how many christians believe their interpretation of the bible is absolute fact?

Question

first one needs to resolve that the book is feasibly factual in suspected origin, given there is no source of evidence, this is a matter of faith.
then i notice that some decide which version they choose to follow.
apparently king james is popuar, is this because it sounds like the best deal, and easiest to stick to.
finally, evidently all who believe have a differing interpretation of the contents, whether its guessing, assimilating to ones lifestyle, word of mouth or what seems fair.
concidering all these variables, with no referece of definition, how can this be construed as a factual document, worthy of the life long dedication of so many

Answer 1

Way too many it seems.

Answer 2

Maybe you should investigate the facts:

1) No source of evidence - what is this statement in regards to? There is plenty of evidence to support the historicity of the Bible, coming from other historians and especially through archeology. Do some research. If you are talking about evidence of origin...I'm not quite sure what that means

2) KJV "sounds like the best deal, and easiest to stick to" - it was at this point that you totally lost me and I began to understand that you really haven't investigated the Christian faith to any great extent. The reason why the KJV is popular (though its not the most popular any longer) is because of its accuracy in regards to the oldest texts we have. Its a very accurate translation - but its hard to read, meaning that its like not "easiest to stick to."

3) We can apply your logic to any document. Each of us will interpret anything we read our own way - that doesn't mean its the "correct" way or the way the author intended. This certainly doesn't discount the Bible as a historical text - it has nothing whatsoever to do with its historicity.

As for "guessing," "word of mouth," and "what seems fair," - that is all based on ignorance. If one wants to really understand the Bible, that person needs to actually read and study it.

As for "assimilating to ones lifestyle" - this helps lead me to the difference between understand the scripture and learning from it. We can definitely misinterpret scripture - people do that all the time. That's human error and does not affect the veracity of the Bible.

However, learning something from scripture that may be different from someone else who has read the same passage is common. That has to do with what our minds and hearts say, and if you believe it, what God wants us to learn. That, too, has nothing to do with the veracity of scriptures. It has everything to do with what we're learning from it. For example, we can both read a paragraph of "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad - one will learn about the historical situation in the Congo and another will be struck by its similarities to Vietnam. Does that mean either is wrong? No, it just means we each learned something different.

Answer 3

I think each person who reads the Bible has a different interpretation of what it means...so the interpretation is subjective.

As to the validity of the information it contains, considering that no one has written anything (to my knowledge) during the same time period with a contradictory attitude towards what is written there, I have to consider it historically accurate. You would have thought that if the information was a total fabrication that someone at some point during the life of Christ in particular would have written a contradicting scroll. However, all of the anti-Christian books and information that has been written has come at a much later time historically and is based on their interpretation etc. not on eye witness accounts.

Answer 4

Millions do.

Here is a link which shows the primary source texts upon which the Bible was based:

See:
http://one-faith-of-god.org/final_testament/bible_of_god.htm

I don't believe the Bible is a bad document overall- just misused and mis understood.

For example, virtually no christians want to know or care to know the actual people (Jeremiah, Baruch, Nehemiah and Ezra) wrote the Bible, for what purpose and upon whose orders.

I think knowledge helps, not hurts.

Answer 5

The Bible is one of those books that you either believe it's completely true or you don't believe it's true at all. I prefer to believe it's all true, the stories of the Bible are unlike anything else ever written, it has the power to change lifes, and no matter how many times you read it, (if dissected well), you begin to believe in it more and more.

Answer 6

As with any publication the facts are only as good as the people giving them to us. Though there is much wisdom within it and beauty, we are only able to read the bits that the early church wanted us to read and many gospels and letters were omitted as not suitable for ordinary people to read if they were to be controlled and manipulated. Hope it's ok for me to answer this as I am no longer Christian. However I was Christian for more years than I care to remember.

Answer 7

I don't take it as Fact because it's been around for 2000 years, and parts have been lost, edited or taken out over the years. Yeah, the general message of "Love thy Neighbour" I take as fact, but that's about it.

Answer 8

Not me.

Isn't "absolute fact" an oxymoron both to scientists and to the religious?

Answer 9

It gives them answers that they want to hear, where as science can only give them what we know.

Answer 10

easy...people do what they want no matter what