Are all the stories in the Bible suppose to be 100% true?

Question

come on....Noah and the Ark? litterally impossible...

how bout Jonah inside the Whale? COME ON !

Answer 1

Assuredly, purely, literally, unabashedly, 100%, TRUE!

Never could understand why people have such a hard time believing the miracles and events of the Bible, but don't question the lunacy, absurdity, and numerous inconsistencies found in the theory of evolution.

Answer 2

The stories you site are very interesting to me. The story of Noah is more than likely the early Hebrew's version of the Mesopotamian story of 'Gilgamesh'. This story told of a great flood that only a righteous few survived. What's truly interesting about the story is that it probably was the first written account of the Black Sea filling. About 12,000 years ago (within human memory) the Bosporus Straight that separates modern day Istanbul broke and flooded the area. To a primitive culture that kept having to move to high ground it would have seemed that the world WAS flooding. Back then few people traveled more than a few miles from their home, so their world was what they could perceive.

Now the story of Jonah and the whale is a parable in the same context and theme as how Jesus taught his disciples. It's a story of the Jewish people: when they come in contact with a new culture they're swallowed up but not consumed. The tone of the story is don't ever forget who you are or from where you come. Don't be overwhelmed by worldly things and keep your faith in the Lord and you will be delivered.

So yes, taking a Bronze Age culture's mythology literally is not only ridiculous but encourages ignorance! I'll thank you all now for the 'thumbs downs'!

Answer 3

Noah and the ark-yes. Literally impossible???-how?
Jonah and a great fish-not a whale, thats a children's story.

Everything in the Bible that is given as fact is fact. Some things are metaphors and similes. When identified as such by sentence construction-they should be taken as such.
"A beast rising up out of the sea with ten horns and seven heads" this is definitely symbolic. Beast, sea, horns and heads all symbolize something. "Mother of prostitutes, whore of Babylon" all symbolic of a "real, literal thing". But what???

Answer 4

The way that I view most of the Old Testament is symbolic. The story of Noah's ark is supposed to teach us that if we follow God's will, even when faced with ridicule and humiliation, we will be rewarded. The story of Jonah and the whale teaches us that if we don't follow God's will, he'll make us anyway. LOL

Personally, I think that if Christ taught in symbolism and parables, its very likely that many of these literally impossible anecdotes are probably meant to be parables as well.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

no. some are tale tales like that of american west. Noah's ark story should not be taken literraly. many ships possibly involved.and two species of each kind not literally two of each kind of animal. maybe two of each type of human species as well. also anyone who beleived floods would occur accompanied him and family. back then size of ships now would seem unbeleivable. what in future some one were to say come on you expect me to beleive something called Fema existed would be odd. or to say for example if floods did occur both the President and the floods and Fema didn't exist or the story could be the President evatuated them alone and this would seem unbeleivable of course it would.

Answer 7

some stories are true but like 5% are false because alot of people have changed alot of stories in the bible

Answer 8

Only if a person has been graced with "Wisdom", will a person know what is factual or allegory, regarding any scriptures, of any spiritual path.

Answer 9

The stories themselves are symbolic, with the purpose of conveying universal "truths".

Answer 10

how can people say they believe 100% in the bible and then call evolution theory absurd??? i really dont understand them and the only explanation i have about their behaviour is that they are weak minded or plainly ignorant and very stupid.