Are the stories meant to be read to teach us lessons and about God or are they to be read as actual history?
2007-12-16 07:37:51 · 15 answers · asked by Ron L 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I haven't decide yet but honestly i can't believe it is true...
2007-12-17 01:26:18 · answer #1 · answered by ....................... 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in all probability not. From what i will tell, a minimum of the various Bible is supported by using historic data, and, sure, there are areas of the Bible that are maximum incredibly concern to interpretation. case in point, i don't think of that the Adam and Eve tale is actual, yet so what? each lifestyle that i understand approximately has a advent tale, and, like it or not, this is the single we get. extra effective than that, all and sundry is familiar with the tale, so it extremely is an imperative component of our cultural makeup. Did Moses section the pink Sea? I even have honestly no thought. regrettably, video cameras hadn't been invented yet, and there became into no CNN there to checklist the form. FYI, i've got self assurance in God, and that i think of that Jesus became into an extremely cool and righteous being. terrific needs!
2016-10-11 10:12:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now you ask an interesting question. If you really want the Truth, and I assume that you do, then let me direct you to a book that takes a in-depth look at history, archaeological finds, and ancient writing. Then decide for yourself the truth.
The Bible Almanac by Packer Tenny White.
Thomas Nelson Publishers 1980
This book takes a real indepth look and the science of archeology enview of the bible history etc.
2007-12-16 08:02:05 · answer #3 · answered by Easy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what has become of the story of adam and eve?
is it true as it stands? i dont think so!
being literally true in many cases, both bible and new testament have Instructions in righteousness that lead men to have faith.
but when you mix religious leaders and interpretation of the words written therein, you will find that alterations and translations that are not true. missing texts and whole chapters from one version to another. these all lead to believe in false assumptions, these false assumptions lead men to interpret inccorrection and to modify the texts. which lead to doctrines of men which are not the words of God.
if one were to read the history of the church by Usebius you will find that a bishop wrote down what he thought was God, and because of what he thought he understood and imagined, the legacy of his imagination became biblical truth. we know this doctrine to be the "trinity".
the trinity is a MYTH!
and most christians prove the trinity from the bible.
2007-12-16 07:47:31 · answer #4 · answered by Priestcalling 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's meant to teach lessons not to be taken literally.
If I said I went to a psychic and they told me all this stuff and I wrote a book about what I had been told many people would call me nutty...but those same people don't find it weird at all that God came and told people what to write and make a book...hmmmmm
2007-12-16 08:02:06 · answer #5 · answered by Jane 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That depends who you talk to..
It is certainly not history. Archeology can find bits and pieces but nothing significant. Lessons? That is dubious.
If I were trying to live like people did 2000 years ago I'm not sure what lessons are to be learned except to destroy anyone who does not believe in the same belief.
2007-12-16 07:44:45 · answer #6 · answered by Tricia R 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
That depends on whom you are asking. There are several Christians and groups of Christians who sayhtat the Bible is a collection of stories and it is to be interpreted not taken literally.
There are also those who are deeply offended if you even suggest that it is anything but the Word of God.
2007-12-16 07:48:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
allegory and metaphor mainly, they are teaching stories, like Aesop's fables - no one truly believes a fox was trying to get grapes out of an amphora.
As for literal - well, there is very little proof anthropologically, archeologically, historically beside cities existing where they were named.
Better off taking them as teaching tales.
2007-12-16 07:45:09 · answer #8 · answered by Cheese Fairy - Mummified 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to analyze each book individually. Genesis, whose two creation stories contradict each other, is obviously metaphorical. Go to Acts of the Apostles, and its obviously supposed to record the history of the early church.
In some areas it's a little murkier, like the Gospels. They contradict each other in very minor ways, so some individual stories, or aspects of stories, are not literal, while in general they are supposed to be literal.
2007-12-16 07:43:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
It is the truth but we have forgotten whose job it is to convince people of that fact. We, as Christians, are called to tell the world what JESUS has done for us. We introduce them to The Word and let GOD do the rest. We do not do the saving or convincing that is not our job. We are merely witnesses just like in any court case.
Remember, GOD loves you even when you don't love Him!
2007-12-16 07:53:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe in the Christ conscious , we all can remember , these myths are to remember , yet have been misunderstood and used for manipulation by some.
I suggest looking at www.zeitgeistmovie.com and see what resonates within you , with this info. Love , Light , Laughter L
2007-12-16 07:52:15 · answer #11 · answered by ieyeone 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋