is it ok to call something as"The truth"as long you read it from the Bible no matter if you misinterpreted it?

Question

people has been calling their personal interpretation of the Bible as "The Truth", and insist on correcting others according to their personal interpretations, now why is that?

Answer 1

Because there's no one there to correct them. They don't respect scholars or Rabbis, they think that God is telling them how to (mis)interpret scripture. As long as they have that, they don't need to listen to anyone else, unless it's their own pastor... their pastor has a direct connection to God that's even stronger than their own, or so we're led to believe.

Answer 2

Is private interpretation of the Bible condoned in the Bible Itself? No, it is not (2 Peter 1:20). Was individual interpretation of Scripture practiced by the early Christians or the Jews? Again, "NO" (Acts 8:29-35). The assertion that individuals can correctly interpret Scripture is false. Even the "founder" of Sola Scriptura (Martin Luther), near the end of his life, was afraid that "any milkmaid who could read" would found a new Christian denomination based on his or her "interpretation" of the Bible. Luther opened a "Pandora's Box" when he insisted that the Bible could be interpreted by individuals and that It is the sole authority of Christianity. Why do we have over 33,000 different non-Catholic Christian denominations? The reason is individuals' "different" interpretations of the Bible.
Can there be more than one interpretation of the Bible? No. The word "truth" is used several times in the New Testament. However, the plural version of the word "truth" never appears in Scripture. Therefore, there can only be one Truth. So how can there be over 33,000 non-Catholic Christian denominations all claiming to have the "Truth" (i.e., the correct interpretation of the Bible)? For that matter, aren't ALL non-Catholic Christians as individuals claiming "infallibility" when it comes to interpreting the Bible? Catholics only believe in the infallibility of the Papacy as an office. Which is more believable - one office holding infallibility or 400 million non-Catholic Christians who can't agree on the interpretation of Scripture all claiming "infallibility?" When it comes to interpreting Scripture, individual non-Catholic Christians claim the same infallibility as the Papacy. If one were to put two persons of the "same" non-Catholic Christian denomination (i.e., two Presybterians, two Lutherans, two Baptists, etc.) in separate rooms with a Bible and a notepad and ask them to write down their "interpretation" of the Bible, passage for passage, shouldn't they then produce the exact same interpretation? If guided by the Holy Spirit as Scripture states, the answer should be "Yes." But would that really happen? History has shown that the answer is "No." Now, in the case of Catholics, the Church which Christ founded and is with forever (Matthew 28:20) interprets the Bible, as guided by the Holy Spirit, (Mark 13:11) for the "sheep" (the faithful). The Church (not individuals) interpret Scripture. In Catholicism, Scripture is there for meditation, prayer and inspiration, not for individual interpretation to formulate doctrine or dogma.

Answer 3

Most of them have been lulled early on into the thinking that when they arrive at an interpretation that it was because of the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and so with that they instantly judge their interpretations as correct. What's funny is that they normally don't recognize that others are doing the same thing and coming up with differing beliefs (Protestantism).

Correction of this leaves only one option, which is at the heart of Protestantism to reject: instead of private interpretation, the bible's interpretation should be left to a central authority. However, to admit that authority would be to admit that the very core of Protestantism is false, which is a staunch denial of that authority.

Answer 4

This sums up one of the reasons I am anOrhtodox chrisitan the Bible itself speaks about being taought by spoken word and letter.
Thus the Bible is meant to be in a context of teaching and there are two paradims either the context has been compleatly lost..or it can still be retaought. Since the canon of scriptures was written down in the 4th century and the earlist liturgy predates that
it makes since that the Bible is meant to be read as part of Liturgy while the idea of Sola scripturea is trying to read one's opinion into the Bible as truth which as stated I strongly object too
asis text with out context.

Answer 5

I have read that there are about 34,000 Christian denominations, which means there are at least that many ways of interpreting the "Holy" Bible. This tells me that there is a lot of confusion among Christians about what the Bible says and what it means. If God is so perfect, why couldn't he write a book that wouldn't be open to so many interpretations, so that nobody would be confused about it? They cannot all be right, which means that very few Christians are going to heaven because the vast majority of them don't know what it is they believe, or they are worshiping God the wrong way and don't know it. I find it odd that God would set up a system of salvation in which it is up to the one being saved to figure out what the Bible really means, and then is punished with an eternity of hell for not getting it right. There is one of two conclusions we can draw from this: 1.) God makes it difficult, if not outright impossible, for anyone to know what it is he wants them to believe, because he doesn't really want them in heaven with him; or 2.) The Bible is a load of hogwash from beginning to end, and that is why people interpret it any way they please.

Answer 6

Here's the real deal. There is only ONE truth, and tens of thousands of lies. Galatians 1:8-10, 1Tim 4:1, 4:16, 6:2, 2Tim 2:23-3:9 and 2Peter 1:20. Check out these scriptures, pray about it and do your best to help those who realize their need for God. As for everyone else, the scriptures are clear. Satan's greatest scheme is to make people think that they're right with God.

Answer 7

The basic rule of thumb is, whatever is written in the bible is automatically "THE TRUTH". Anyone who disagrees with it is considered to be unpatriotic, a liberal, an atheist, or a terrorist, a democrat, a humanist, weak-on-defense and ultimately against the BushAdministration and against all republiConArtists. The bible is considered to be the "ABSOLUTE TRUTH" about everything including science, environment, economy, law, justice and the war on terror. The bible is thought of as the last word on "THE TRUTH" that every red-blooded true American would follow if they had any sense. If you're against the bible, then you're against our Fuhrer, Dick Cheney and his pet dog, George W Bush. This is basically all you need to know about personal interpretations of the bible and the US Constitution.

Answer 8

misinterpreting the bible is misinterpreting the truth, thank the god lord he left us with the magisterium to define and interpret the truth, the bible is a catholic book afterall.

Answer 9

This is what the Catholic Catechism says:

"The senses of Scripture"
CCC 115 - According to an ancient tradition, one can distinguish between two senses of Scripture: the literal and the spiritual, the latter being subdivided into the allegorical, moral, and anagogical senses. The profound concordance of the four senses guarantees all its richness to the living reading of Scripture in the Church.
CCC 116 - The literal sense is the meaning conveyed by the words of Scripture and discovered by exegesis, following the rules of sound interpretation: "All other senses of Sacred Scripture are based on the literal."
CCC 117 - The spiritual sense. Thanks to the unity of God's plan, not only the text of Scripture but also the realities and events about which it speaks can be signs.
1. The allegorical sense. We can acquire a more profound understanding of events by recognizing their significance in Christ; thus the crossing of the Red Sea is a sign or type of Christ's victory and also of Christian Baptism.
2. The moral sense. The events reported in Scripture ought to lead us to act justly. As St. Paul says, they were written "for our instruction."
3. The anagogical sense (Greek: anagoge, "leading"). We can view realities and events in terms of their eternal significance, leading us toward our true homeland: thus the Church on earth is a sign of the heavenly Jerusalem.

Answer 10

The bible was written by man... it is up for interpretation.
The Bible doesn't hold anything that can be seen as pure truth. Nobody knows what the "truth" is.