I would like to know why so many Christians have a different Idea about the meaning behind different events!?

Question

have you ever noticed that christians amongst each other never have the same answer for a religious question???
every one has a different idea of what happened in the Bible and how to interpret it! I thought that the whole process was unification and growing strong as a faith ,or am I wrong????

Answer 1

The inherent problem with the Bible is not its intentions, its in the editing. That's right the editing. If you read history on Christianity and the Bible. It was edited by the high priests at the time. Sometime between 1000 to 1200 AD, and during the time of Constantine, the church hierarchy took ALL the known and discovered writing of the named prophets, followers and luminaries of the faith, what would be some of today's 'canonized saints', and put them all into one big book...ie; the BIBLE!!! The problem is they left out a lot of the gathered and submitted scrolls and parchments. Volumes of writings that were made by 'sects' such as the Gnostic's (pronounced nos tics) as well as other groups and localized churches, and simply threw them to the side. As a matter of fact it is written that many were burned so as to never be known by the public at large. Why? because they didn't 'align' with the thought process of the times. Such as the book of Mary Magdalen, Paul...aka Saint Paul, as well as numerous others. Mary Magdalen, a follower of Christ and in some scroll writings, is said to be the most intelligent of the apostles....that's right...one of the apostles of Christ, was written up to be a prostitute. This was done because she was mentioned in so many scriptures that she HAD to be included. But to put a woman as an apostle to these men was unthinkable. It subverted the power base of the church and lets face it. The Catholic Church has been all about Power from its inception. A religion of guilt and suppression from the start. Anyone know why Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Catholic church? I'll tell Ya'. He was around when Gutenberg invented the printing press. The first book ever printed was the Bible. Up until that point in time the only copies of the Bible were hand scribed. He had the nerve to approach the Pope and say the bible should be printed for the people and that way everyone could have one. Well.... the church was appalled. They wanted everyone to come to them for their teachings and not read it for themselves, because the people wouldn't be as dependent upon them, and would be persuaded as easliy to Give the church all their money. Keeping the masses unable to read was a top priority of the church at that time. So... They threw his *** out and called him a hieratic.

Damn... I think I went off subject here. Sorry about that.

Back on point...Most of the Bible should not be taken in a litteral manner. Its is for the most part a book of parables...stories to make a point or teach a lesson. I believe that much of what is written in the Bible is true, but that there are earthly explanations of many of the thought to be mystic happenings, simply because they were exaggerated in one way or another. With all that, I believe Jesus whose real name was Jaushua (not sure of the spelling) was the Messiah of mankind and that if we all would follow what He taught the world Would be a better place to live. Its a matter of a simple leap of faith. No concrete proof, just belief. Just as most everyone believe that there are Space Aliens, there is a belief in Christ. There is absolutely NO physical evidence to suggest that there are space aliens, but to think that we are the only life force in the universe would be arogance to the Max. I don't think the human mind can completely comprehend the term...infinity.
Think about it. There is something that holds this WHOLE thing together. THAT i do believe. May the FORCE be with you....

Until next time!

Answer 2

To what extent does everybody agree about the meaning of any book or answer any sort of question in an identical way?

Sometimes there is more than one answer to a complex question, some people give an answer when they never read or don't completely understand the source material, some people read it wrong and some people deliberately change the meaning.

For example do not Americans have different ideas about what the Constitution says and how to interpret it? Is not not true that lawyers never have the same answer to a tax or legal question, scientists to a scientific question, Doctors to a medical question or Historians to an interpretation of a historical event?

The problem of different interpretations comes when people bring their own preconceived notions and try to make the Bible (or the Constitution, Legal Statutes, available evidence or whatever) fit these personal ideas.

Different interpretations are not the fault of the Bible, book, or document, the fault lies with those who try to force it to say what they want it to say.

Getting back to the constitutional example, a good starting point would be what does it actually say, what can we tell about the authors intention when they wrote it, how has it historically been interpreted in the past and does any new or dissenting interpretation agree with the spirit of the Constitution overall?

You could apply the same principles to the Bible to see what it says about any matter, but few people actualy do!

Answer 3

Just like Islam or Judaism, Christianity has several different sects that believe mainly the same thing, but differ on the details. Ever since the Catholic church split, with the Protestants breaking away to form all sorts of different sects, Christians have bickered over the smallest details in the Bible. Each sect interprets a part in a different way or holds one of Jesus' disciples in a higher light than the others. Sorry to tell you, but as time goes on, there will be no unification, just more divisions and creations of more sects as people will have more differences in opinion. That's my take on it anyway.

Answer 4

Interpretations of events are just that interpretations. If you're talking about current events, everyone has their own interpretation. It has little or no effect on people's faith.

If you're talking about events in the Bible, there is really very little dissension among REAL Christians. The Bible, taken in context, is fairly clear. For instance some people believe baptism in water is VERY important, others just believe it is KIND OF important. Some believe that the 'gifts of the Spirit' include speaking in tongues (by all accounts a relatively unimportant gift) other believe this gift no longer exists.

There are cults who try to take parts of the Bible out of context or graft meaning onto what is said, but reading the whole passage puts it into perspective.

Answer 5

Yes. I am a Christian and I've seen this problem since I was 11. This problem is caused by the fact that the bible consists of stories and not just simply a 'to-do' lists and 'not-to-do' lists. Reading bible is a hard matter. It's like reading a fairy tale where you should interpret the moral/what it means by yourself. Reading a 'hidden message'. The way people interpret them aren't same. Each people has different way of thinking. This is complicated, but I would say I agree with you.

Answer 6

Sometimes there is more than one answer to the question. Much of it is also rooted in traditions more than any scriptural basis. But often these are the reasons that there are so many different denominations of Christianity.

What is the problem most of the time is that the Christians you encounter are what we call "Sunday Christians", who only know what they remember from the sermon that week and spend no time studying on their own. They have to formulate difficult answers without the proper knowledge, and therefore just make up what sounds good based on what they know.

Answer 7

It's possible that a career criminal might be something else under different circumstances, but crime is always going to be with us as long as people want to use drugs, prostitutes, gamble, etc. Many years ago, a very wise friend who had been a criminal and gone straight told me that he had found criminals to be more honorable than people in the world of business. I can't say that I've found this to be 100% true, but, quite often, people in the world of crime lie, cheat and steal less than people from the work-a-day world.

Answer 8

Christians may have their own take or concept on the splitting of hairs that is created when we are constantly challenged in our faith question after question, but the basics and core of our beliefs which are the most important we can almost all agree on. And yes, the ideal is unity which is probably why it's the forefront of the attack on the side of the devil. I'd think this would further prove our faith is real bc/ if it wasn't we'd all be happily praising purple flying hippos with no one to bother us about it.

Answer 9

You are wrong.
Religion is from humans.
Jesus had NO religion.
He taught no rites as requirements.
Love God, Love all Humans.
So simple. Religion is complication, study study study the more you think you have it figured out the further from the truth you are.
You don't get there by works (good or evil) nor by knowledge because God will not become a formula.
You have to be like a Child and know you know nothing to understand. Avoid people that say they know for no one does.
When you see logic and reason in all things follow it except the love of God. The love can be nothing but the greatest mystery of all.
This is why I have no trouble believing evolution. I have no trouble loving God. I have big trouble when priest and ridiculous men tell us to wear silly hats, because it's in the big stupid book of legalities, to be saved.

Jesus said he came to divide not to unify. One day I'll be killed for what I believe. It's ok I'm good with it.


Blessed Be!

Answer 10

You are correct in your assumption. For the first 1500 years of the church there was a teaching that was universal. In 1540 Martin Luther, a catholic priest, was fed up on how things were going and (eventually) a new Christian religion was started. From then, others followed suit whenever they did not agree with the church. Since then, there are over 30,000 christian religions in the world. Many disagree on minor points. Points they don't want in their religion. Politics is one interference with unity. Christ (God the Son) wanted one church, Man thinks he knows better.