is the bible a coded book for what happened miillenia , eons ago, that we do not understand and are in war over it ?
2007-09-06 16:10:27 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
To funny!
Don't be silly, the literalist think people made fig leaf aprons. I have a fig tree and those would have been some itchy ancestors. That alone makes me know the story isn't literal.
God is so much more than the Bible.
Great guide crappy text book unless you study what Jesus had to say, even Paul confuses it.
A literal Bible is not just foolishness it's Idolatry.
2007-09-06 16:18:14 · answer #1 · answered by gnosticv 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."
No codes there--pretty straight forward.
" In the beginning" meaning the very start of everything.
" God created" meaning "God", not chance over time or some other being, "created" meaning he built it , produced it, caused to exist, brought into being. Look up the definition of create.
"the heavens and the earth" meaning all that there is.
Plenty of references in scripture that in 6 days, he created all that there is. No codes there.
Some people like to read more into the scriptures than what is there. Read what it says and take it at face value, plain and simple. God inspired the Bible to be written and it is his Holy, true words in the original form. Some translations have erred in this regard and not followed the original words so be careful to follow only a faithful Bible to the original texts.
2007-09-06 17:08:55 · answer #2 · answered by paul h 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's nothing "coded" about the Bible. In many ways it is not mysterious. However, I believe the Bible is made effective in a person's life through the work of the holy spirit of God, and that's kinda mysterious.
2007-09-06 16:21:11 · answer #3 · answered by Craig R 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋