2007-07-11 13:03:11 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
What about is true? that Jesus walked on Water, that people lived well over 600 years, that Mary was a Virgin? That a guy built an arc and saved animals two by two. I think it's all False
2007-07-11 13:09:11 · answer #1 · answered by martin 4 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Factual events in the bible include:
>The Exodus, though many parts are questionable (i.e. the parting of the Red Sea). We do know that the Hebrews left Egypt and that it was over Ramses.
>David and Soloman were both Hebrew rulers that had ruled for some time (this also includes wars during this period).
>A man named Jesus was crucified for his beliefs and had a great many followers because he claimed to be 'the Christ'.
>A flood took place some 5,000 years ago, yet historians are unsure about Noah and the Arc.
>All four of the apostles existed during/after the time of Christ (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John). We know that Matthew was a tax collecter.
>Most wars that occured in the bible have been proven to be some or mostly factual.
>Two cities were found in the location of the biblical Sodom and Gomorrah, and both had signs of the civilizations there were destroyed by fire and rock, though possibly from a volcano.
>We also know that the parables that Jesus told in the New Testament are parables, not actually factual.
Hope this helps!
2007-07-11 20:15:39 · answer #2 · answered by Shauna O 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You make two incorrect assumptions in your question:
1) Who is "we"? Not all answerers believe that any one thing is true or false.
2) Which Bible? There are about 30 different versions. And how could the books not be influenced (at least a smidge) by the various Kings and Publishers that they are named after?
Just look at how the Bible has changed in the last 50 years... take your grandmas bible and hold it next to a newly "interpreted" version from Barnes and Noble and see the differences... like the addition of the word "homosexuals" to mean what used to be translated as "men who consorted with other men" (which could mean the mafia for all we know...)
There are words in every language that have no "true" translation into another language...
How can we trust a human translator (with flaws and insecurities like you and me) not to insert a little bit of their own prejudice and assumptions when faced with the task of interpreting the most influential book in the world for us?
2007-07-13 04:19:41 · answer #3 · answered by rabble rouser 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 Chronicles 36:22-23 is partially true. Cryus did issue an edict allowing the Jews to return to Jerusalem. Of course, the whole bit about him praising Yahweh in the process is a bit much.
2007-07-11 20:08:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Certain events, people and places were probably real. For instance, Jerusalem, Pontius Pilate, and roman crucifixion. Nevertheless, elements of truth does not make the bible true as a whole.
2007-07-11 20:08:47 · answer #5 · answered by Tom :: Athier than Thou 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What's factual? I have not seen much of anything with real evidence to support it that comes from religious texts.
2007-07-11 20:07:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
It is factual from cover to cover
2007-07-11 20:20:23 · answer #7 · answered by Big Daddy 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
There really were those cities and many of the people. All of the magic and miracles were made up.
2007-07-11 20:08:09 · answer #8 · answered by Graciela, RIRS 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The Bible is real and factual
2007-07-11 20:05:53 · answer #9 · answered by Angel Eyes 5 · 4⤊ 6⤋
ISBN Printer , Publisher, and date of printing*
* except cheap chinese copies in arabic which say "Thou Shalt Commit Adultry"
2007-07-11 20:08:38 · answer #10 · answered by pieter m 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋