the bible i know most about is the new/old testiment. but there are so many things i find wrong with it. it contradicts itself on so many levels. could someone help me understand the meaning of it all?
2007-02-18 17:39:59 · 25 answers · asked by BABYGIRL 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You're right, it does. No religious person will admit to them, but they are there. They will say if you have faith, they all make sense. There is no way to understand it and trust me, I've tried for over 30 years.
It was written a long time ago by many MANY different people. Many OTHER people edited it and took out what they didn't like and re-wrote other things to make it better. They even added details they wanted people to know. The bible is a wonderful brainwashing tool, so don't try to understand it.
Read it for the wonderful poetry, wonderful moral lessons and (weak) historical perspective, but try not to think of it has a historical account with facts from cover to cover because it's not, no matter how much religious folk try to convince you that it is.
2007-02-18 17:43:33 · answer #1 · answered by Rogue Scrapbooker 6 · 3⤊ 5⤋
I know the Bible very well after decades of studying it, learning it, writing courses, teaching them and experiencing the truth that it teaches.
It does not have contradictions.
What it does have is different views of the same subject as with the Gospels.
Each of the writers was given to write what they saw and heard. But that depends on where they were at the time.
If four people sat around a table and someone set a penny up on its side and then asked what geometric shape people saw; some would say it was a circle or part of a circle and some would say it was a straight line . Is that a contradiction or seeing it from different angels?
2007-02-18 18:06:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm, the first person who answered this question said that no religious person would admit there are contradictions in the bible. Very nice to meet you, but here is me disproving you. I'm a practicing Christian, and have absolutely NO problem admitting the contradictions. The whole idea is that the new testament was written after the death of Jesus, who died to save humans. From then on, all humans are forgiven of their wrongs, whereas before that, there was nobody to sacrafice themselves for humans, so rules were much harsher. The idea of the Old Testament is to show God's glory, and his work, and is basically like a history book, showing you the past up until Jesus. At that point, the bible lays out the guidelines for our life, and that is the point of the New Testament. Both are very good, and although both apply to the modern world, the New Testament is basically the human rule-book.
Thanks for the FANTASTIC question!
2007-02-18 17:49:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Let's see, it was a piece of fiction written by countless authors with countless goals, spread over centuries. Knowing that there was no divine being supervising it, it's very logical that it doesn't make any sense. It's like reading a series of books by an author, and having a slue of sequels written by other authors; you get all sorts of things that don't quite mesh. If this series is written by as many people as the Bible was, and edited as much, one would expect it to be extremely unreasonable.
2007-02-18 17:47:03 · answer #4 · answered by dantes_torment 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Learn to read the Bible in the sense in which it was written, understand the historical, cultural, and societal norms of the time. Don't try to read your own desires and prejudices into it. Learn the art and science of Biblical Hermeneutics, proper exegesis, and a thorough understanding of the techniques of literature.
2007-02-18 17:51:19 · answer #5 · answered by HAND 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are discrepancies because it has been translated and copied so many times by hand, etc. The monks kept it alive, but I'm sure many times they missed words in their writings, and even some probably disagreed with what they were writing and so changed it to match their beliefs. That is honestly why I believe there are so many contradictions, etc. in the bible.
2007-02-18 17:44:24 · answer #6 · answered by Laurel W 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The bible was written over a period of 2 thousand by people of various cultures.
2007-02-18 17:44:06 · answer #7 · answered by October 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it was written, transformed, translated, re-written, damaged along the way, and configured to believe what the translators believed and agreed upon. Get what you can inspirationally out of it and keep asking questions to follow your heart. I doubt we will ever truly know until we die. Half of what you see and none of what you hear theory.
The bible was not originally written in english, and slang as well as lanuguage has changed. Original has been guessed on parts where it was damaged. They all state that these are "close" to what they could get out of it. But in different words in the beginning of all bibles.
2007-02-18 17:53:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No one that I know of that have truly read the Bible with understanding have had that problem. I have read the Bible from cover to cover and I have not found any discrepancies. If you jump from one verse to another, you will think that there are. But in all actuality, it is not. May God Bless U.
2007-02-18 17:44:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
No,it doesn't.Such discrepancies arise from the reader's wrong understanding of the text.For answers to Bible problems,see here:
http://www.tektonics.org/lp/packham02.html
For answers to Bible contradictions,see here:
http://www.bringyou.to/apologetics/bible.htm
2007-02-18 17:46:38 · answer #10 · answered by Serena 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋