Do you agree the bible is not accurate?

Question

The people that wrote the bible there native language was not greek or latin they speak aramaic or whatever it's called. Jewish people have there religious book wrote in hebrew, muslims have their koran written in arabic. christians have their bible written in english, latin, greek etc hence you get names like Jesus, jesus wasn't called jesus, jesus is called Yehoshua(the correct way), even peoples names have changed whereas muslims keep arabic names and likewise with jews

Answer 1

It depends by what you mean by "accurate". In what sense?

The reason that the Bible often contradicts itself is that it was never meant to be put together and considered as a unified work. The Bible is a collection of Jewish and Christian scriptures, stories, letters, court histories and personal interpretations. When Christianity became a recognised religion in the 2nd and 3rd centuries CE there was a lot of confusion amongst the various groups as to what Christians really believed. The Council of Nicaea, a group of leading bishops sanctioned by the Emperor Constantine, decided what would go into the Bible in 325 CE, leaving out numerous other accounts of the life of Jesus.

The trouble is that many people are ignorant about the history of the early Christian church. Mistranslation and misinterpretation of texts have encouraged the belief that the bible is the word of God. It isn't. It merely contains an array of men's opinions about the word of God. This doesn't mean it isn't a valuable spiritual tool. The bible contains many good ideas and offers a lot of moral guidance.

In the end, expecting the Bible to make sense as a whole is as ridiculous as taking the best selling children's books and cobbling them together then expecting the plot not to have holes.

As for historical accuracy, the Bible is not meant to be a historical document. It is heavily biased towards certain groups, such as the descendants of David. As with many ancient chronicles, there is little emphasis placed on accuracy. Anyone who has studied Herodotus can tell you that.

Answer 2

I try not to get too hung up on the whole "accuracy" thing. If you are going to read the Bible for inspiration or comfort, then just worry about what story the Scripture is trying to tell or maybe ask yourself "Why was this written?" It might speak to you in an imprtant way. Also, you can learn a ton about the basic nature of people, which hasn't changed much in two thousand years.

I wish I could remember where, but there are actually two conflicting accounts of the whereabouts of a particular person in the Bible at a certain time. They can't both be right, so there you go - inacccurate. That doesn't mean that the story isn't important or doesn't have meaning for you.

I think that there is more genuine faith present in the willingness to question your beliefs and to come to terms with them in some way than in a blind belief that everything written or told to you is 100% accurate. I am not saying the Bible isn't 100% accurate either. I just don't know and it doesn't really impact my faith.

Answer 3

the bible is a collection of writings which have been translated/ mistranslated, edited and added to.
Even now, after all that editing, If you read the first few chapters of genesis, you will see there are 2 interwoven creation accounts by different writers. Noahs flood is based on a different, much older, legend.
The new testament gospels of jesus are full of 'older' myths taken from other gods - ie Mithras, for example.
The deleted books (apocrypha) give a different flavour to the life of jesus than the usual christian view.
there is a strong suggestion - from extra-biblical writings - that jesus and John were opposing 'prophets' who would openly insult each other's teachings

anyway, to answer your question... It is obvious that the bible is not accurate

Answer 4

The Bible was written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. Those languages were translated into English to make the English Bible we now have. How does that translation, so that English speakers can understand it, make the Bible inaccurate? I don't follow your logic.

Answer 5

the bible is a best selling story book that has given people across the world a sense of purpose and spiritual comfort that is not a bad thing but whether it has any truth is another matter iam of course a doubting thomas i can only be honest i am still waiting on conclusive proof that doesn't make me a bad person just a sceptic that has an opinion

Answer 6

I agree that the Bible both the NT and the OT have inaccuracies, holes and other problems. However, your reasoning is rather flawed. Most newer English translations are very accurate either literally or in the intended meaning.

Answer 7

The Bible was written from about 400AD. How can it be either accurate or the word of God? It is a written collection of folklore and myth passed down through the ages.

Answer 8

as a muslim it is my baleif that the original testiment of the bible is correct,as muslims we also agree that the originat thaora is correct,where we differ is that after these books and prophets as we call them came the final prophet mohamed who reveild the holy quran the final book.the prophet was mentioned in the other books aswell.going back to your question the bible has been transalated many times and because of that mistakes have been made that change the whole meaning of sentences

Answer 9

the bible is accurate lots of people still read the original context arabic can be correctly translated to english and latin and all the other it is in now

Answer 10

Its worse than Greek Mythology, pure fiction.