Then how do you explain all of the inconsistencies in the Bible?

Question

I am not saying it isn't true, but all or most of you are so quick to shed your belief that it is true that you are closed minded to all possibilities. To base your faith on something that you got from mortals is absurd. Oh yeah, I knew it was "Prophets" and not profits. I wrote profits because that is what they got when they translated the bible. Money and power, and the right to kill in Gods name....Ignorance is bliss isn't it folks????

Answer 1

In over 50 years of studying that the book, I have not found any inconsistencies in the Bible. I have found some places where you have to compare passages to get the full understanding.

The Bible was written by men, through the inspiration of God. So it reflects the personalities of the authors. Plus God speaks to each of them in a way they understand. So you get a book like Joshua, written by a military general, that details his battles and victories, and talks about God in military terms. Followed by a book like Ruth, which tells of the romance between a young widow and a wealthy relative. It presents God as a lover and a matchmaker who brings justice for family.

They show very different sides of his personality. But they are not inconsistent with each other.

If it were possible to explain all of God with one viewpoint or one personality trait, God would not have needed 66 books and over 3.6 million words. But because God is complex - like any real person - it takes a lot to explain all about him.

Answer 2

The Bible may seem inconsistent because it is a collection of works spanning a couple thousand years. While I, as a Catholic Christian, believe in the sacred nature of the Bible, I don't take every account literally. I've often wondered how protestants who believe in 'sola scriptura' reconcile this inconsistency.

Nowhere in the Bible does it say that it should be taken literally. Moreover, the Bible as we know it was formed in the 4th Century after much debate on what is sacred scripture and what is not. There are several epistles and even Gospels that were narrowly excluded from the Bible. The letters of Peter on the flip side, barely made it in.

As far as your comment about making profits from translating the Bible, that may be true today. There are a ridiculous number of English translations, and when put side by side, they can seem to have very different connotations. But original translations were not made for profit. They were made mostly by monks who had a genuine desire to share the Bible with as many of the masses as possible.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Yet you base your knowlege on things written by mortals too,do you not?
And you obviously don't know how the Bible was translated.
1.The ones translatinng were not prophets,or profits.
2.When they translated,they did not get money,wealth,or power.Many of the translators lived in poverty,and in fear of killed.
3.No,translating the Bible has nothing to do with 'the right to kill in God's name.Murder is forbidden.
4.Please do not call me ignorant.I have studied the history of Christianity,the translation process of the Bible,and the Bible itself,for years now.
Answers to Bible contradictions:http://www.bringyou.to/apologetics/bible.htm

Answer 5

The Bible was written by about 40 men in about 1600 years dating from 1500 B.C. to about 100 A.D. Scriptures were collected many years before making it into the Bible. People from different countries, with different backgrounds, Kings, Fishermen etc. were inspired by God. What profit could these people gain in1600 years? All these scriptures point to one - Jesus

Answer 6

If you don't believe why do you care but you must use your faith and the Bible is not meant to be taken literally. Do you think the world was really created in seven days. NO. It was made to help the Jews in this case believe since they would have no other way of understanding it, they were nomadic peoples.

Answer 7

I don't try to explain them. I simply take them as proof that the bible is not a reliable source of information -- and to suppose that it is the word of god (which would have to be perfect) is silly. One correspondent claimed that he could explain all of the alleged inconsistencies; I pointed out some that he couldn't, and he went away.

Answer 8

I get so tired of reading these incredibly stupid questions. Why would you take the time to make such a groundless claim and not provide a single syllable of evidence? Why do you and people like you do such stupid things? What are you not thinking now? For all the people that ask such stupid questions I must say- your collective intelligence is in serious doubt.

Answer 9

It is written by different human beings at different times. The "books" that are in the bible were decided on by a group of people at the Nicene Coucil (google it) It is a group of stories based on history and built on legend and myth.

Answer 10

well, like you mentioned earlier, men wrote the bible, or translated the bible, that it why it will never be 100% accurate...
hey, I am of another spiritual belief and I certainly don't know everything and don't believe that I am 100% all of the time.....after all, I am a human being also...