I know this sounds disrepectful but I really don't mean for it be. I am really curious. I notice that most qoute the bible as an answer to a question, but it doesn't always match up to other things in the bible. So why is it always the answer?
2007-04-30 03:23:50 · 26 answers · asked by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No I am not christian anymore. Yes I have read the bible. No I don't have any specific passages in mind. MEN wrote the bible, not God. And I am just wondering why repeating someone else's words is an answer to every question.
2007-04-30 03:33:18 · update #1
this is a good question, and it's a question that is dealt with everyday of the week by someone in the world. Why do I go to the Bible? Because it is God's word- some have said that it's unreliable, this is hogwash, what more do you want to make it reliable? quotations form sources outside of the religious world about Jesus? Got 'em. Quotations from other contemporary sources from within the Jewish world? Got 'em. How about sources that we can compare our texts too that were in written 1400 years ago that compare word for word with texts written 400 years before that? We got 'em. Read the case for Christ, or the case for faith by Lee Strobel, he was an atheist lawyer who wrote in Chicago who did research on his own and the research changed his mind. I am a Bible student, and I have yet to find a contradiction in the Bible. I go to it because it actually has a lot of answers. In it, I find that my life has a purpose. I find that I am not alone in the world and that I am l oved. I go to it because I want others to know that love and to share in that love from God with me. Please, if you find any contradictions or have any questions about sources, email me. If you have any questions that I am unable to answer, I will do research.
2007-04-30 04:02:17 · answer #1 · answered by Silas 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You need to point out some contradictions. I have never met any real one. EDITED: Well, I red your examples. Isn't it true that if you take any phrases out of the context you can find contradictions in laws, newspaper articles, even in your own words. Bible has to be studied in the context. You have to be familiar in which circumstances the sentence was said, who said it and what he wanted to highlight. Glass is half full or half empty - obvious contradiction. Full ≠ Empty. Still both arguments are true at the same time. You could start a new question for every example you brought up, and you could see there can be reasonable explanations for your questions. Let's take only the first one for example: Gen 1:31 tells us: "After that God saw everything he had made and, look! it was very good." Yes, he was satisfied with his works. Everything he created was beautiful. Gen 6:6, after the first humans were choose not to obey him and 1600 years have passed when mankind could practice life without the direction of a God and have made terrible choices on their own and people suffered, so that "the badness of man was abundant in the earth and every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only bad all the time", like Bible says, THEN God "felt regrets that he had made men in the earth, and he felt hurt at his heart". It wasn't because of what He did, it was because of how people used their freedom of choice and where it had ended up. So, these verses doesn't have to be in contradiction. And so goes with your other examples. It depends, what you want to see. Half full or half empty.
2016-05-17 08:28:37 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't "believe" that the Bible contradicts itself, because they simply do not understand what constitutes a logical contradiction. You may as well give a monkey a calculus problem to solve. They ride over entire pages of discrepancies or even sheer nonsense without noticing anything wrong. Then they insist point-blank that "The Bible contains no contradictions and has been verified by history and science." What can you say to these people? It's impossible to find common ground for an intellectual discussion.
To say that "you must pray to the Spirit for understanding," etc, only means that you're using the Bible the way some fortune-tellers use tea-leaves or some psychologists use ink-blots. You're reading in your own "spiritual" insights. Very good; but that does not alter the fact that the Bible is full of mutually exclusive statements. How did Judas die? It depends on whether you believe that the author of "Matthew" or the author of "Acts" was "divinely inspired," I suppose - but (clearly!) they could not have both been!
P.S. Thumbing me down doesn't make the Bible any more coherent!
2007-04-30 03:31:10 · answer #3 · answered by jonjon418 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Because it is the Book God gave us to go by and it doesn't contradict itself. Some have said that but the answers are to different questions and have different meanings.
You need to know the whole bible to understand it. Not isolated paragraphs. I remember a minister quoteing certain passages and when I read the bible for myself realized that isn't what it meant at all. I was shocked that I put my eternal life in his hands and all he was concerned about was making money.
Titeing was always quoted but in reading the passages that was taxes for the public good. Kings ordered 10% be given of everything. But when it came to stuff like fornication or adultry or murder he never said a word about that.
For fear someone would be offended and quit donating money.
2007-04-30 03:31:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Examples, not just generalities, please. Specifically, where are these contradictions you speak of? When we quote a Scripture, it's to show that we aren't just regurgitating what we heard someone else say, or expressing our personal opinion. It's written there, and that's why we believe it. And the Bible does not contradict itself on the main issues. The creation of the world, who Christ was, what He came for, historical events, Jewish culture and tradition, mankind's relationship with God, etc. We shouldn't quibble over minutiae in the Bible, and I'd bet you that with a little research, even those minor issues could be reconciled in the Bible.
2007-04-30 03:35:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Well you must be a Christian then. Since you know about contradictions in the bible. If so, why the question. Now, if you haven't actually read the bible this is an unfair statement. Either way, you are still loved, right?
2007-04-30 03:29:44 · answer #6 · answered by One Knowing The Truth 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
For those who simply scan the Bible, sometimes with a negative attitude, it is possible to find 'apparent' contradictions.
For those who study the Bible and research matters, those apparent contradictions dissipitate.
The book is made like that on purpose.
The purpose?
God has opportunity to see how serious we are in learning about Him.
Will we make the effort, or forget it all based on a cheap excuse?
2007-04-30 03:36:04 · answer #7 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I honestly do not know where the bible contradicts itself but I would love to take a look at some of the verses you say do do that. If youd like you could email some of those passages. Thanks!
2007-04-30 03:28:24 · answer #8 · answered by just trying to help 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
You must have a personal relationship with God in order to come to a deep place of understanding of His word.....after all, the word of God IS God ( John 1:1 ) He changes not- He's the same yesterday, today & forever ....so today His word is still Him....Not just a book to read to humanly deceifer like other books....
2007-04-30 03:31:30 · answer #9 · answered by Fairlady 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Have you ever read the entire Bible? As far as contradictions, did you find them yourself or did you just find a list on an atheist website?
2007-04-30 03:34:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋