Is one of the best things you can say about the Bible that you can sagely ignore large parts of it?

Question

Many point out the bad parts of the Bible such as killing disobedient children, killing non-believers, killing those who break the Sabbath, etc.

Of course Christians defend their holy book by saying that under the New Covenant we are no longer subject to those parts. That is honestly the BEST NEWS I’ve herd about the Bible. Does that say much for it?

Oops, sorry for the typo. I meant "safely" ignore parts of it.

Answer 1

Please forgive us Christians for finding out what things mean. Some of us know that many have only understanding of the Bible in English form, while others know that there wasn't one English word involved. So those of us who read the Bible in English often use learning aids to help us understand the Greek and Hebrew words involved in the Bible.

Sometimes we look into our own English dictionaries, just to be sure that we are saying something right. Perhaps that makes us sagely and studious?
–noun
1.a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.
2.someone venerated for the possession of wisdom, judgment, and experience.
–adjective
3.wise, judicious, or prudent: sage advice.
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME (n. and adj.) < OF < LL sapidus wise, tasteful (L: tasty), equiv. to sap(ere) to know, be wise, orig. to taste (see sapient) + -idus -id4]

—Related forms
sagely, adverb
sageness, noun

What do you think?

Answer 2

I believe in God and the Bible---the whole book. But speaking generally and apart from my own beliefs, no I don't think it is a good idea at all to ignore parts of the Bible. People do that a lot, ignoring parts they don't like and accepting the ones that suit them, but i think thats cheesy, because how do you know what is right to ignore and what isn't? You have to rely on more than your own judgment for that. Either you accept the whole book or reject all of it.
Referring to the parts that people call bad: When you read the Bible, you have to really think about what you read. Like consider the times, culture and situations when these stories happened. Things that seem horrible to us now where normal then. I don't think you should do the pick-and-choose thing with the Bible, as you shouldn't with any other historical book.
By the way, yes i'm happy to that we are no longer under the law of the old testament, because of the new covenant that Christ made.

Answer 3

When reading the Bible, one needs to ask who, what, why, where and when. During Old Testament times, people where under the law of Moses. The laws that you mentioned were for the Israelites for the forgiveness of their sins although they couldn't follow them perfectly. The law is not for us today.

This is the best news that you have heard about the Bible? Well it's great news but, the really great news is that we are now under God's grace in the New Testament. That means that when we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, His death paid for all of our sin and we are free from any laws.

Here is a break down of the Bible for you:
The Bible is God's written Word to us.
It was written by human authors, under the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit.

“Above all you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation. For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.” 2 Peter 1:20-21. (New International Version)

Breakdown of the Bible
36 human authors inspired entirely by God over 1600 years.
66 separate books

39 Old Testament
Genesis- The creation of the world, sin, flood and birth of Israel
Exodus to Esther- History of the nation of Israel
Job to Proverbs- the books of poetry and wisdom
Isaiah to Malachi- Prophecy or foretelling of the future events to come.

27 New Testament
Matthew to John - Four Gospels representing the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ now with all authority in Heaven and earth.
Acts- Birth of the Church (The Bride of Christ)
Romans to Jude - Letters to the Churches
Revelations - The ultimate future plans for: The Church, Heaven, Hell, a New Heaven and a New Earth.

Here are some Bible Study Resources for anything you may want to look up:
http://www.Biblegateway.com
http://www.Ntgateway.com
http://www.Bible.org
http://www.bible-history.com
http://www.answersingenesis.org/

Answer 4

From what I've read of the bible, Abraham and Moses and other early Hebrews were very nomadic violent leaders who's image of god was much like them. And then Jesus came along and tried to show them a more true image of who/what god is. The result is that some of the ones that claim to follow Jesus, have instead, become adopted children of the god of the ancient Hebrews totally missing Christ's true message.

Answer 5

If you don't believe why do you waste your time and ours worrying about the Bible? The best part is Christians win

Answer 6

The Bible says something different to every reader. God designed that on purpose. He has hidden truths all inbetween the lines, for all different levels of maturity in the Army of God! When God speaks to you---there's no denying it!

Answer 7

You can ignore the ordnance of Moses, since it is not anymore applicable in the New Testaments

Answer 8

well, a group of psychiatrists got together and analyzed every thing god said in the old testament and the context in which he said it. they concluded that he is a paranoid schizophrenic. It means that sane people should largely ignore the bible.

Answer 9

I'm a pagan Witch andthe best thing I can say about the bible is that I can ignore ALL of it

Answer 10

All the stuff in Leviticus applied to Israel during the Exodus. It doesn't apply to us.