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No one can live as the bible askes.... we are all sinners... that is where grace comes in.... I the beging was the word and the word was God... so yes we beleive the bible i nits interty as it is written... We will never be who god what us to be... it is impossible

I take the bible as a whole Old Testament and New Testament King James Version, yes even though my own toes get stepped on by the word frequently, it is still a learning and growing experience for me and I hope to continue learning and growing to be a better person each and every day until I die and move on to be with Jesus.

Strangely, everybody has made good points here. But which is true and which is false?

The Apostle Paul writing to Timothy wrote:

16 All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work.

Either that is true, or it is not true. Can we agree on one or the other?

If it is not true why have so many millions of people wasted their lives down the centuries copying it as professional scribes translators and teachers, and why have so many died defending it? Why is it the worlds most widely distributed book translated into something like 2,000 languages? There must be something about this book wriiten by Jews that is very important surely?

Maybe we should all read it again with open minds to find out what its about?

Is it historically accurate? The religious hypercrits of Jesus day did not like to hear what Jesus or his apostles had to say at all, so we read:

(Luke 19:39-40) 39 However, some of the Pharisees from the crowd said to him: “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” 40 But in reply he said: “I tell YOU, If these remained silent, the stones would cry out.”

Do the stones cry out? Yes they do. Countless millions have travelled the middle east to view the abundance of archeological evidence that the cities and civilisations recorded in the Bible are actually there--- AND in spite of the sceptics and the criics---- Yes they are!

Does the Bible expect you to swallow every thing down as factual everything your local minister of priest says without question? No it does not!

(1 John 4:1) 4?Beloved ones, do not believe every inspired expression, but test the inspired expressions to see whether they originate with God, because many false prophets have gone forth into the world.

But does the Bible tell us what the future will be even after we die?
Yes it does, but it does not make it easy. The greatest teacher of all time could not convince the Jewish nation that their God would permit his holy city to be destroyed by Roman armies.
But now that is also a fact of history written in stone on mount Zion in Jerusalem and in the Roman forum on a stone frieze high up on the Arch of Titus. Jesus prophesy was indeed fulfilled 36 years after his death.

But the above is only a thumb nail of the masses of evidence contained in this much maligned book.
But are those who do not believe, are you prepared to change your view point?
And those of you who say you do believe, are you prepared to cleans yourselves from false religious stories and practices inserted by false teachers in sheeps clothing? Are you prepared to supply accurate factual knowledge to your listeners?

3 This means everlasting life, their taking in knowledge of you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent forth, Jesus Christ. John 17

Yes, the bible was written by man, and inspired by the christian version of god, but spiritual truth is subjective to the individual. That is why belief is so critical. Don't talk about truth and god in the universal objective sense. How many people have to die before we learn that?

The bible was written by humans about incidents that happened many centuries ago. The information was conveyed from one generation to the other and so the stories became distorted and unbelievable. If you whisper something in someone's ear and they in turn whisper in another person's year, the story changes as it proceeds down the line and so I believe has happened with the stories in the bible. Of course, religious people would call this statement blasphemous.

The BIBLE was written by people inspired by GOD. How would explain different people writing the same story from their point of view and not having any thing not agreeable with the other? (new testament) The prophets from the old testament that prophecies the future and was right on?

I take the Bible as a whole.... With the undersanding that it is an old text with many translations and translators. i beleive the God gives me disernment so I may better understand his will and His word... I am not the type to take the word of others .... about ANYTHING.

Just because something is written doesn't make it true. I'm tall and handsome. Unfortunately, that last statement isn't true either.

Very well thank you... It is amazing.

It is not that I am disinterested.. I am anal... I have to research, and understand before I can except others iterpritation. And I rather like myself. But thanks for playing.

ahhh, the world is filled with ignorance, fear and DEBATE. i just want to understand; the world were living is has so so so many religions from small ones to big ones, for example indians believe that hundreds of gods exist, each for a specific purpose, islam and christianity believe in one god, chinese believe in budhhas, i mean seriuosly were talking about GOD,the creator of the whole world, it's not a game, so do we fill our lives by debating that our god is this and your god is this, you bring me miracles and texts, the other brings you the same. but then again what's the point of arguenig your going to tell me it's faith, well keep telling yourself it's faith, but all i see it as, believing what you want to believe. ummm, also i've been talking about this with my parents arguing wether jesus is the son of god or just another prophet, as far as i can remember i see god as a great creator, and having a son just makes that whole greatness image of god distorted, but i guess i'll do my research more.

"What is written," is a pretty broad statement.   Generally speaking, just because a thing is written does not necessarily mean it is the truth.  Nothing written in books are written in cement, their ideas evolve may even inspire others, to their own revelations or ideas.  If you are refering to Bibles all the more challenge it, what does it mean what doesn't it mean, squeeze it for all it has to offer, beyond the literial.  For a word clothes or represents a conscious idea and it is this idea we seek to hear.

After all it is just a marvelous book of Advanced Physics, full of formulas seeking solutions, though they just happen to be verbal formulas, called metaphors, parables and such.  Each and every one embodies its own solution and in the understanding guide the way to a practical application in everyday living.  To Understand it is to hear its inspiring Spirit therein.  The truth is the Spirit is never stagnated by the histories of men who ever seek to imprison it, but it is ever progessive in the evolving consciousnesses of men form Age to Age.      

I hear what you are saying. First off I believe in God and Jesus 100%. However,the bible was written by man and the church picked and choose what was going to be in and out of the bible. But my faith in God allows me to accept that certain things in and out of the bible might not be totally accurate but his unconditional love will pardon me if I ask for forgiveness of my sins and mistakenly believe or disbelieve parts of the bible.

I think there is an old saying that goes something like this: Believe nothing that U hear, half what is written, and all that U see. Is this right guys?

As a historian, I look at documents and try to place them in context by getting as many primary documents as I can find concerning any specific thing. The problem with bibles as we know them today, is that they are not primary documents. The original documents were written in old languages. If I was a Christian, I would learn those written languages and analyze the primary documents where they could be found. With those two issues at hand, the answer is no - unless you take into consideration who the documents were written for, when they were written, and why they were written. Too often, people grab things out of today's bibles and have no idea the context in which they were written, and try to prove points with the quotes. My specialty is the history of science and technology. If I take a dim view of single entries in any primary or secondary document without searching for more, that is the reason. The biblical events are great starting points for discovery, but I want to know a lot more about each story before I take anything as fact.

HELLO EVERY ONE
WHAT WOULD WE DO IF THERE WERE NO GOD?.SO NOW YOU ARE YOUR ON god.YOU CAN LIVE LIFE LIKE YOU WANT TO.NOW EVERY ONE IS gods.WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THE WOULD. CAN EVERY ONE BE IN CHARGE. CAN YOU CREATE LIFE CAN YOU BE EVERY WERE AT THE SAME TIME,CAN YOU MAKE DAY TURN TO NIGHT,CAN YOU MAKE THE SEASONS,CAN YOU STOP THE RAIN FROM FLOWLING, CAN YOU STOP THE SUN FROM SHININNG.SO WITH YOUR ON POWER YOU AWAKE TO GO TO WORK.BUT THERE IS A PROBLEM. YOU DONT HAVE A JOB .WHY? BECOUSE EVERY ONE ARE gods.NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM,ALL gods AND NO SERVENT LEADER,OR WORKERS.WHO IS GOING TO WORK THE LAND CAN YOU CREATE LIFE.JOHN 9 VS 4 JEASUS SAID I MUST WORK THE WORKS OF HIM THAT SENT ME, WHILE IT IS DAY:THE NIGHT COMETH,WHEN NO MAN CAN WORK.I BELIEVE THISSSS.

HI THERE MOTHERBEE ,WE ARE ALL ENTITELD TO HOW WE LOOK AND THINK ABOUT THINGS ,I DO NOT THINK IT IS BLASPHEMOUS AND IF RELIGIOUS PEOPLE DO THATS THEY WAY THEY THINK ABOUT IT!!!!! GREETZ

You got to understand god knows were not perfect. we have to do the best we can and and ask god forgive us for our sins that we know and not know.