What percentage of the Bible is accurate?

Answer 1

.000000002%

Answer 2

Very little. None of the Old Testament is historically accurate (other than some of the cities mentioned existed) at least through the post-Solomon kingdoms of Judea and Israel. There's no archaeological evidence.

The New Testament is not very accurate either. There are constantly confusions of names of people who actually did exist; there were no synagogues or rabbis at that time; several of the towns mentioned did not exist at the time, including Nazareth; and several other inconsistencies.

As far as trying to give some numerical percentage to it, I doubt anyone has ever sat down and tried to find what's accurate. There are still, of course, questions that remain, so that affects the percentage as well. For the most part, the bible is mythic story-telling and shouldn't be taken as literal truth.

Answer 3

The bible is a collection of stories written by men as guidlines to lead our lives by. Some people will say there is no truth to it while some people would bet their life savings on every word. I do not beleive the storeis are true (a man getting swallowed by a fish, a sea parting, a talk bush on fire?) but i believe they are made so we can have an example as to how good morals and values should be used. There is no saying how accurate it is, it differs for all. Some of it may be fiction but some of it is truth. Truth that leading a life of good is better than a life of bad.

Answer 4

By accurate, do you mean how much was changed from the original, or do you mean how much of the original is accurate?

It's hard to say how much of the original is accurate because there is nothing to compare it to. I don't know the percentage of the changes made to the bible as we know it today, but approx. 2/3 of the bible was discarded. That's figuring there were approx. 160 original books (that they've been able to recover) and the church picked 64 to go into the bible.

Answer 5

Since the Bible was written by many, transcribed by many - some of whom had agendas, no one can say for certain one way or the other what of the Bible is accurate.

There are many scholars who have spent their lives picking apart every minute detail, who have translated the text from the original languages. But some things in one language don't translate into another, so who knows what some things meant? Was there some literal meaning to some text, was there symbolism in other text? Who can safely say?

What really matters if you are a Christian are the teachings of Jesus. That's it.

Answer 6

Accurate in terms of what? History? Geology? Political Science? Mathematics? The Bible is not a textbook. The Bible is for the most part a collection of theological narratives meant to illumine the mystery of God's revelation. Perhaps a better question might be how one might discern if the revelation of God described in the Bible is true?

Answer 7

Bearing in mind that the bible was completed over a period of 1500 yrs by (at least ) 40 different authors, hand-copied by numberless scribes, translated from two different languages (one which is considered dead), banned from public knowledge for a great deal of years by the Catholic church, modified to fit religious correct aspects.. well you've got to consider for your self the percentage of accuracy. Nevertheless you must read it the whole book to come to your own conclusion...

Answer 8

All the words are spelled correctly. and the grammar and punctuation is correct. That's got to count for 50 % at least.
The page numbers are all sequential. That's another 4%. Plus another 10 % for verifiable geographical reference.

So, 64 % accurate.

Answer 9

Not very much, judging by the answers I get when I ask believers questions that I simply don't understand (they don't agree with each other, and I often get conflicting answers and reasons for the same thing.) So, if believers can't agree on it, then it looks like the accuracy is very, very low.

Answer 10

Not sure about the percentage, but since October I have been asking about proof of the Unicorns that are mentioned 9 times. If it is a mis-interpretation isn't that an inaccuracy?

Answer 11

A reliable translation that has not been "corrupted" by copyright regulations, etc. is the inspired Word of God and is 100% accurate. Many people have claimed to find contradictions but those have turned out to be misunderstandings.