2007-01-31 09:20:14 · 21 answers · asked by ? 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
some, but not all, particularly the book of genesis, and things with random creation of meals, fire,cure for leprosy - any miracles, i'm pretty skeptical
2007-01-31 09:23:40 · answer #1 · answered by Shellular Kellular 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
since you ask ''do i believe'' i can only give you my opinion, for what ever that's worth. i believe the events in the bible were based on true events but have been exaggerated over time. The great flood perhaps only appeared to flood the world. I believe the flood occurred in a specific area which made it appear as though the world was flooded. if the bible is historically correct then there were not that many people on the earth at the time so i would guess that many many parts of the world had not as yet been occupied by man. Science has explainations about the Red Sea parting and their belief is just as believable as the biblical event. Just about every Old Testament story can be related to a certain time and a certain event that has been embellished over time. The bible may very well be the inspired word of God BUT man is not a perfect creature, as we all know, so it is at least plausable the events were true to only a certain degree. The trouble I have with the bible is the way God himself is described. Some books talk about a loving God while others talk about a vengeful God. It seems to me that if God created man in his own image, and he loved man above all things, that he would not allow his ''children'' to suffer forever in the fires and flames of Hell. that just doesn't make any sense to me whatsoever. the bible is a good standard to go by for living a life in peace, but I believe the Hell part was added by man many years ago as a way for the church to take control. for me ... God is love. and no loving God would kill his children. but hey ... this is just my opinion.
2007-01-31 09:36:31 · answer #2 · answered by Average Joe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
Some of the events in the bible were an attempt to accurately record a real event.
Other events in the bible were not accurate descriptions of an event but were based on the memory of an actual event.
Other events in the bible were based on events from other civilizations' histories (like those from Egypt or Babylon).
Other events in the bible were based on other civilizations' myths.
And other events in the bible are myths made up by the Judeo-Christian civilization.
2007-01-31 09:23:16 · answer #3 · answered by Dave P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If they weren't based on fact, would it have made it on the best seller's list for over a thousand years? Even Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings leave that arena sooner or later.
If it wasn't real, then the apostles wouldn't have gotten very far telling it on the streets. They would all be like "Jesus fed 5,000 people with just a couple of fish and some bread!" and then someone out of the crowd would say "I was there, Jesus just had Pizza Hut deliver. You're full of it!" That didn't happen because instead, people were all like "I remember that, that was totally awesome!!!"
Speaking of the feeding the 5000 people....
It's really funny when you read a little after that story, it says that the deciples and Jesus went on a boat, and all the deciples found out that nobody grabbed any of the food Jesus made. Then they were all yelling at each other and stuff before Jesus had to tell them to cool off, and remember that He was riding with them. He had to quiz them on how many people he just fed and with what little food they started with. If He could do that, He could take care of them. And He can take care of us, too. *sorry just had to throw that last bit in, cause i believe it :)
2007-01-31 09:36:59 · answer #4 · answered by stevedude256 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many of them, most assuredly.
Two temples DID in fact stand. The archeological evidence of what happened in the Temple and what the Bible says happened in the Temple are quite in agreement.
Two villages that seem similiar to Soddom and Gamorrah have been found and they show evidence of having been destroyed by a pyroclastic eruption (fire from the sky in the Bible).
Plenty of the historical stuff is close to true, or based in the truth at least.
2007-01-31 09:31:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read Daniel's Prophecy and you'll learn that the rule of Alexander the Great, Cyrus and other world governments were all mentioned. The bible events are parallel to secular history.
2007-01-31 09:25:29 · answer #6 · answered by Tomoyo K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some of them, of course.
Does that mean that it's all the word of god? Nope.
We also have the prophecy of Merlin, the Tao Te Ching, the Egyptian Book of the Dead, and many many others. All of these are somehow inspired. Some are history, some philosophy only, but all contain some elements of truth.
2007-01-31 09:31:40 · answer #7 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The same with myths. There is a small kernel of truth which gets blown up into a major story.
2007-01-31 09:26:56 · answer #8 · answered by forgivebutdonotforget911 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes Yes Yes DEFinitely
2007-01-31 09:26:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To the degree that there were people back then who made up stories, yes.
2007-01-31 09:24:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I do. Its based on the authors standard of living during the reign of the Romans.
2007-01-31 09:23:49 · answer #11 · answered by Maikeru 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋