Is the "Holy Bible" really "Holy"?

Question

Holy means "Pure". It Means "Without Contradiction" If I could show you Contradictions in the bible, would it still be Holy?

Answer 1

You can wake up a person who is sleeping, but can you wake up anyone who is pretending to sleep? These are the people who defend the Bible saying its pure, there are no contradictions, God is winnowing etc. Basically, to sum up in One Single Word, they are FOOLS !

Answer 2

A) It is made holy and pure by God. It is God's Word, and by association, is holy. Likewise, when we "associate" with God by accepting His grace, we become holy before Him as well.

B) There are no contradictions in scripture. Everything can be explained - most people don't understand how to read the Bible in context, both historically and spiritually. That solves most contradictions I know of.

However, if you point any out, I'll be glad to try to answer you.

Answer 3

The word "Holy" that we use today comes to us from the the original "Hagios". This word literally means "set apart", God specifically tell us to "you should be Holy, even as I am Holy". Gods is so pure that He is set aside from every thing else. This is a concept that our finite minds cannot grasp so far but I believe God is about the business of revealing His holiness to us, He dose this thru His Son, thru His Spirit, and yes thru His Holy Word the Bible.

In his book "The Case For Christ" Lee Strobel, talks about the validity of the Bible as purely an ancient document, and (if I recall correctly) from the earliest copies of the bible, to what we have today, the bible we use is approximately 97% accurately translated. The authorities of any note on the subject of ancient texts agree that this a significant percentage of correctness in the text, and therefore conclude that the Bible is probably the most trustworthy ancient document that is in use to date.

Paul lead by the Holy Spirit imparted to Timothy "that all scripture is inspired (God Breathed) by God". I believe that the the holiness of God is imparted to us as we consume and meditate on His word. "Thy word I have hid in my heart that I might not sin against thee". There is and old saying about the Bible that goes "This book will keep you from sin, or sin will keep you from this book".

I find that those that don't read the Bible often, or those that limit themselves to the King James Verson are the ones that have the most dificulty accepting this Holy Book into their heart, mind, and soul.

The best way I can explane it to you is this, Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth, The B.I. B.L.E. yes that's the book for me. If you ever loved someone, you loved, getting a note or letter from them was something you wanted to get, and you read it over and over especially if you were far away. If you ever had a loved one that has passed and had a note, letter or journal you probably cherrish those words. My Bible is my insight to my God, my Savior, my helper inside of me. You must develop a relationship with God to really understand His word, It's like Jesus has the secret decoder ring and He gives it freely to those that ask of Him. I suggest you try it.

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Answer 4

Dear black,

In the original transcripts, there are no mistakes. But in translating from Hebrew/ Aramaic and Greek, to english, yes some mistakes did come in.

However, today we have Concordances at our disposal and we can go back to the original and check how the translators did. In the KJV, the translators were greater than 99.9% accurate.

**The reason the Bible is referred to as the Holy Bible is because God is Holy and the words that came from Him are Holy also.

Answer 5

Yes. It's Holy in its truth because it's the Word of God. Now, if someone goes and scratches a word out and writes something else in there... does that then make that new word part of the "Word of God"? No. In its originality yes the scriptures are truly Holy. No man can understand the Holy Bible as God KNOWS it, because it's HIS Word to us, and it will also take eternity for him to reveal himself completely to those in Heaven. He is that "BIG".

You are misunderstood that "Holy" means "pure" though, as it does not. Simply put, Holy essentially means "divine".

Answer 6

Oh, if you're going to start bringing logical things like dictionary definitions into this, you'll get nowhere The Bible's holy because the believers say it is. Nothing will ever convince them otherwise, and they're not going to bother to educate themselves about the true meaning of the word, nor will proof of contradictions sway them.

Answer 7

Yes it is Holy but only for the past.Now there are contradictions because people edited the bible.Here is a newspaper article telling that there are 50000 errors in the bible..Dont be amazed.Just accept the fact

Answer 8

You must have a strange dictionary:

ho·ly (hl)
adj. ho·li·er, ho·li·est
1. Belonging to, derived from, or associated with a divine power; sacred.
2. Regarded with or worthy of worship or veneration; revered: a holy book.
3. Living according to a strict or highly moral religious or spiritual system; saintly: a holy person.
4. Specified or set apart for a religious purpose: a holy place.
5. Solemnly undertaken; sacrosanct: a holy pledge.
6. Regarded as deserving special respect or reverence:

Answer 9

God is Holy, the Bible is the Word of God.

So yes, I would say the Bible is Holy.

Answer 10

ok stranger... the ego is the character that develops from the differentiation of the senses and the Holy Grail isn't, as some believe, Mary Magdalene's baby by using Jesus. this is the balancing of the female and male techniques interior anybody that defuses the character and contraptions one interior the stunning course on their way homestead, to Oneness and non-separation. that's why it incredibly is Holy.

Answer 11

The bible is full of contradictions from cover to cover. I think that answers the question.