2007-12-28 23:12:05 · 15 answers · asked by zsq 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The bible is a story book. Many of them are tall tales.
2007-12-28 23:15:28 · answer #1 · answered by WineBuzz 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The only thing I find validity in is it covers all the human behaviour. The Bible does seem to know man inside out, good bad and ugly but the approach is wrong and it tries to stifle intelligence
2007-12-29 01:54:03 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
uh the story of baby jesus. were we there to see what really happened? if someone todaytold us of some baby momma with a kid and said it was immaculate conception and said it was true would we believe it? I mean really. I have a hard time believing mary was a virgin. just because she said so and it was written by jesus's friends? please. i need a paternity test these days. and also i'd love to see moses part the seas. and did those people walk the desert for all that time really??? it all seems so implausible....i mean...in the begining..maybe days were shorter but people really did not live hundreds of years do you think? and the most disturbing thing i read was that if a man and woman get divorced then the woman should never get remarried but the man could...i mean get real. if someone wants to convert they need to convince me these things could be plausible at least.
2007-12-28 23:20:58 · answer #3 · answered by anonymous 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The scripture in 2 Timothy 3:16 tells us that all scripture is inspired of God, so none of it is invalid. The whole of the bible was written for our instruction so that we can get close to God and live better lives.
2007-12-29 04:14:14 · answer #4 · answered by mofred 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even taken metaphorically, the depiction of God in Job is appalling.
Add to that various stories of awful behaviour left uncriticised.
The story of Jephthah's daughter, perhaps, will serve as example. (Judges 11)
The lesson appears to be that God prefers a promise made to him kept, even if that means an innocent person should be killed.
If Jephthah and his daughter are wrong in their assessment of the situation (v 35-36) there is not a single hint of that in the context.
2007-12-28 23:51:25 · answer #5 · answered by Pedestal 42 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
men rising from the dead, talking snakes and donkeys, a boat holding every species on earth, a man living inside a whale, a woman becoming pregnant without a man involved, whole seas parting...
actually come to think of it the whole thing...
The bible is a set of stories that teach, they arent factual accounts
2007-12-28 23:20:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
To me it is all valid - but I truthfully admit there are still bits, after 20 years of reading it that I still find baffling!
2007-12-29 01:46:21 · answer #7 · answered by zakiit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it really depends on how you interpret them. Most have to be taken metaphorically.
Some of the ones about killing your neighbour for working on the sabbath are kind of umm... stupid.
And anything that says women are not as good as men is also dumb.
But a lot of them have good messages in them.
2007-12-28 23:25:08 · answer #8 · answered by Kayla 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not many, I think they are all good old story tellers although they say they have found noahs ark in Turkey x
2007-12-29 11:41:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All "stories" in the Bible are true.
The Word of God cannot be judged by man.
Praise the Lord !
2007-12-28 23:22:21 · answer #10 · answered by Snaz 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋