why did God allow errors and mistranslated stuff in His holy book[bible]i mean its meant to be His book!?

Answer 1

Because translation is done by humans, and humans, by their very nature, are error prone. Even if you master the ancient languages in which it was originally written, copy errors have crept in over time - again because of human fallacy.

Personally, I don't believe that these errors, in general, affect anyone's salvation in any way. There may be a few cases in history when a particularly poor translation in a key passage has caused such a problem, but I know of no such specific case.

In other words, our human attempts to preserve the word of God have not been entirely successful, but they have been entirely sufficient.

Jim, http://www.life-after-harry-potter.com

Answer 2

Things that are translated incorrectly are not because he "allowed," per se. Every time something is translated, different meanings can be attached to words in the new language. Like the Bible being written in Hebrew & Greek. If something is translated from Hebrew to German to English, or whatever way it is, the meanings in the words are meant to be the same, but culturally and linguistically connotations can be lost or gained through the process.

I think the main problem with misinterpretation of the Bible is because there are so many lenses in which people read it. People read it literally or metaphorically. There are so many ways to read it, and that will influence what we think it says.

Another problem we have when reading the Bible is that for laws that are written in the Bible, like those regarding homosexuality for instance, are written through the cultural lens that was of that time. In that time, homosexuality was rarely seen in a loving manner. It was written mostly pertaining to the people of Israel, who were conquered by the Romans. I'm saying all this to say that a way of showing dominance in some ancient armies, like the Roman army, was to use rape as a tool to show who was in power and who wasn't. It was not uncommon to raid a village after defeating the army and to rape the inhabitants, men and women. It only makes complete sense why in the Bible it would then say that homosexuality is wrong because of the circumstances that would have led up to that becoming one of the laws.

I think there are so many ways to examine what the Bible says, and I think that in order to get the most clear picture of why the Bible says what it does is learning about the Romans, Greeks, ancient Israel, and the culture that surrounded each of the cultures that came together to create what we have now in the Bible. Understanding the Bible requires so much studying and so much education that it is very difficult to get a rounded picture without discussing it with people and taking different courses.

Answer 3

There are errors in the Bible...mainly due to the fact that many acient languages(words) have no direct translation into English.

One POSSIBLE error is the Red Sea.....as opposed to the Reed Sea in the Nile Delta,which was prone to tidal flooding and just happens to be on the best root from Upper Egypt to the Holy Land...wheras the Red Sea is not.

James 1 did make many spelling mistakes however.

Answer 4

The Bible (& most religious books) were written long after God spoke His messages to all the people listening (Jesus, mohammad etc). At their time no one could write. When things were eventually written down (many centuries later) the stories had changed with each generation and therefore became influenced by politics and/or the desires of the leaders of the day.

Do you remember the game 'Chinese whispers'? Well imagine each person representing 50 yrs...just think how much the stories would change!?

That's why I say we need a second coming & some new rules:
Thou shalt not take thy mobile phone inside a place of worship DUDE!
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's BLING, WIFE or FERRARI!
etc etc etc

Answer 5

Hmmm....interesting question. Maybe because...God had nothing to do with it. The Bible is a construct of man, not God. If there is a God, doesn't it seem a bit odd that he inspired all these people to write things about him, talked to certain people, but for some reason he is shy about making his presence known to all of mankind? Why wouldn't he just come down from heaven and tell us all to shape up?

Answer 6

Because he left it in the hands of the disciples and thigns always get cirrputed or changed, the church saw its chance to be rich and took it. Backfired now though, hasn't it. Mind when I'm hovering abov,e christians sitll hold the cross upto me and say something about not being the true god, the cheek, I'll give them god. grrrhhh

Answer 7

The bible is open to interpretation by anybody that is one of the reasons for all the arguments about religion, the koran is exactly the same. I'm not religious at all but I do understand that God gave us the ability to make our own choices as to how we interprut 'his word' and the ability to do wrong (or sin )

Answer 8

For various and sundry reasons, over the centuries man has interpreted and translated the Bible according to individual subjective outcomes. Mankind is not perfect. God is however. he wants us to develop faith, trust, accountability, and knowledge on our own.
It is up to us to find answers for ourselves. I believe that a true way exists. It is up to each of us to find it.

Answer 9

One of the purposes of earth life is to develop an understanding of how to discern truth. If he just told us directly, many people would be lazy and not bother to develop a true understanding. Therefore, he typically speaks to us through imperfect prophets and allows translation errors.

God wants more than trained behavior -- he wants us to reach our potential, which is to become like him, and to understand truth as he understands it.

Answer 10

You are assuming there are errors and mistranslated stuff in the Bible. Can you name where there are errors and mistranslated stuff in the Bible?