There is nothing "bad" in the Bible that hasn't been explained before countless times.
In 2 Kings, Chapter 2, here is a verse many people love to take out of context. Here is the verse:
2:23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
2:24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
Once again, this is taken out of context. The phrase "little children" actually means men. It's a mistranslation.
Also, the people who weren't just mocking Elijah. They were mocking God. They were cursing Him.
Agree?
2007-11-24 02:27:03 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I have no idea what that verse was about. Sounds like whoever wrote it was on LSD.
2007-11-24 02:30:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes and/or no.
The bible is open to more than one interpretation for everything written therein for several reasons.
Many words used in ancient times are generally used differently now.
We do not think the same way that people thought back in those days.
What is the correct context for one person or one denomination may not be the same with another person or denomination - etc.
2007-11-24 02:37:57 · answer #2 · answered by ha_mer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can only speak for myself. If I take a Bible verse out of context, it's only inadvertently.
The story you mentioned, I was not aware it meant men instead of children.
I was going with an explanation based in what I had imagined I heard other church folks saying, and I was saying that God in his tender mercy spared two of the children, two little girls; and they weren't killed, they suffered only dismembered arms, which shows how merciful your god is.
But now, with the explanation you give, I can answer people and say, it means men not children.
Can I also go through the Bible and alter certain words in other stories, as the inspiration hits me?
2007-11-24 02:34:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They take the Bible out of context because they don't read the entire thing...many look up a word in the concordance and then quote some small phrase they think makes their point.
2007-11-24 03:35:44 · answer #4 · answered by Cheryl S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just answered a question that someone asked about in Hebrews 4. He said verse 9 is talking about the Sabbath rest. But the scripture is not talking about the sabbath at all. This is what happenes when you read the wrong bible.
2007-11-24 02:40:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not agree.
It SAYS "little children". If it meant "men", then it should SAY men. The fact that it doesn't is an ERROR, then. And I take issue with the cavalier way you REWRITE the text to weasel out of a problem.
Secondly, I disagree with the Death Penalty for taunting. And again, the text SAYS they mocked Elisha, not God. You cannot rewrite it to suit your needs. If the prophets thought they were entitled to deified reverence, then THEY were wrong!
There are MANY other textual problems that simply CANNOT be explained away. You are too happy to do just that, and too satisfied with ANY rationalization, no matter how feeble.
2007-11-24 02:32:40 · answer #6 · answered by Yahoo Will Never Silence Me 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Wow, it's amazing that you know this and no one else does. How dare they mistranslate so much and make you, as a biblical expert? explain it all to we who are less than that. So, you're telling me that big cheese (god) ordered the bears to eat people because they were "mocking" him. What a friendly guy he is. Can't wait to be in his back yard. Heaven must be a trip, hey, where'd you get that tunic, godwill. Whoops, there's a bear, guess I've been eaten........you won't see any more of me until that bear takes a ****.
2007-11-24 02:34:18 · answer #7 · answered by Ice 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
a million. so which you think in being a "cafeteria Christian" then, choosing and selecting the areas of the Bible you think of you ought to believe in. So what's the super deal approximately believing interior the ten Commandments or the creation tale, the two certainly one of that are interior the previous testomony? Why even comprise an previous testomony on your Bible in case you experience those areas are no longer appropriate on your Christianity? 2. you recognize you only asked for the finished New testomony, acceptable? till you have yet another definition of "all".
2016-09-30 02:08:48 · answer #8 · answered by maduro 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Taking verses out of context is a fact of life and will be til the end. Jim Jones took verses out of context and "led" 1000 people to commit suicide. David Koresh used scripture to convince married women in the church had to sleep with him. His church eventually all committed suicide (with a little nudging from the govt).
Taking verses out of context is usually the cause for a denomination to be formed. Unfortunately, it is the human condition. We won't have peace til the Prince of Peace returns. Till then...
2007-11-24 02:34:37 · answer #9 · answered by Richard F 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why would "god"allow his revelations in a language that is being mistranslated and therefore dependent on man to interprete "correctly". Could he not have made it understandable to all thereby allowing us all to not take these "truths" out of context.
2007-11-24 02:30:48 · answer #10 · answered by TriciaG28 (Bean na h-Éireann) 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Christians are notorius for quote mining and taking things out of context. This is the pot calling the kettle black.
2007-11-24 02:35:13 · answer #11 · answered by Stainless Steel Rat 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋