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the Bible...
Nostromoo:
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so the Bible is not "God's book"... its the peoples book, and those who wrote it may had gotten wrong informations... so why shall a christian follow the Bible, when its not even God who wrote it?
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The Bible is about God and is a history of the world and how God created it, and in that sense is a Holy Book.
Christians should by definition believe the Bible as otherwise they're not Christians. i.e. You don't just decide one day to be a Christian and then start to read the Bible to find out what it says, you read the Bible first and if you understand and believe it you join your chosen religion.
Whether or not the Bible contains "wrong information" it's really up to you to determine that for yourself. God did not proof read the Bible and as the chapters were written by normal people they may have made normal mistakes so it could contain errors. However, you can use various historical sources to cross reference Biblical stories and make a decision as to whether or not they are true. Also, you have to assume that people who wrote the original religious texts had good intentions and were not deliberatly trying to mislead people by lying to them. So they would have tried their best to be accurate. In the end religion is about faith and there is no proof of the existance of a God so the question you really need to ask is "Do you believe the stories are correct?"
To be honest one should never claim to be a Christian without reading the Bible (and the same goes for other religions and their related religious texts) because you're just being told to believe something that may or may not be correct. For example, where was Jesus born? In a stable perhaps? But where in the Bible does it actually say he was born in a stable? Almost all Christians seem to go around with the belief that there was "no room at the inn" and thus Jesus was born in a stable but this is not mentioned in the Bible. So don't accept things at face value just because someone tells you something is true.
Nostromoo:
Google strikes again...found this info:
The Origin and Meaning of the Word Bible
The word Bible is a literal translation of the Greek word biblos (inner bark of the papyrus plant). Many ancient writings were on rolls of papyrus from which comes the word “paper.” Such a roll was called a biblion and contained only one book. The plural of biblion is biblia, which passed over into Latin as singular and came to mean Bible.
So "Bible" literally means a collection of paper rolls or ancient books.
Sikotic™:
True, Gid didn't write it with his own hand or nuthin, but he inspired and influenced those who wrote it. SO pretty much they were writing what he wanted them to.
Maestro Minded:
--- Quote ---True, Gid didn't write it with his own hand or nuthin, but he inspired and influenced those who wrote it. SO pretty much they were writing what he wanted them to.
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but theres alotta contradictions in the Bible... so obviously the authors didnt have connection with God when writing it, because else they wouldnt claim one thing on page one, and deny it on page 4
Sikotic™:
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but theres alotta contradictions in the Bible... so obviously the authors didnt have connection with God when writing it, because else they wouldnt claim one thing on page one, and deny it on page 4
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Contradictions?
Please list them
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