bias, and absent cultural context. Any validation of Faith from the Bible loses its potency because of this and raises the question: can the Bible change?

Yes, Browneye, originally that may have been so, but the book has been re-written countless times by countless people since then.

Thats just it Fish, I can't show you. I doubt anyone could because we don't have "The Originals" so you cant check it, thats the point.

Right, God instructed the people what to write....and you read that in the Bible. This is cyclical reasoning and proves nothing. You can't say "God said it's true" and tap the Bible, or any scripture, because your read that IN THE BIBLE. Or heard it from someone who read it in the bible. It's the same reasoning as this paradoxical statement:

Everything I say is a lie.

And using that sort of reasoning shows nothing and is only an exercise in recursion.

Answer 1

I find people seem to be fearful to try and think about what the Bible could mean and instead take it very literally. Not everyone, but a good chunk. The ones known as "sheeple." Yes, the Bible should change, as society has.

The way I think of it (thanks mainly to my mother, the oddest Christian non-Christian i know) is that the Bible is a collection of fables, fictitious stories laden with metaphors and lessons to be learned. Yet people scream that it actually happened, blinding themselves to the true teachings that could be learned, and blaspheming on their own holy scripture.

No religion should remain stagnant; change will always happen and if a religion can't or won't adapt then it's usefulness is over.

Answer 2

i have by no skill been a non secular individual. yet i have been a truthful one. I see faith for what it truly is; i look at it via the 'eyes' of the Bible and comprehend that it falls short of what Jesus taught. when I grew to develop right into a 'christian' I instructed myself i ought to save on with a faith that had not something to do with politics or conflict in any respect. i ought to save on with a faith that doesn't bow all the way down to idols and worship human saints. i ought to save on with a faith that did not save on with man made traditions and veiled pagan celebrations. until eventually i discover that faith I stay as far faraway from church homes as I probable can. I study God's be conscious on my own, and attempt to to implement what I study in my each day existence.

Answer 3

There's a book on this. It's called "Misquoting Jesus". You can actually track the accidental changes of the Bible made by illiterate scribes and the intentional changes made by the literate ones. It's a good read.

Answer 4

And yet the story of the child Jesus, born of a virgin, coming to earth to redeem us from sin, the savior suffering and dying on a cruel cross to pay the penalty for our sin, and the son of God rising again on the third day to give us victory over our sin is still told to this day. Amazing, to think that against all unbelief and doubt, it survives.

Answer 5

Show me one, just one change the Bible has undergone in 2,000 years that has affected the fundamental doctrine of the Christian faith.

Answer 6

yes people wrote the BiBLE but God instructed them on what to write

Answer 7

Actually, this is all I think you need to know: " All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness."2 Timothy 3:16

Why is there a need to question a truth so plain and simple.

Answer 8

MY BELIEF HAS BEEN REAL RIGHT from God....No challenging is necessary...it is NOT FLAWED WHEN THE CREATOR HIMSELF HAS given me His spirit...