2007-03-06 06:09:41 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Not really; if you pulled out the mythology it would be about 82 pages long.
2007-03-06 06:14:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm assuming if you mean that the bible be revised to historically accurate is and diffcult to misinterpret... in which case, YES. I actually believe that this may be useful.
But it would hurt a lot of peoples preconceptions.... Possibly mine included. Whether the "bible would be blank" or not, I won't presume to know.
I also don't believe that this would be possible. There are too many people with hidden agendas (namely people who WANT to keep their preconceptions) to "demyhologize" the bible.
2007-03-06 14:22:28 · answer #2 · answered by meyowmix 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's already useful to hundreds of millions of people.
Much of the history of the Bible is about what happened between two to three thousand years ago - it's bound to contain things we find hard to believe. But why call them myths? We weren't there - we don't know what happened. There are people today who have real life experiences that are hard to believe - are these myths too? Why not accept that not everything happens the way we expect? And that somethings are hard to believe but still real?
2007-03-06 14:25:25 · answer #3 · answered by Andrew G 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends, the Old Testament would be a rather boring, uninteresting and generic story (it already is, removing myth would make it worse), but the New Testament would be decent.
You'd have a story about a human man who defied governments and traveled around with very little possessions who taught some good messages.
2007-03-06 14:20:57 · answer #4 · answered by Mike K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the "myths" as you call them, are known as parables. Parables are "a simple story illustrating a moral or religious lesson" [American Heritage Dictionary, 3rd Ed., Aug.1994].
Jesus used parables very often to teach His lessons. They are very important tools to help convey messages to mankind. It would not be very useful to remove them, as parables helped people of limited education to understand life's lessons and the meanings behind Jesus' lessons.
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2007-03-06 17:19:38 · answer #5 · answered by YRofTexas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can you give an example? I believe the Bible is as it should be.
2007-03-06 14:13:21 · answer #6 · answered by RB 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
OK, I'll agree with that. As long as you agree that The Word itself is not mythology just the interpretations.
2007-03-06 14:15:27 · answer #7 · answered by rezany 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of this world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also. But all these things they will do to you for My name's sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. He who hates Me hates My Father also. If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have seen and also hated both Me and My Father. But this happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, 'They hated Me without cause.'" - (John 15:18-25) God's Word is truth.
2007-03-06 14:14:24 · answer #8 · answered by C.O.G. 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
But . . . but, that would only leave the POETRY!
It is a book of myths and poems, as in any other religious tradition.
2007-03-06 14:14:48 · answer #9 · answered by nora22000 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Stop being Politically correct. And if you actually read it you would know its not a myth.
2007-03-06 14:13:24 · answer #10 · answered by babigurl34 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋