To all Christians who know that the entire Bible is all literally true, or it's all false.?

Question

Let's look at the meaning of "literal" -- 1 (a): true in each word and concept (b): adhering to fact or to the ordinary construction or primary meaning of a term or expression : actual (c): free from exaggeration or embellishment

Here's my question: Do you eat bacon? Shellfish? Ever worn poly/cotton blend clothing? Condone slavery?

But you still take Holy Scripture literally? How is that? Is it "all literal except for parts"?

Wow, tcjstn: touched a nerve, did I?

Answer 1

throw a stone in a pack of dogs the one that yelps is normally the one that got hit--hear any yelps----appears you had good luck fishing here-smile and enjoy the day

Answer 2

The Bible is literally true. Those old-testament laws were the actual laws that the Israelites followed. However, the New testament tells us that we are no longer bound by those laws. We are living in an age of grace now. We don't have to follow those laws. Neither do the Jews, but some of them do because they don't want to accept Jesus as their Messiah (even though He obviously was, His life fulfilled all of the prophecies!!! he even rode into Jerusalem on the exact day predicted in the book of Daniel!).

Yes, I still take the whole Scripture literally. It is historically accurate, the truths and morals have been proven over and over to be wise and sound. It has never led me astray. And while those old laws were followed, the new testament literally tells me that i no longer have to follow those. What purpose do those laws have now? Mostly (and this is just my opinion so I may be wrong) to reveal God's thoughts and opinion of certain practices, such as bestiality or murder or drunkenness.

Some of those laws had practical value too. The laws about not eating shellfish make sense when you consider how common food poisoning is from shellfish - imagine how sick people would get back in the days before proper sanitation and refrigeration! There are many laws about caring for various illnesses that have been proven to be medically viable. Or the law that tells the Israelites to wash their hands under running water. Smart advice and way head of its time.

And some of those laws, like the one about blended fabric clothes, were mostly set forth so that the Israelites would "reflect" God's character. I believe the blended fabric symbolized an Israelite who kept some of God's laws but also some of the laws of the surrounding pagan cultures.

The slavery one, though, I'm not going to touch because I don't fully understand it. I wouldn't want to give you bad advice here!! Anyways, yes, I take it all literally (though, as the above poster pointed out, some of it is metaphorical - mostly those metaphors are obvious as they're preceeded by "like" or "as"). But not all of it is applied to our lives quite the same way. I hope this makes sense.

Answer 3

Genesis should not be taken actually. the certainty we've got grew to become into no longer around while the authors wrote the Bible. The Catholic Church has constantly taught that "no genuine disagreement can exist between the theologian and the scientist provided each and every retains interior his own limits. . . . If although there's a disagreement . . . it would be remembered that the sacred writers, or greater relatively ‘the Spirit of God who spoke by way of them, did no longer prefer to teach men such truths (because of the fact the internal shape of seen products) which do no longer help everyone to salvation’; and that, consequently, somewhat than attempting to furnish a clinical exposition of nature, they specifically situations describe and take care of those concerns the two in a truly figurative language or because of the fact the common way of speech those situations required, and positively nonetheless calls for those days in every day existence, even among maximum discovered human beings" (Leo XIII, Providentissimus Deus 18). because of the fact the Catechism places it, "Methodical examine in all branches of expertise, provided it truly is performed in an exceedingly clinical way and does no longer override ethical rules, can in no way conflict with the religion, because of the fact the flaws of the worldwide and the flaws the of the religion derive from an identical God. the common-or-backyard and persevering investigator of the secrets and techniques of nature is being led, because it have been, by skill of the hand of God in spite of himself, for it truly is God, the conserver of all issues, who made them what they're" (CCC 159). The Catholic Church has no concern of technological expertise or clinical discovery. .

Answer 4

Your telling everything that is wrong with Bible but where is your proof? Most of what you talk about is in the Old Testament but two things I know are in the New Testament. Peter was commanded to eat everything the Lord put in front of him. "It is said that it is not a sin what goes into the mouth but what comes from the mouth." It says to the slaves honor your masters. They are finding where the Bible tells them towns and wells are they the be. What does the poly/cotton blend clothing have to do with the Bible? I believe the Bible before I heard of you and you have not changed anything.

Answer 5

These questions are too easy to answer. Any Bible commentary or systematic theology explains the difference between the Old and New Covenants. You can easily look this up, but the upshot is that certain ceremonial and theocratic regulations of the Old Testament were abrogated by the New Testament. More precisely, they were not gotten rid of, but rather fulfilled in Jesus Christ.

If someone cannot understand this, they don't understand the very basics of Christianity.

Answer 6

Those who use the Bible to promote the anti-gay agenda can overlook, disregard and ignore anything else they want in Scripture. God has given them the special right to pick and choose what to believe and with which rules to comply. But they must never, ever under any circumstances question the handful of verses which they use to justify homophobia.

Answer 7

Trick question?

There's a difference between being completely true and being completely literal.

The first is correct. The second is not.

Portions of the scriptures encompass prophetic visions. The scriptures also contain more methaphors than you can count.

If you were to read the entire bible you'd understand how they all fit in. Those things that were one time condemned OR approved were for a time and people no longer applicable. Time: Until the messiah's death, at which point he fulfilled the law. People: For the Jews who were AT THAT TIME God's chosen people. Today, that law is condensed into the law of love: Love Jehovah your God with all your heart, mind and strength and your neighbor as yourself.

Answer 8

Some parts are word for word and some must be taken as metaphors. For example, Jesus said "Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves". If you take what Jesus said literally, then you must believe He wants you to lay some eggs too. But that is simply not the case.

As for Hell, the scripture also uses metaphors such as outer darkness, separation from God, that this notion of fire is just one metaphorical image of hell among many others that are found in the New Testament. The majority of Christian New Testament scholars interpret these passages as metaphorical for the suffering and the anguish of those who are separated from God, but not necessarily to be taken as literal flames, such as we experience here in this world.

So I believe the Bible is inspired by God but some parts are clearly metaphors and must be taken as such.

Answer 9

Another "out of context" example. Let's just accept the fact that unbelievers can't accurately pick the scripture to prove their point. You have to read scripture and determine the time, before Christ, after Christ, is Israel obeying God or being judged for disobedience, is this law written by God, or did the leaders insert their own law, yadayadayada. There's more to understanding a reading than scanning for out of text passages.
Yes I eat bacon......read the passage from Peter when he dreamed about such......I am free under the New Covenant to eat bacon.
No, I don't eat shell fish, because I don't like them.....but I am free under the New Covenant to eat it.
Yes I wear poly/cotton blend clothing? Why not?
Condone slavery? Only if slaves are treated humanely and loved and cared for like family members........that's scriptural. God used slavery to judge Israel and it was very effective in teaching them to not forget Who created them, Who protected them, Who kept His Covenant with them, Who demanded to be the only God they worshiped, and Who chose them to be a representative of the Holy God above all other people. Slavery in and of itself is not bad.......but is seldom carried out in the way God says it should be. And you are right about that one thing......God never commanded anyone to not have slaves.....but He did command how they should be treated.
Yes, I take the Holy Scripture literally.

Answer 10

No I do not eat bacon or shell fish or any kind of fish for that matter (YUCK). And yes I wear cotton/polyester clothing. Why? Because the fabric that is condemed was linen/wool blends. Linen is not cotton and polyester is a man made invention of the 20th century.Slavery wasnt condoned by God. The Eucharist is literal .

Answer 11

No. We have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, but the Bible is literally true. Don't forget, we are saved by grace because we couldn't keep the law. Thank God for grace. The law shows us how badly we needed that grace.
Thank you, Jesus for going to that Cross for me.