What do you think is the real theme behind the stories of the bible?
The theme of the bible is NOT about salvation. The theme of the bible is how mandated and legislated PROHIBITION of anything, even under the penalty of death, DOES NOT WORK!
2007-10-27 04:45:32 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
good point.
I personally don't care about the theme of the bible; it gets far too much attnetion as it is. People always find loopholes ot excuse what they want to do.
Let's all just try to get along instead of worrying about old books.
2007-10-27 04:49:30 · answer #1 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 2⤊ 6⤋
I am very naive when it comes to answering these questions. When I saw your question I thought this is a great question to answer. Then I read your additional remarks and realized that this is just another bad attempt to slander the Bible and those who believe it. Shame on you for that. If you are going to ask a question like this, just ask the question without your opinions being involved. Let the views give their opinions. You have totally ruined the question by stating your additional comments.
By the way the only theme of the Bible is the salvation, redemption of mankind through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. If you don't believe this don't even think about reading the Bible.
2007-10-27 05:00:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
My hunch is that you don't give a **** what the theme of the Bible is-but here's my answer.
There is no one theme to the Bible-there are many.
Exile and return, sin and forgiveness, lost and found, broken relationships restored, death and resurrection.
The theme of the Bible is broken relationships restored.
Whether we believe in God or not-we all have to relate to others-when we make them angry or they us-our hope is often that the relationship is restored through forgiveness and communication.
The Bible tells the stories of flawed humans who are continually breaking relationship with God-who continually restores humanity.
Good luck with your bitterness. I pray you find some kind of peace without having to ridicule others for their beliefs. You seem miserable and angry.
Be well,
dwigh
2007-10-27 05:15:07 · answer #3 · answered by revmccormick 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Only centuries of editing and rigorous apologetics have given it a "theme" at all - without the teachings of the church, it's an empty account of barbarities done by one of many primitive Semitic tribes, with some amateur mysticism and questionable history comprising most of the second half. Not an ideal basis for a religion.
Some of the poetry is good though. "Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death.'
2007-10-27 05:08:17 · answer #4 · answered by brokendaystar 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I do not think it has a theme, and that any one person can see what they want in it because it was not written as one solid book by one author. Being a series of writings by different people and put together into one volume you get too much differing bias and opinion to give the book as a whole a theme.
2007-10-27 04:56:53 · answer #5 · answered by genaddt 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
What Bible are YOU reading?
There are many themes running throughout, but the main grand theme is Jesus. The scriptures testify of Him.
2007-10-27 05:17:12 · answer #6 · answered by Jed 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The theme of the Bible is God's Kingdom and how it will vindicate God's name and bring blessings to faithful mankind.
It starts in Genesis with why we need the Kingdom in the first place and at Genesis 3:15, the first Bible prophecy and the first mention of God's plan are mentioned.
The other Bible books add on, giving more details. Like who would be the King of that Kingdom, whom he would rule with, where the kingdom would be, where the subjects would be, what kind of standards Jehovah requires of the subjects of that kingdom, the blessings to be received in the kingdom etc.
You can either view the 'prohibitions' in the Bible as "restrictive" or as "protective". I personally choose the latter.
2007-10-27 04:55:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 6⤋
Depends on the story. But, for the most part, the theme is hate and intolerance.
2007-10-27 05:19:59 · answer #8 · answered by Bookworm 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I look at the bible as nothing more then historical fictional fairy tales like The Brothers Grimm to help teach/scare morals into people.
EDIT: Right Nikki & Problem. Love like the way Dinah was shown love? Or the 42 youths that were mauled by a couple of bears?
2007-10-27 04:51:19 · answer #9 · answered by ? 7 · 4⤊ 5⤋
The theme of the Bible is that God's Kingdom is the ONLY solution for mankind's problems. From Genesis to Revelation you can find this theme. It was the main thing that Jesus talked about.
2007-10-27 04:51:58 · answer #10 · answered by SisterCF 4 · 2⤊ 6⤋