I have been a backslidden christian for almost 3 years. A lot of things in my life have made me so negative about who God is.How many of you believe the bible to be true?
The bible is the Word of God, in John 1:1 He says that He is the Word...
He also says I am the Way , the Truth and the Life...
God is a man that shall not lie, God is the only One Who does not lie, so why would you choose to believe anything else ?
What has made you so negative about God, did a person that was dear to you die ?
You know already that it is God Who decides when a person is born and when they die, so why would you be upset about God's decisions, they are always the best decisions, because God can see far beyond what we can comprehend ...How many of you believe the bible to be true?
The Bible contains truth.
It cannot, in its entirety, be believed to be true because of any number of inconsistencies, contradictions and errors of fact (that's before we get onto moral and theological lapses, God's vindictiveness towards his enemies, and so forth). Anyone who thinks they believe that the Bible is true is deluded.
True in what sense?
That is kind of an ambiguous statement. I believe that Orwell's Animal Farm is true in its representation of the Communist Revolution, but I certainly don't believe that a group of talking animals overran a farm in England. I believe that the Iliad is based on the actual siege of Troy and that it represents all kinds of psychological and social truths, but I don't believe that it was meant to convey history.
The Roman Emperor Constantine produced the bible and he was a pagan not god!!! He also organized Christianity into the Holly Roman Catholic Church!! Not in Israel or any of the countries of supposed origin but entirely Italian!!
Not one word of it is contemporary with the period and was not written until many years after the period the story is set in!!
What a wonder full disinformation and deception campaign he waged against his Christian enemies - so good in fact that Christians are still following the deception to this day!!!
I believe the Bible is mythology and written by man, just like other scriptures and stories from religions around the world.
That's not meant to be a put-down of it. Mythology is great, it has hidden wisdom and spiritual inspiration in it. It explains things that are complex and otherwise hard to grasp so that it really permeates our subconscious.
So it is true in a sense; or at least it contains elements of truth, like the Greek myths and the Vedas are true. But I do not believe it is literal history, nor do I believe it is was revealed to us by a Higher Power of any kind.
I do!!!! Jesus does,
Luk 24:44 And he said unto them, These [are] the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and [in] the prophets, and [in] the psalms, concerning me.
IT is all truth in the bible. You will have to go back to your first love which is Jesus. He is the way, the truth and the life, in Him there is no variableness nor shadow of turning. Get in your bible preferably the Amplified Version.
Nope, it is clear from all the evidence that the Bible is only partially a historical document and everything prior to the Kingdom of David is myth.
Yes, Adam came from dirt, Eve came from his rib and a talking serpent tempted Eve to eat an apple that caused all of us to suffer.
And, Noah gathered two pairs of every species from around the globe before a flood created by God came.
How could you not??!!!!!
I dont. The Old Testament is just stories passed down by oral tradition until someone wrote it down. my mommy told me santa was real when i was a kid, and that doesnt make it true. Also, besides the four gospel writers there is only one other writen proof that someone names Jesus of Nazareth even existed. So we are supposed to take the word of four men who believed that their friend was god??? are you kidding me???
I think the Bible is a man-made text on basic morality- not the direct word of God for He is all-loving and the Bible expresses hate which is ungodly and limited to human conception
I don't believe it is literally true, but even as an atheist, I think there is some truth to be found in the bible. ';Love thy neighbor';, good advice. ';The love of money is the root of all evil';, once again, good to know.
I haven't read the whole thing yet. Only parts of it in my Lit. class.
But as far as I know the bible is a bunch of stories.
But I plan to read the whole thing one day, I don't want to be an ignorant atheist.
The Bible is Absolute Truth. Without a standard absolute, we don't have a basis for morals - knowledge of what is right and wrong!
I used to, but I haven't in some time. While some of it may have some basis in history, it's certainly not 100% true.
i trust its content more than any other work of literature ... i try to be open to translation mistakes but theres some good stuff in it ..
Most of the more interesting things in it are probably false.
edit: we can detect oxygen with many different instruments. We can see it with an electron microscope. If we put an animals into a space without oxygen it suffocates. etc. etc.... just because we can't see oxygen with the naked eye doesn't mean we don't have countless methods to prove it's there.
I do not.
I don't agree with the bible. If there is a God, I think they have it all wrong.
Not me.
I am only interested in what can be substantiated with evidence.
ETA: There is evidence for oxygen. We know what it is, what it's made from, what it's physical and chemical properties are.
nope
Not I.
Yes. Jesus IS The Living Word! (John 1:1). Get back with Him! He's still waiting for you!