2007-11-24 12:47:52 · 27 answers · asked by Potatoe Plague 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
To answer your question appropriately, I could quote a comment from Martin Luther who said
"...unless I am convinced by scripture, and by plain reason my conscience is captive to the word of God... to go against conscience is neither safe nor right."
may God guide you
2007-11-24 13:50:23 · answer #1 · answered by swiftheart 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Archeology has demonstrated the historical existence of King David, but nothing before then, about 1000 BC.
But then it was only a few years back when King David was considered a myth too.
Give scientists long enough and they will scale the peak at whose top theologians have sat comfortably for millennia.
That being said, those Old Testament books considered 'The Writings', Job, Song of Solomon, Psalms, Proverbs, have always been considered poetry and not fact. This does not change the message that each has for modern man.
Prophecy is something else entirely and cannot be placed into a modern mold of either entirely 'fact' or fiction'. Isaiah in particular has several layers of meaning, truths of his own era and messianic truths.
In the New Testament Revelation is the only book remotely non-factual. We really won't know what John saw until we see it ourselves, and then it will be too late to choose the believe. That's the really scary thing about the Apocalypse, that Grace will end.
2007-11-24 21:04:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most stories in the Bible are called parables (stories to teach), many more are borrowed from earlier religions (Zoroastrian, Mythrian, etc). The rest is pretty much a history book.
2007-11-24 20:54:57 · answer #3 · answered by ruriksson 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know the bible says the earth is the center of the universe in a very literal fashion. There is also a lot of stuff about putting people do death for petty crimes such as working on the day of the sabbath (Sunday) and planting two different crops in the same field. There is also stuff about selling one's daughter into slavery and killing children who disobey their parents. Leviticus contains most of these radical passages. Most of the bible (if not all) shouldn't be taken literally.
2007-11-24 20:51:35 · answer #4 · answered by Nicholas 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Well, they never found the grave of the Prodigal Son. I wouldn't take that part too literal, if I were you.
Oh, and then there is that whole Genesis part. Evolution has proven that to be false, so also something to take a bit metaphorically.
Noah's Ark. Yeah, I also have no clue how the kangaroos traveled back to Australia after that. Inside a whale, maybe?
Let's see, what more? Ah. Jesus! Nobody ever found any proof that he was real.
Oh, and "God". No proof of him either. So, take every chapter that's about "God" with a grain of salt please.
2007-11-24 20:53:41 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Something I find particularly disturbing is the policy of taking disobedient children out in the street to be stoned to death.
I'm glad that one is not taken literally anymore.
2007-11-24 20:56:24 · answer #6 · answered by Peace Yo 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Joh 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
2007-11-24 20:54:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The first 10%, the last 10% and 99% of the remaining 80%.
2007-11-24 20:52:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Some people really make a big deal of God, and how he is used to say certain things in America.
2007-11-25 06:12:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The vast overwhelming majority of it, with the exception of the Law of Reciprocity. That's a pretty good idea to take literally.
2007-11-24 20:53:42 · answer #10 · answered by Michael 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋