Do you believe everything in the bible?
By blue65packer
@blue65packer (11826)
United States
December 6, 2009 7:51pm CST
I don't! I think most of the old testament is stories that never happened or were true in some ways but totally overblown! I do believe God made the earth but it took him more then 6 days or 144 hours! Maybe a day to Him was 1 million years? How else do you explain the dinasours and the age of the earth for examples? The story of Joshua doesn't fit the time line at is in the bible. We never have found Mosess' grave.The ruins of the cities of Sodom and Gamora have never been found! Archaeology studies have proven that! I believe do must of the New Testament. I do believe Jesus came down to earth and was curified on the cross. Thank goodness I do! Other wise I'd more confused about religion then I used to be! Your opinion?
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16 responses
@FANCY1112 (29)
• China
7 Dec 09
I believe everything in the bible. The bible is the words of God. If you believe in God, you should believe the bible. We should thank for God giving us the bible--his words.
Hallelujah!
@blue65packer (11826)
• United States
7 Dec 09
You have the right to your own opinion but I don't feel the way you do.
@RyanneD (186)
• United States
7 Dec 09
I understand where you're coming from, Fancy, but I don't agree that you can't believe in God unless you believe the Bible word for word. I think the Bible is a story and it's meant to help us follow the word of God, but I don't take it literally. Kind of like Aesop's Fables; they all tell a story: a story not to be taken literally, but to teach a lesson. Although I do not expect you to agree with my view, that's how I see the Bible. It is a book, inspired by the authors' faith and belief in God to teach lessons on how one should live their life.
@cream97 (29086)
• United States
7 Dec 09
Hi, blue65packer. I do believe everything in the Bible. It is all true. I guess the reason why people can't find Moses's grave is because it was destroyed in the previous world. Archaeologists have found many discoveries for many centuries that are leading up to Jesus and his lifetime on earth. There was another world before the world that we are now in. For me to say that I don't believe everything in the Bible, is saying that I don't believe everything about God. He created the animals in one day. He can do that, he is that powerful!!! There is no man on earth that is more powerful than God, not even Superman Himself.
@RyanneD (186)
• United States
7 Dec 09
I respect your point of view immensely, Cream, but I noticed something in your post that I think makes you contradict yourself a little. You just compaired God to Superman. Superman, in no way, exists. He is a fictional character from a comic book. So maybe don't use Superman as a comparison to God in order to support your view. Just a suggestion. I do believe in God, so please don't think that I'm ridiculing your beliefs because that's not at all the case.
Acutally, although I don't believe the Bible word for word, I do believe that Jesus existed. As you mentioned they are finding more and more scientific proof of his existance. But he was just man. A self-less, respectable, kind, loving, and generous man who followed the word of God; a profit, but a man.
@edigital (2709)
• United States
7 Dec 09
I like to add that Jesus is true and then came Mohammad (SM) as a Prophet who also told Jesus (Isha Alaihe Salam) was also a Prophet and got divine book from God. But due to conflict between people that book they wrote as their own way to get benefit in this world so that was rejected by God and Quran came through Mohammad where there is a believing story about Jesus. God is unique and only supreme powered so he can make such a earth within 6 days that can believe. Quran also witness that earth space and inside the earth was made within 6 days.
@bubblicious0 (87)
• United States
8 Dec 09
I don't believe everything in the bible because it is just a book that supposed to carry out gods messagers which some are true and some are not true.one of the example would be that being g@y is a sin and guy hates it which isn't true because God loves us love and it doesn't matter if you are g@y or straight.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
13 Dec 09
I am really not sure what to believe these days. I know the Bible has been rewritten so many times and the wording has also been changed. I am not sure what is true in it anymore and what isn't.
@blue65packer (11826)
• United States
17 Dec 09
The older I get the more I don't know what to believe in anymore! Sometimes I wonder if there really is a God! Thanks for the response! Happy Mylotting!
@benny128 (3615)
•
7 Dec 09
personally no I don't,
the bible has been written re-written and re-written etc etc, it has also been translated into differing languages.
Realistically when books are translated things can get lost in translation or altered, also as people re-write books they may add bits take bits away or exagerate things, the more thimes books are re-written or updated more of the truth is lost.
The bible survives because people believe in god, whether there is concrete evidence of god is another question and I certainly ain't going to get into that question and have scriptures fired at me.
Personally speaking if the bible was right and there was only one god then the other holy books are fiction, or maybe one of the other holy books is the truth and the bible is fiction
who knows no one for sure does.
@blue65packer (11826)
• United States
8 Dec 09
Thank you for the great response! You are so right on everything said which I toldly agree with! Thanks!
@RyanneD (186)
• United States
7 Dec 09
There are two types of people when it comes to the reading the Bible: Literalists and Contextualists. The Literalist will take everything in the Bible literally. To them, everything happened EXACTLY as it was stated in the Bible -- no ifs, ands, or butts... Contextualists, on the other hand, look at the Bible as a story. A good story, that still has a significant meaning to them; a story that is meant to guide then on the path of how to live their lives; a story that was, indeed, inspired by the writers' strong beliefs and faith in the Holy Trinity, but a story non the less.
I'm not really what you would call super religious, but I have my own personal relationship with God. I attended private Catholic schools my entire life, so I've heard all there is to hear about the Bible and how it should be interpreted. I'm more of a Contextualist. I think that the many authors of the Bible were inspired by their faith, but I believe it's just a story to teach and inspire others.
As far as the Story of Creation conflicting with scientific facts... Well now that's a whole different discussion. You'll find people out there who KNOW that the earth was created just as it was told in the Bible (the Literalist), and then you have those who follow the Darwinism belief of evolution. Personally I don't see why they can't go hand in hand. Why is it seen as such an impossibility that God created the amoeba knowing that it would one day evolve into dinosaurs, and birds, and reptiles, and mammals and, finally, people? What if that was His master plan? There is scientific proof of evolution, so it just baffles me when Literalists can just shrug that off as being false because it doesn't follow the Bible to a T. But, that's their personal opinion and, even though I may not agree with it, I respect it completely.
@blue65packer (11826)
• United States
8 Dec 09
Excellent point of views! I really believe God created evolution! How else do you explain it? That is how I look at that! I went to Luthern grade school K thru 8th grade. I was told and tought to believe everything in the bible! I went to church,too. Not anymore! Theses are just are the few reasons I don't go to church anymore which could be a whole different discussion! Thanks for the response!
@overcomer_phoebe (100)
• Philippines
7 Dec 09
yes i believe everything in the Bible because it is the Word of God and it is written by the prophets, apostles, the man of God who are inspired by the HOly Spirit to write the things which are written now in the Bible. God is not a liar. so, we must believe His words written in the Bible.
@blue65packer (11826)
• United States
7 Dec 09
You have the right to your own opionion. I won't agrue with you.
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
7 Dec 09
No I don't believe--maybe due to my having a heavy science background (was a real science geek in school) I certainly don't believe say the Genesis story. If you take in account of the sciences of geology, anthropology, archeology, they would completely eradicate the creation concept in the bible. What one has to remember is that all cultures have some kind of creation story, and were told and written long before the science fields were known...it was their way of trying to understand and explain how life in general began
@blue65packer (11826)
• United States
7 Dec 09
Thank you for the response! That is one reason I don't believe in the bible! Alot has to do with science like you pointed out! Of course not everyone will believe that but everyone has a right to their own opinion!
@beatrizguiselle (1118)
• Spain
7 Dec 09
I think everything that is written in the bible is BS and I don´t mean to offend anyone here. Some might be true, but not that god made the earth and made humans etc etc... That´s impossible. Then where does science fit? I believe in human evolution and that we have evolved from monkeys and not from Adam and eve. I believe the earth was made when a piece of sun fell and dried.. blah blah blah, I could make this really long.
But to answer your question... NOT AT ALL. I
I believe religion is very mysterious and that the Vatican hides too many things from us... God knows if he really is up there that Religion based on him has tunrned more into bare politics... and bullocks in other words.
@RyanneD (186)
• United States
7 Dec 09
There are two different kids of people out there when it comes to interpreting the Bible: Literalists and Contextualists. The Literalist take the Bible literally. To them, EVERYTHING happened exactly as is written -- no ifs, ands, or butts... Contextualists, on the other hand, look at the Bible as a story. A good story, one that was inspired by the authors' strong belief and faith in God, a story that is meant to guide them on the right path of how to live their lives, a story that still has significant meaning to them and their faith, but a story non the less.
I'm not what you would call "super religious", but I have my own personal relationship with God. I attended private Catholic schools my entire life, so I've heard all there is to hear about the Bible and how it should be interpreted. I, personally, am a Contextualist. I think the Bible, while inspired by the authors' faith, is simply a story. But just because I feel that way doesn't mean that the Bible is less significant to me as it may be to a Literalist.
Now, as far as The Creation Story conflicting with scientific fact goes... Well that's just a completely different discusion is you ask me. Again, you'll have those people who KNOW, without a doubt in their minds, that the earth was created just as it states in the Bible, and that all of humanity started with Adam and Eve. Then you'll have those people who believe in evolution (myself being one of them). But what I don't understand is why both theories can't go hand in hand. Why is it seen as such a impossibility that God created the amoeba knowing that it would one day evolve into dinosaurs, birds, reptiles, mammals and, finally, humans? Why can't that have been His master plan? It just baffles me, that with all of the evolutionary proof out there, that Literalists can just shrug it off because that's not how it was written in the Bible. However, although I may not agree with with Literalist view, I respect it completely.
@blackflorinel (475)
• Romania
7 Dec 09
actualy i dont belive anything that the bible say's its a nother obstacle in human's evolution if the bible did noth exist i bet my life that in this day we war 1000 years more evolved becouse for the last 1000 years the only concern whe had is god god god and god and religion and war becouse of the jew's and war becouse of religion thinc about thouse years fild whit knoledge and evolution we al say that the bible is a holy thing and that we shold be carful to not be intimidated by the devil but actuali the bible is the devil's wepon :| that's my opinion
@zahidz (311)
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7 Dec 09
Well the question you asked is also the search i was doing some time before and i come find one good discussion with reference to bible. its was Dr. William Campbell discuss with some islamic scholar Dr. Zakir Naik. the discussion name was "Quran, bible and Science". its is available on many site including youtube also.hope it will help you to understand the things.one thing there are some thing which are according to muslim are explained by Dr.Zakir Naik because muslims also believe in bible so check the full discussion. it will be good for information for you.
@attyjdcenteno (68)
• Philippines
7 Dec 09
I do believe in the holy scriptures. If we believe on things based on our senses then the provisions on the Bible might not be true. Then if that would be the contention, "Love" also cannot be true, also as to "electricity", especially "other planets", and the "air".
My point is it doesn't mean that there are no archeological findings such stories in the Bible never occured. With due respect, the existence of Jesus Christ has already been prophecied in the old testament. What would make now the archeological findings which was depicted in the old testament.
I am of the belief that all the teachings in the Bible is true whether it be the old or new testament. This is because the Bible are the collection of accounts of each person starring in it, from moses to Jesus up to the 12 apostles.
Note: the teachings in the Bible cannot just be understood and it is not meant that way, as has been provided in the Bible it is "mysteriously hidden". We need to make connection to each verse in order to really understand it. Like the 6 days creation, the meaning of day does not mean the same as what we understood today. Just like travelling through space, there is another definition of days in astronomy.
@soledadclickz (1106)
• Philippines
7 Dec 09
Hi. I believe in Christianity but I have never read the Bible in its entirety. i studied high school in a Catholic school. There, I was educated not to interpret the Bible "literally." The interpretation depends on a case-to-case basis as the stories were presented to inspire, educate, and warn us.
@dragon1t3 (47)
• Indonesia
7 Dec 09
well, history is written by the hands of the winner.
and as far as i know, bible consist of books that's been arranged and approved by vatican. so there's more books that doesn't fit to the bible according them.
the books that's been approved believed to raise the reader's christianity spirit.
from my point of view, we can't read the bible and just accept it. we have to read it very carefully, think about it, and find the meaning inside the word. and not just taken it literally.
i do agree, that some part of the bible is still confusing, but maybe it's just me :D