So when some Christians claim the Bible to be "Divinely inspired"?

Question

If you claim that the men Transcribing "gods word" made errors, which errors are you referring to? Also if the Bible was Divinely inspiried by God and there are still errors, then how important was it to god to get the message right? I would like to know what you mean when you say that mankind made the errors?

Answer 1

I am not a Christian. I do not believe the Bible is the unadulterated word of God. Mankind has his/her own agenda and that is to be god-like. We also don't listen very well, in case you hadn't noticed. The Bible, whether or not it was intended to be, became man's way of attaining power and control. No more, no less. While the basic teachings of it are plenty valuable, so are the teachings of many other prophets. Inspired by their gods or not. They all boil down to the same basic principle. Treat others as you would want to be treated yourself. I guess we missed that somewhere along the line.

Answer 2

The thing is, no matter HOW many errors the Bible has, the main message is still there. There have been mistranslations, especially from the Hebrew. As in any language, there are words in Hebrew that don't translate to English, so those who translated the Bible did the best they could.

So what if they get a word wrong? The Bible was started more than three thousand years ago. I'm sure you know all the facts (how many writers, continents, and languages it was written in, plus the amount of time that passed between Genesis and Revelations), so if you really think about it, it's a miracle that the Bible has been as well-preserved as it has.

And this is despite the fact that many times, copies of the scrolls were all burned in an attempt to stamp out the religion. This is also despite how many languages the Bible has been translated into.

Most of the "errors" in the Bible, as I said, are mistranslations. So far, I have yet to find any other kind of errors...though I found a LOT when I wasn't a Christian.

Answer 3

People are human and as such imperfect. But God uses them and works through them anyway, because that's the way He chooses to work. If you look in the Acts of the Apostles for example, there are discrepancies in regards to the words and actions of Paul in certain places, when you compare them to Paul's actual letters and epistles. But you must remember that Luke's accounts (Luke and Acts) are not first-hand accounts - it mentions that in the very first chapter. Luke the Physician is not a direct eyewitness to any of this.

None of this takes away from the Bible's truth, and is in a way "nitpicking" really.

Sola scriptura fundamentalists actually do the Bible and Christianity in general a grave disservice by their claims that it is the sole source of revelation, that it must all be interpreted literally when it's obvious that some parts are not meant to be, or that there are no human discrepancies in it.

The Gospels for example are four different accounts from four different perspectives, but they are all the truth. It's sort of like asking four different people who witnessed an event for their recounting of it. You will get four different stories, but they will all be factual and true, just differing mostly in the telling. That's why early on it was decided to keep the four Gospels, even though there were attempts to consolidate them into one account (the "Diatessaron" of Tatian).

Answer 4

I might be wrong but I see it sort of like this: Did you ever get a product that was made in another country such as China, etc.? I have. And I know that sometimes they are hard to follow. They might use the wrong word and/or misspell words. You may or may not be able to decipher what they are trying to say. As I understand things about the Bible-it was originally written in Hebrew and Greek. Some words in these languages have no really good parallel words in English. In some cases a poor definition or interpretation may have been used on some of the words. "To error is human" That doesn't make it good or right-but it's a fact.

Answer 5

properly, it became into written by utilising assorted writers with diverse varieties from diverse time sessions at the same time as retaining and preserving the comparable consistent message approximately our depravity and a desire for a savior. It has many historical prophecies that have a million) been fulfilled already (lots of that are in direct connection to the Messiah, Jesus) 2) are being fulfilled on the instant and 3) would be fulfilled. God Himself (Jesus) got here interior the flesh slightly over 2 thousand years in the past and dwelt between us. He got here to no longer abolish the regulation yet to fulfill it and He did certainly! it relatively is each and all of the clarification i desire.

Answer 6

THE BIBLE WAS ORIGINALLY TRANSLATED FROM GREEK AND HEBREW. I'M SURE THE ORIGINAL VERSION WAS COMPLETELY INSPIRED BY GOD. SOME LANGUAGES DO NOT HAVE THE CORRECT WORDS IN THAT LANGUAGE FOR THE TRANSLATION. IN THE BIBLE , THE WORD TRANSLATED LOVE, WAS ORIGINALLY SEVERAL DIFFERENT KINDS OF LOVE WITH A WORD THAT MEANT THAT. WE DON'T HAVE THOSE WORDS, SO THEY TRANSLATE THE CLOSEST THEY CAN. THEY HAVE VIDEOS ON THE MEN THAT KEPT THE BIBLE TRANSLATED AND THE LIVES THEY LED AND GAVE UP, SO THAT WE COULD HAVE A BIBLE.

Answer 7

There were no errors made. The only way to find out if God's word is true is to study for yourself and try Him. Our challenge is to stay within His Grace.

Answer 8

It doesn't matter what errors the Bible contains. What is important is its main message is loud and clear.

The so-called errors are there to 'test' one's faith just like Adam and Eve were tested by God with the forbidden fruit. The longer people look at them, more likely they are to fall.

Answer 9

There is no errors in the Bible its the absoloute word of God. Written by men who arent perfect but directly inspired by God they spoke and walked with him closer than anyone today could dream of doing.

Answer 10

Mankind has diffrent ways of interperting the Bible, and depending on which domination you are brought up in is going to determine how you live. But God knows each of our hearts and our true intentions, if the Bible was interperted wrong by us but we choose to follow his word on mis-interpertation God knows that we are trying to live for him. The one message in the Bible that is very clear to all of us is that we have sinned and are condemed to hell. But God has given us a way out, and a doorway to heaven by sending his son to Earth. We interperet the Bible so that we may know how to live for him and bring others to join us in heaven, sin is unavoidable, that is why he gave us the way out.