Wouldn't you agree that the Bible is incomplete?

Question

It's got to be. How can it be complete if there are so many different contradicitons and interpretations? If God was perfect, why wouldn't his word be? The only explanation for that is that it's incomplete. This question goes hand in hand with this question: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AvMiSTFvyVDxHKeq8zhuXUzty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20071230092735AA13BTx

My reply to Da_webwalker...

Yes, God is perfect, not man. God's word is perfect, yes. God's words are IN THE BIBLE, true--but the entirety of God's word is NOT the Bible by itself. God's word is much more than "reading the Bible." Who created the Bible? Man did, not God. C'mon, haven't you heard of the Council of Nicea?

Answer 1

cuz bible isn't word of anybody or anything except a bunch of ancient males with their own views, perversions and phobias

Answer 2

There are more stories that could have been added to the Bible and the Apostle John makes mention of this in John 21:25.
"And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen."
In the Old Testament, there are mentions of books that are lost to us now but were available in times past. The Book of Jasher is mentioned in Joshua 10:13 and 2 Samuel 1:18. The Book of the Wars of the Lord is referenced in Numbers 21:14. The Book of the Annals of the Kings of Israel is mentioned in 1 Kings 16:20. These are just a few of the books that are mentioned but are lost to us over the ages. Wiki has a nice list of the books: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_books_of_the_Old_Testament

Answer 3

The Bible is both incomplete and imperfectly translated--imperfectly translated because, in a work that large, there can never be a completely perfect translation from language, to language, to language.

It's incomplete because it does not include the Christian writings which were left out of the Bible at the time of its compilation in AD 325. Those writings, however, are every bit as contradictory as what is already in the Bible. They were excluded by the Council of Nicea in hopes of reducing confusion.

Really, the only way for the Bible to be a true mirror of Jesus Christ's thought processes would be for Jesus to have written his beliefs, himself.

Jesus was trying to teach simplified and reformed Judaism; he was not necessarily trying to create a whole new religion and religious hierarchy. He just wanted Jews to love each other, love those who weren't Jewish, and to abandon their body of religious laws.

Answer 4

You are incorrect in your belief that the Bible in incomplete.

I will quote from my response to the question you reference in your question:

You are correct when you speak of many different interpretations. If fact, there are some non-Christian faiths (Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons come to mind) who have basically re-written the Bible and try to pass it off as the Word of God. (Before every JW and Mormon writes to complain, [A] both of your religions have had the audacity to re-write the Bible, and [B] if you do not believe that Jesus was and is God, and also became fully human, and lived and died and resurrected in order to save mankind, then you are not Christian.)

As to all the different interpretations of the Bible, there is only one legitimate authority to translate Sacred Scripture, and that is the Church who has been the guardian of Sacred Scripture from the very beginning, and the only Church which can trace its roots directly back to Jesus the Christ (who was not "another dude with an 'interpretation'").

Now, I know you're not going to want to hear this, but the only Church which can make that claim is the Catholic Church which can trace its leaders back to the first leader, Peter, and even before him, to Jesus Himself.

We do not trace our beginning to only about 500 years ago to Martin Luther, nor to some pastor who may have founded his church only 20 years ago.

Our Church was born in the Upper Room when the Holy Spirit of God came down and filled the disciples.

People may not agree... they may scoff... they may mock... what I say is this (and I have said it in other posts): It's a free country and you can believe whatever you want. In fact, you can continue to believe the earth is flat -- it won't make it any less round.

Answer 5

uhhhhhhhh
noo
how is he Bible "incomplete"
its the Word of God
ITs Perfect
you kinda have to be religious and study the Bible to understand it
The Old Testament is the Prophesy of the Prophets and everything. The New Testament is when all the Prophesy came true through Jesus Christ.

Answer 6

About as INCOMPLETE as the CATHOLIC BISHOPS that put it together for it is THEY who chose the books you now READ in every sect of the Roman religion of Christianity, though some omit a few they chose.

"Rome's" Christianity and of present day, has nothing to do with the Christianity of the first century in Greece, of which was inspired by the Apostles and disciples of Jesus.

Answer 7

The Bible is only a pale reflection of the Word of God.
And it is true that much has been left out.

Again, in the final analysis, it is between you and God.

Answer 8

The explanation is..God is perfect but man is not...There are no contradictions in the Bible...The Bible is complete because in the end we win and live happily ever after...

Answer 9

Well Rob, The Bible has probably missed out on how to make chocolate muffins etc but it has everything you need to enjoy both life and the muffins to the full

Answer 10

The Bible is as complete as complete as complete can be.

There are no contradictions.
God is perfect.
The Bible is the ultimate guide book.

God Bless

Answer 11

I don't know about all that you've listed but I think it's incomplete because our history, our being, is incomplete. We're still here, we're still doing, being, learning... so how can our sacred texts be complete?