What is your view of the Bible?
By Hope
@1hopefulman (45120)
Canada
March 1, 2016 4:58pm CST
Is the Bible the word of God?
Is the Bible only a book of good stories but nothing more?
Please share your view of the Bible?
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My personal belief is that it is the word of God and that it contains sound guidelines for our benefit. The information in it helps us to cope with the present life and gives us the hope of everlasting life in a better world.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
3 Mar 16
@rosekiss Wonderflu! I have a weekly Bible reading schedule that is from 3-5 chapters. This week I have Esther chapters 1-5 to read and meditate on. 
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@rosekiss (30414)
• Eugene, Oregon
3 Mar 16
@1hopefulman By reading the Bible, I learn things new every day, and I am reading it for the third time through. I can read a certain pasage, and whwn I read it again, I will see something that I missed before. 
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
2 Mar 16
It is the inspired word of God, faithful to teach us both faith and life.
Jesus is the living Word.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
3 Mar 16
Glad you think that I asked some good questions. What kind of religious school did you attend? If I may ask, why have you stopped reading the Bible?
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
6 Mar 16
@DianneN Thanks for sharing your background. I worked for 40 years for companies owned by Jewish people and many thought I was Jewish and where I live there are many different synagogues. I used to own Jewish Bible and it very much like the Christan Bible. Th Jewish Bible has 39 books and the Christian Bible has the same 39 plus another 27.
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@DianneN (247184)
• United States
5 Mar 16
@1hopefulman I attended Sunday school, Hebrew School through Hebrew High School, and am Jewish. I also had a Bat Mitzvah. I don't feel the need to read the Bible anymore, although I pray morning and evening in both Hebrew and English. My Bible was quite different from those who have commented.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
3 Mar 16
Wonderful! Is there any particular account that you find hard to understand? Do you have a question about something in the Bible?
Is there any particular account that you find hard to understand? Do you have a question about something in the Bible?1 person likes this
@AnneEJ (4917)
• Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, Quebec
2 Mar 16
I believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God, and our guidebook to live by. I have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and since He is the author of the Book, I believe every word of it. It is just as important for us to read and study it every day, as it is for us to partake of our natural food. It shows us how to live and how to be ready for Heaven.
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@buenavida (9984)
• Sweden
6 Mar 16
The Bible tells about God's plan with the earth, how he will restore the paradise, like was his plan from the beginning. Many prophecies are already fulfilled and some we see being fulfilled right before our eyes. He teaches us how to follow his ways of love. We really need his advice all the time..
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
7 Mar 16
So true! It is the best book ever written. Actually it is a collection of books, like a mini library that contains the most valuable information that mankind vitally and desperately needs.
@cherigucchi (14876)
• Philippines
2 Mar 16
I am not much of a Bible reader but I try to when I have the chance
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@HebrewGreekStudies (1646)
• Canada
9 Mar 16
I read the Bible cover to cover twice a year-to some that sounds like a lot, but I actually read very slowly. I think it important to get a contextual understanding of the book in this manner, and to prayerfully think about what is written, or there may be a natural temptation to create our own ideas and read them into the text. To some extent that still happens even with the most pure intentions, but that is another reason why it must be both read (the actual Writings) and studied (thought about), because as one goes on, in a teachable state of mind, they will learn.
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