So the bibles not to be taken litteraly?

Question

If it is then its obvously BS... 7 days to creat man... and the earth FACT it took much longer than that.


So it shouldent be taken literaly then? If thats the case why take anything it says litteraly? "Thall shall not kill" Mabye it means shall not kill ones hopes and dreams? Lets go kill people.

Just doesn't sound right too me... Mans mistake in writting the bible i guess.

Answer 1

You aren't reading the Bible very well or just want to argue. If you understand, to God , and we don't know, but one day is like a 1000 years. Could be God's day was 100,000 years long. So if you just want to cause trouble, get some facts together before you start, then make a good argument even if your are right or wrong.

Answer 2

There is no reason NOT to take the Bible literally where it is written in literal, not figurative, language.

For example,

"And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day."

The words "evening", "morning", "night", "day" and "first" are very specific. We understand exactly what these words mean. Evening and night encompass a 12 hour period and morning and day encompass a 12 hour period.

Moses, writing in Exodus 20:11 understood the word day..

For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Yet, because those five words do not fit with the "theory" of evolution, many people say they must be interpreted.

The big question is why?? Is it so hard to believe that God created everything in 6 24hour days?? Are we saying it was not possible for God?? You cannot judge God by man's standards.

Here is the point: let the Bible speak for itself and when you see it in the Book believe it for what it says. Paul said of Timothy, "From childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures . . ." (II Timothy 3:15). If a child can understand it, can’t you?

Answer 3

The point of reading the Bible is to read it wisdom from God. If you do that then it will make sense and you will differentiate between what is literal and what isnt. Thou shall not kill is both biblical and in the world law. It is obviously fact regardless of what the bible says.

And were you there when the earth began?
How would you know if it took longer? Besides the point Gods time is different from our time. He could have meant 7 days or 7,000 in his time and 7 in ours. Either way you cant say the Bible is false because even Discovery Channel and various explorers, archeologists etc... who are not of the christian faith have deemed it fact. Your mistake I guess.

Answer 4

How do you know that it took longer than that to create the Earth? (Actually, the Bible states 6 days of creation.)
Were you there at the time? What did you witness?
You are relying on the "Old Earth" theories associated with the Theory of Evolution.
Have you looked at Evolution? Even Darwin had serious doubts because the theory was so highly speculative.
Look into evolution, and you will find that it takes more faith to believe in evolution than it does in Creationism.

Answer 5

it was written by a lot of people over a long time, a long time ago, in languages that nobody speaks anymore (or writes in for that matter). By the time the "new testament" was put on paper, no one spoke or wrote aramaic, and even the new testament was written in dialects of greek and latin that are no longer used. The major gospels of the new testament, supposedly contemporary with each other, differ in significant ways.

The bible represents a collective assembly of myths, legends, fairy tales, and just plain civic and public health advice (cf. leviticus).

The ten commandments, taken in the context they were written in, seem fairly sensible, and even a lot of the dietary mumbo jumbo makes sense (in context). For instance, eating shellfish in Palestine in 1000 BC was probably not very healthy, and sice pigs get a lot of the same diseases as humans, eating them was probably a bad idea too. How fresh could the milk possibly have been? But we have antibiotics and refrigeration now, so maybe those rules make less sense.

Without a direct internet connection to god with a constantly updated wiki, it's likely that a lot of the human interepretation in the bible was already out of date when it was put down.

Answer 6

Look at how many killings in the Bible are done by the "good guys". There are numerous exceptions. The Bible is a book of stories and principles, and should not be taken literally. The incosistencies are too extensive. It doesn't mean the principles are wrong, you just have to think. That's why the law allows you to use deadly force to defend yourself.

Answer 7

What do you base your facts on. Where did you hear that? Who told you? Physical reality you stomp on every day is more believable than God or how we came to existence?

So you decide to believe the "priests" of physical reality. Earth used to be flat, universe used to revolve around the earth.

Some take it literally, some don't, some don't believe a word of it, some don't even know it exists, somehow the world still exists without it. Pick one.

How does any of this knowledge help you with your everyday life?

PBUY

Answer 8

Okay.

First of all, you are right. The bible is not to be taken literally in terms of times and events. Adam and Eve are one giant metaphor. The Earth was probably created in a lot more time than just 7 days and Jesus was a symbol of faith.

However, whether you believe in god or not. "Thou shall not kill" literally means that you shouldn't kill people. Because that is a basic moral that most people grow up with.

If you want to go kill people and use that as an excuse then you are, in a word, stupid. Why would you want to kill anyone anyways?

The bible was written to guide people. If it doesn't work for you (It didn't work for me, I'm agnostic, personally.) then look for another philosophy to help you with your life. But don't go trying to disprove a religion that a lot of people practice because you think you are smarter than everyone else. We all have a right to practice any religion we want and you should respect that.

Answer 9

It did take God 7 days to create the world, but who says his 7 "days" are our 7 "days". Actually, God said his day length and form is not ours.

Psalm 90:4 (New International Version)

For a thousand years in your sight
are like a day that has just gone by,
or like a watch in the night.

Do you think God or even David, King of Isreal in 200 B.C. used our calendar?

Answer 10

Some of the things are literal -- some figurative.

The Bible has to be taken back to the original meaning of the specific passage's wording to make that determination.

To understand the seven day creation passages you have to understand the difference between God's day and man's day.

The timeframes are not congruent.

In the commandment, "thou shalt not kill" the word "kill" refers specifically to criminal homicide.

It's too easy to dismiss as incorrect that which has not been properly understood. However, there is episodic 'bad translation' particularly between the ancient Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic when interpreted into English.

The figures of speech used in the Bible -- idioms, colloquialisms, pronouns and aspects of translation and transliteration also come into play.