Are there any Christians out there that do NOT believe the Bible is 100% infallible and perfect?

Question

Do you think it has to be taken literally? Like everything literally, and that everything is perfectly accurate? Thanks for answering!

Cus, after actually looking at the four gospels I see that they all portray a slightly different view of Christ.. and Jesus' last words are different in all of them. And other stuff too, but that doesn' t mean I don't beleive the message of salvation is untrue, And I believe the messages of the parables are truly God's word, but Its so confusing and stuff. . . :(

Answer 1

Yes, I do believe the Bible to be infallible and perfect.
let me try to explain why the 4 gospels present a different view of Jesus- this may be a bit simplistic.
Let us say you and I were talking about a person- a mutual friend and describing him or her to someone else. Do you think both of us would tell about this person in the same exact way. I may work with him, and see a different side than you do, but that does not make either of us wrong. Does that make sense at all? Matthew, Mark, Luke and John knew Jesus personally but they described things a bit differently but yet it was truth about Him nonetheless.

Answer 2

I believe it all is true. I like the talking donkey story best. But seriously..........

What is now called the Bible started out as a series of writings based on very old myths and legends. These have since been re-written, modified, added to and translated many times. Is it therefor fair to call the Bible the inerrant word of God?

The earliest writings of the Old Testament were written around 1850 BCE. Theses were stories borrowed from the older writings of the Epic of Gilgamesh.
First Great Revision of Judaism about 1200 B.C.E. The myth of Exodus was included in the revision, transformed as it was from the older story of the expulsion of the Hyksos
Second and third revisions, 742 – 600 BCE the many gods of the Old Testament are harmonized into a singular being _ Yahweh
The Fourth Great Revision 586 B.C.E. to 538 B.C.E.
The Fifth Great Revision of Judaism 323 B.C.E. to 45 C.E. under Greek influence
The Last Great Revision of Judaism 30 C.E. to appx. 73 C.E
50 C.E. to 140 C.E. The Jesus Movement suddenly and quickly transformed itself from a social and political reform movement into a full-blown religion.
The Gospels: Mythmaking Begins in Ernest. Myths and miracles added to the bible 65 C.E. to appx. 120 C.E.
Emperor Constantine 313 C.E. to appx. 430 C.E. demanded that the bishops at the First Council of Nicea come up with a consistent, catholic doctrine that would be universal. This is where the word Catholicism comes from.
320 C.E. to 1330 C.E. Emperor Constantine ordered Eusebius to put together some scriptures for him to present to the new churches he was constructing at his new capital of Constantinople in time for his new festival of the resurrection, to be called "Easter”.
The Protestant Revision and the English Bibles 1330 to 1611. John Wycliffe organized the translation of the Bible into English.
The King James Bible version first appeared in 1611. Though the frontispiece written by the conference declares it to be a new translation, that's not really what it was. In fact, it was a revision of the Bishop's Bible of 1602, which itself was a revision of the Bishop's Bible of 1568, which was a revision of Coverdale's less than scholarly Great Bible, which was a rewrite of the Tyndale and Wycliffe works.

Answer 3

I'm a Christian and I believe that the Bible is God's word to mankind. Does that mean that every translation of the original Scriptures is 100% error free?

No, I know that there have been errors that have crept into the Scriptures over time but not serious errors that make it impossible to trust in the truth about Jesus and salvation through faith in Him.

Is "everything" to be taken literally? No, some passages that are poetice or prophetic in nature are obviously full of symbolism.

What about the Genesis account?

The basic facts are to be taken literally. That everything that exists in creation was put here by God. That God created a perfect world but He also allowed imperfections to come into his creation because He created people with the chance to obey or disobey Him.

Is the earth less than 10,000 years old? Did Noah put the ancestor of every animal that is alive today on the dry earth on an ark?

Those questions can be debated and there are different ways of interpreting the Scriptures. But this part of the Bible is true and easy to understand.

1 Corinthians 15:1 Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you--unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.

John 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.

16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

Answer 4

The bible and the other "holy" books were written by people (monks) to create power for the people that prayed on the fears of the population, Nothing is infallible, Do not believe in what you are taught, but in what you discover, open up your heart and your mind. seek answers based on facts. Ask " why" Every time you find a question that has an answer. If you have faith, you can also question, the answer may give you peace, and if you question enough the answer may make you laugh.

Answer 5

> Are there any Christians out there that do NOT believe the Bible is 100% infallible and perfect?
Me. Even our guest pastor said "If you put the Bible under a microscope, you'll find flaws."

> Do you think it has to be taken literally?
Nope. The sun didn't stand still. The Great Flood wasn't worldwide.

Answer 6

The Bible is textually accurate, we know that much. (That it wasnt changed over time contrary to popular idiot belief) When you study the Bible at Bible college you learn of a lot of the little things that contribute to what we know as Biblical inerrancy. These are minor problems theologians have had over the centuries but they are not completely unexplainable.

A wise man once said that the Bible is perfect enough to leave scholars in awe, and imperfect enough to give the unbeliever a seed of doubt.

Yes it should be taken literally because they are the words of God. And God doesnt like it when we dont believe him.

Answer 7

There are likely to be people who call themselves Christian who do NOT believe the Bible is 100% infallible, and perfect.
I am not one of them.
As to the second part of your question... It is clearly not meant to be taken word for word literal... some of the parables for example, but it is to be believed absolutely true.
That is the Bible has many metaphors, parables, analogies... which tell the truth.
And it is not that difficult to tell when there are passages which are to be read as such.
I believe the story of the flood, to be literal truth.
I believe some of the passages of Revelation to be metaphorical truth.
This answer by no means covers all the literary techniques God used to get His message across.
I believe that the men penned theses books as they were inspired to do so by the Holy Spirit, and that what exists as the Bible today is because that is the way God wanted it to be, and what isn't there is because that is His desire.

Answer 8

As a whole, Christianity is based on the assumption that the Bible is God's Word - without error. If there were errors, that fact would undermine most of the divine claims (salvation, redemption, sanctification, etc.).

As far as literary appreciation, some things are obvioulsy to be read with a literal interpretation, while others are obviously metaphorical. It depends on the context (who it was written for/to, when it was written, where, and why it was written).

Answer 9

Yes there are, which is why people who lump all christians together should not! I truly believe in the bible to be 100% truth. Yes, some of it is in other forms, such as parables, symbolism to get a message across, but that does not take away from the truth in all of God's Word. In Revelation 22:18 John gives a warning for anyone who adds or takes away from the Word of God, God has consequences. God inspired men to write HIS Word. God is Supreme, in total control and will not allow His Word to be fallible!! You can believe this or not - and yes it takes Faith to believe in His entire word as truth. Who are we but mere humans to pick and chose which part of TRUTH to believe in? We are ALL accountable to God.

Answer 10

I do. I think that Paul didn't know he was writing scripture when writing his letters. I dont think his books should be taken as religious but more historical since he knew a lot about early Christianity And revelation has a lot of metaphors in it, like the four horsemen, so it cant be taken literally but only in some parts like exodus.