Who decided what these cases are, and what evidence is there to suggest that particular cases are the right ones? Why believe any of it, if you don't believe all of it? Isn't it the word of god?
How can you just follow it when it suits you?
2007-05-17 03:50:07 · 15 answers · asked by Bipolar Bear 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
People use the Bible like the magic eight ball. They look for what they want to believe in it and ignore the rest.
This is why some women can read the Bible and not be bothered that women are described as lower beings in the old testament, reviled and chatelized. It is how modern people can read that God approves of slavery and not be bothered. It is why people can read about Christ chasing the lietral interpretors out of the temple (the Pahrisees) and still think that the thing should be taken literally.
In the end people believe what they want.
2007-05-17 03:56:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
There are many different people who have a wide variety on how to interperet the Bible. But as a Chritian personally im not sure on some of these things myself.
In the old testament the people had what they called a covenant, now Jesus when he was ministering created a 'new covenant' rejecting some of the old laws.
You have to consider the aspect of Human Error. The bible is supposed to be God inspired, but the writers were only human right? Personally i believe that as a christian when you discover parts of the bible which are particularly hard to comprehend, understand, you need to refer back to your faith in God. He has all the answers.
Kyle
2007-05-17 03:57:41 · answer #2 · answered by Kyle_leapoffaith 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do believe all of it. Just not literally. The Bible uses many different literary forms to present truth. The parables Jesus told for example were made up stories, not actual events. Therefore they were not literally true. But the truths they present are not any less true because Jesus used parables as a teaching tool. In many other parts of the Bible genuine truth is presented through the use of metaphorical or analogical rather thgan literal statements. What is presented is still truth.
2007-05-17 04:20:33 · answer #3 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Good question! Since the bible addresses and seeks to educate humanity about its eternal spiritual nature, why not understand it as primarily spiritual? The physical, literal is merely temporary and by comparison unimportant. If understood entirely in a spiritual, figurative, metaphorical sense, the bible is elegant and consistent.
2007-05-17 03:59:30 · answer #4 · answered by jaicee 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is to be taken BOTH literally and figuratively.
You are to obery the Ten Commandments literally. Do not steal. Do not kill. Do not have any other gods before Me. Do not covet your neighbor's wife or possessions.
These make sense.
They are also a figurative guide for your life and portray Jesus in some way.
All passages are to be taken literally AND figuratively.
Some passages don't seem to apply because they use ancient references. That does not mean they are invalid, they simply need to be applied to our current lives.
2007-05-17 04:02:18 · answer #5 · answered by Deb G 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because while the Bible is inspired by God, it is written by people, who sometimes speak literally and sometimes speak figuratively. Generally, you use common sense, reason, and the guidance of the Holy Spirit to tell the difference.
2007-05-17 03:53:50 · answer #6 · answered by Caritas 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
because those people are crazy, bible is not word of god, its the writing of man. if there is a god, it would not leave us with the question doubting gods word. if god truly wanted us to believe, god would have left some real evidence
2007-05-17 03:54:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Every verse in the Bible can be taken either way, and both ways still guide the reader.
2007-05-17 03:55:03 · answer #8 · answered by Erin C 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When it contradicts itself in hundreds of places the only way to explain it is to say "we dont take it literally" it meant something in the spiritual sense.
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2007-05-17 03:53:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You will never get a straight answer for this question, look at some of my previous ones... They twist it to suit the occasion. We all know this.Propaganda is the order of the day for religion, always has been, always will be.
2007-05-17 03:53:55 · answer #10 · answered by thethinker 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋