The Validity of the Bible
This thread is intended to be a discussion/debate thread, and was sparked by a Bible discussion/side-tangent we were having within another thread. Although I
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Validity of Bible?
Here's an angle you could take on this:
If we see the Bible as a recipe book. Then by following the instructions within it we can test the accuracy by the taste of the bread we bake. If we can bake genuine 'Love of God' with the recipe then it must still be fairly accurate (enough to do the job). If not then there must be a problem somewhere? |
The book "The Sins of Scripture: Exposing the Bible's Texts of Hate to Reveal the God of Love" by Spong gives an excellent argument for why the Bible cannot be taken by Christians as something divinely inspired. Most of his arguments are the traditional historical ones (many different versions of the books of the Bible exist, which ones were included in the final text was a man-made decision, and the text of the Bible was written by humans), but his strongest argument is that a God of Love would not have written many of the offensive verses in the Bible. These texts can definitely be set down as the work of aspiring but flawed human-beings.
So this is basically to say that I agree with DASA. Btw, Spong is an Anglican bishop. Quote:
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"Propoganda"? Because each of the Gospel writers had a different target audience they wanted to convert ... I don't remember exactly who was writing for whom, but the Gospels are clearly adjusted to appeal to the Greeks, Romans, Hebrews, and [another group]. I've heard this from many sources, but primarily from my liberal Christian boyfriend, and a fundementalist Christian friend (pretty much spans the spectrum!).
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Sorry to hear about your experiences with fundementalist Christianity! I'm glad that you came out wanting to question, explore, etc.
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I find it very interesting that the "how" wasn't ever discussed. This article talks about the doctrine of divine inspiration: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_inspiration Quote:
The problem with this is that it doesn't say *how* the Holy Spirit superintended the writing of the Bible, and the final statement (that this eliminated variations in style) is not actually born out by the Bible itself. Scholars have found lots of stylistic variation. Also, as far as specific concerns go -- I'm hoping to hear more about Poppies research into Eve ... Space Man references that, and now I'm curious to read more! Have you written about it on this forum, Poppies? |
This is from an article Poppies linked to in the "Nature of Jesus" discussion:
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Source: http://mb-soft.com/believe/txw/wordcros.htm What first struck me upon reading this was the question, "Are there really people who believe that the English translation is inerrant? Why?" I'm wondering if the assumption is that the translators were guided by G-d/the Holy Spirit as well? Anyone have any thoughts on this? |
[quote=Elen0Sila]The problem with this is that it doesn't say *how* the Holy Spirit superintended the writing of the Bible
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