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Books taken out, passages lost with translations,

Would'nt it be fair to say that the Bible is just a guidline to live your life but cannot be taken litterally?

2007-11-21 11:00:47 · 43 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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I would agree with you.

I feel that Pastor Art and some of the others should do their homework and study the history of the text of the New Testament Scriptures.

A study of the 5,400 surviving manuscripts dating from the earliest known fragments (P52 circa 125-160) shows many changes in the text from time to time. The we can't say for certain the total number of discrepancies among the 5,400 documents, but it is safe to say that the total number is actually greater than the total number of words in the Bible.

The issue isn't only passages lost, but passages added. The earliest manuscripts do not include one of the "most popular" stories, the story of the woman accused of adultery. Eventually, it shows up as a marginal note and was later added to the text by scribes.

The earliest manuscripts of the Bible have Mark ending with the two women running away in fear and states that they never tell a soul. Later scribes, aparently dissatisfied with this ending provided their own endings. A number of such endings are found, one of which made its way to the KJV.

It is impossible to KNOW the original text written by the authors. We are largely left with what the text means to us, spiritual truth rather than historical fact.

2007-11-22 07:17:20 · answer #1 · answered by Donald J 4 · 0 1

In order for truth to be the truth it should be reliable. And the persons who did the translation were very careful to preserve the language. Remember the Bible is in the Old Testament is all Jewish scriptures. While the New Testament is all Christian writings. And the translators took special care to preserve the spirit, and intent, of the wording.

We know that orthodox Jews are not in cahoots with Christians in any way and they would point out right away the mistranslations of Christian scripture. But they have never done this because Christian Jews have made sure the scriptures stay intact. Because the same author wrote both books through many different writers.

The truth had to be retold and not rewritten. Otherwise we cannot take it literally but use it as a guide. But if it is the literal truth then we are held even more accountable to keep it the same and not change it all.

For me this is common sense but at the same time it is just my opinion.

2007-11-21 11:17:24 · answer #2 · answered by Uncle Remus 54 7 · 0 0

Bible generally a compilation of many manuscript from many author with one source that is GOD. Although it is only a book but it itself representing the words of God himself. Now, if you believe in God there is no reason to question the dependability of the Bible. but make no mistake, sometimes a word from bible can make you more confuse, therefore before reading it always ask for god's guidance so you can learn the very essence of every word you read.

Books taken out, passages lost with translations, i agree with your statement there. but it will not completely change the whole meaning of the entire Bible. Plus there is still the original copy though i don't know where its been keep safe. Maybe you can find and study it youself. going through a hard way to get the ultimate truth is too little as a price of eternal afterlife i think..that doesn't mean if you want to study the Bible seriously you surely have to suffer great suffering.

So, to say that Bible is just a guideline, i think you can put it like that. But to say that it cannot be taken literally...i'm quite disagree with you..i mean if you use it as a guideline to live your life so why can't you take it literally. of course it is hard to follow all the words there but thats not mean you can take it lightly

well thats it for my opinion and it is not my right to judge you. just expressing my own point of view

2007-11-21 12:03:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Parts of it are to be taken literally like the historical accounts and parts are not like Revelations. It has been translated by many different scholars who translated it aiming at a certain group to help them to understand it more fully. For instance, my favorite bible is the Ryrie study bible with footnotes and cross references. I like to study the bible. My husband reads the Good News bible, an easy simplified modern English version that isn't as accurate as mine but that's what he needs to be able to understand it and God speaks to him through that version, too. The books that didn't get accepted into the bible had to pass 7 authenticity tests. If they didn't pass all 7, they weren't included. But some religions include those books that are called the Apocrypha. It's not that they were "taken out" it's that they never got put in. Just pray before you read it and the Holy Spirit will explain it all to you.

2007-11-21 11:09:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The Bible is perfect, God created the Angels, then Man, Angels mislead man, then god destroyed the corrupt in a flood, god then made a promise to abraham, that his people would have an inherratance, Israel, that his people would be a great nation, and that lastly, through him would come messiah. His descendant, Joseph, lead Abraham's descendants to Egypt where they were later enslaved. Moses, lead them out to the promise land, the inherratance that god gave to abraham. They fought the Cananites for the land that god agve them, and they won. God sent prophets to show the way for the Isralites to practice their religion correctly. Some time near the year 0, Messiah came, from the line of Abraham, but Messiah wasn't a normal prophet, the Religion had become so corrupt that God came down in the flesh to show man how to practice everything correctly.

2007-11-21 11:12:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The bible is as dependable as the mind which interprets it and the will which applies, or doesn't apply the lessons taken from it to life.

A careful reading of the Bible, both the New and Old Testaments will demonstrate clearly that it is a compendium of wisdom literature from nearly three millenia and many, many sources which has not escaped political and ecclesiastical intrigue and distortion.

Anyone who even claims to take it literally is fooling him/herself. Taking it literally in modern western cultures would land you in either a hospital or jail.

2007-11-21 11:09:33 · answer #6 · answered by wordweevil 4 · 1 0

You are asking multiple questions that are unrelated. Is it reliable, meaning acurately preserved? The answer is that we have thousands of complete or partial texts reserved from ancient sources. There is no other ancient written work in the world that even comes close to that. So yes, we know that it is reliably preserved. Even though some have chosen to remove some of the books and chapters, it has still been faithfully preserved in it's entirety throughout history by the Catholic Church. The same Cannon defined in 397 A.D. is the same one used still today.

2007-11-21 11:37:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Depends on what you're using the Bible for. As an archaelogical record of the beliefs of cultures long since passed, it's invaluable. There is simply no documentation of such an ancient culture in such good shape. If it's viewed as a 100% literal direct-from-the-mouths-of-gods document, it doesn't even stand up to basic scrutiny (Gen 1 and Gen 2 contradict each other right off the bat!). Keeping in mind it's a mixture of beliefs from multiple cultures makes it a very interesting and valuable read.

2007-11-21 11:05:52 · answer #8 · answered by godlessinaz 3 · 1 2

The bible doesn't make me feel happy or give me guidance in life, quite the opposite. If you think that the bible itself contains moral background, then i don't understand what the world "moral" means anymore. It is loaded with
inconsistencies as to these morals and you'd just be cherry-picking the "good stuffs" out of it. If it were to be taken literally, I don't know what kind of world this would be...

2007-11-21 11:17:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

im was raised a cristian cathloic BUT the more i read about the bible the more it turns me off criastianity , i agree with the morals but that is nearly all i bealive ! i agree that it would be "fair to say that the Bible is just a guidline to live your life but cannot be taken litterally?"

2007-11-21 11:05:33 · answer #10 · answered by finn 3 · 2 1

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