the whole bible is filled with WHAT jesus said. But from nowhere we know HOW he said it...and to interpretate words of a person, isn't it vitally important to know HOW a person says things?\n\nwhen i'm really drunk, i can say things like " i'm gonna turn this water into wine" ..nobody will believe me, but if i wrote it down and publiced it, nobody will ever know HOW i told those words. i'm not saying jesus was drunk, this is just an example...\n\nis this the reason that various people have various interpretation of bibletexts?
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Ask a decent question!
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There is MUCH private interpretation, because people don't wait on God to give them revelation of what the scripture means. God told us not to lean to our understanding. A lot of people think they know what the Bible means because they've got education, but God doesn't care how much schooling. Remember the aposltles and prophets didn't go to "seminary" school.....they were taught by Jesus. Christians shouldn't even be cursing people out, because that's not Christ-like....yes they are hypocrites.
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wow,someone is actually reading the bible right.i actually see the same thing.check this out.when jesus was praying in the garden of gethsemine,if he be the only god everyones cracking him up to be.why would he go thru all the trouble to pray to himself????dosnt sound like sense to me.daaaaaaaaaah.why does he always say "he only does what he see his father do.hhhmmmm.is this the higher being that every body heard at jesus'baptism.quote "behold this is my beloved son whome i am well pleased".this must be the guy who jesus referrs to as father.isnt this a trip.wow!!!!!!!!!!!
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No-one really knows what they're talking about, because everything these people know has been told to them by somebody else. They dont have the ability to think for themselves so they adopt someone else's belief system. Yes, a lot more crap went on back in the day, but people change what the bible means to humanity to suit their own needs at that time, which is why beliefs keep changing. Even the New testament was written by a bunch of people who never even knew Jesus. So you or I could just as easily write another new testament and go and call that the bible.
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Every answer that requires some objectivity requires a legitimate source.  For Christians, it is the bible. We belive that the bible is God's word.  Unfortunately, so many people with a myriad of agendas may use the bible to justify personal beliefs instead of sharing God's word as the way it is to be interpreted.  Of course, as texts are translated some meaning is lost and sometimes texts reflect a culture or time period it was written but underlying priciples and wisdom do not change.  So when tel-evangelist make stupid statements or when Christians intent on arguing or converting people say stuff, do not let this ignorance be reflected in you opinion of God's word. Please understand that any ignorant person can use any religious text for deviant purposes.
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I don't think that people understand his message and they take it way out of proportion. I saw a show on TV that says everything in the bible isn't true because back then no one could read or write anyways. Personally, I don't believe in the whole crock of it.
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Dear Lupis_Noctum,\n\nI view myself as a Christian Moderate, and I recognize parts of the Bible as being literal and parts as being idiomatic and parts as being allegorical.\n\nI use exactly the same methodology that I use in reading any book. As you know, even in day to day speech, we use language and sentences that are sometimes literal, sometimes idiomatic and sometimes allegorical.\n\nSo I am not being inconsistent with day to day use of language when I understand the Bible similarly. (I use the historic-geographic-cultural method of understanding the Bible).\n\nCordially,\nJohn\nhttp://www.GodSci.org
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Because we have the Bible now. God speaks specifically to us and confirms it in His Word. There is nothing more that God wants to say to us beyond what Jesus already said. That is, to not ignore your eternal destiny and take advantage of His free gift of salvation through His Son.
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I don't think it's a question of whether or not one believes in the bible.  The bible's existence should not some into question, it does exist, The more important question is how it is interpreted by people.  Is it the actual word of God (a relatively modern concept bought about by the church in reaction to scientific advances of the 18th century, prior to this it was not seen as the true word of God)  Is it human accounts of ture events in history, or is it allegorical stories, written to demonstrate the concepts of the christian faith.  I believe, personally, that it is a combination of the last two.. I am not christian, but I do believe that Christ existed, though I don't know what he was, I do believe that he was a wonderful spiritual man, with many wonderful ideas, but I do think that some bible stories are written to demonstrate the tenets of the christian faith, and may not have been actual events.  I don't think that the bible is the actual word of God, I don't think God would have contradicted himself as much as the bible contradicts itself, and there are alot of human constructs in there, I don't mean this as an insult to anyone's faith, I don't think it lessens the bible's importance, but I cannot believe that it is God's own words.  I believe that some of the things the bible say's are good and true and everyone can learn from the bible, Jesus said some amazing things, and sometimes it seems that the churches ignore Jesus, who said the meek shall inherit the earth, and yet the catholic church is disgustingly wealthy, I don't mean to sound like a religious nut here, I'm not religious at all, but I do have respect for what Jesus had to say, So whilst I don't believe everything the Bible says, I do believe that the bible exists as part allegory, and part history, and mainly as a very heavy book found in most hotel rooms.
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GodShew, could you please enlighten me (and hopefully other Christians) as to what Bible you are referring to when you come up with your questions/answers/comments. Sometimes you Bless ppl in the name of God, and sometimes it almost seems as though you are cursing His Word. Although this comment may seem offensive to you, that is not what I want to accomplish. I just truly want to know, where do you stand on the TRUE Word of God?\n\nWhy do you sometimes speak in "code?" If demons are putting this in your head, you are responsible for rebuking them. Since you know SOME truths about God's Word (even though many times you twist it, as is a characteristic of Satan and his demons), you are responsible for your actions, as it is my responsibility as a Christian to tell you that.
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The Bible is the Inspired Word of God.\n\nI have read nothing about Oral rumors to follow.\n\nNo. I didn't "learn" about Jesus orally, first.\n\nI learned OF, Jesus first.
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It depends. I spoke to our Parish priest about that, (^_^) and he said that it was INSPIRED in the prophets who wrote it, so in reality it was not really what Jesus exactly says (or said).\n \n(^_^)
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"...can it be backed up with scripture?"\n\nCertainly not; it's not Scriptural.  It's a pseudo-religious phrasing of an old conservative attitude.
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It's baloney! (Bologna for you German members :) They can say Jesus walked on Ice, rather than Water. They can say that Jesus asked Judas to betray him. They can say anything they want and even back it up with their scientific propaganda but what they can never change is faith and Christianity. It states in the Bible that nothing should be taken away or added to His Word, I'm stickin' to that.
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Contrary to what a lot of Englightened people on here will have you think, the Bible isn't just for scholars or spinners. If it is true, the Bible is God's Word to man, then I think it is safe to take the book at face value assuming that most people were quite illiterate at the time of its first use. \n\nGod would not make his only word to man undicipherable to all, save the rich intellects of the world. This seems like the biggest, most obvious trap, out there! The rich have the key to salvation, but of course they do! The rich Europeans, to take it even further and make it better! Give me a flippin break. This is getting stupid.\n\nThis is one of the major "flaws" in the entire idea of the Bible being God's Word. Does God not know that most people on Earth are hardly literate, can't understand Hebrew or Aramic, and by inspiring a 3,000 plus page text, he has put the salvation of nearly everyone on earth in the hands of a very few who can actually READ who came from Europe and were bent on ruling the world at all cost??! Impossible for God to do such a thing to 90% of the rest of his own creation!\n\nSo, read the Bible just as it comes to you. Yes, God asked God why he forsakened himself. That is the surface interpretation, no spin. Unless your parents could afford to send you to private school, where they teach you how to spin, I mean interpret the Bible, or unless you were born into Christianity where there are churches all around you that teach these spin techniques, you would never know that when you read page 2,198 in the Bible, that it is ACTUALLY refering to page 1,328 which REALLY means what page 498 said in the third paragraph referring to page 20.\n\nThe logical or face understanding of the text, is that God called out to himself(strange indeed), in a manner that seemed  much like begging of himself to help himself. It's ridiculous.
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Paul SAYS Jesus said this, but it isn't anywhere to be found in the Gospels.  Possibly Jesus never said it, or maybe Paul made it up; Or, possibly, one of the hundreds of "editors" of the bible thought it was a nice sentiment and added it.
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You cannot expect to read the bible and understand it unless you are guided by the holy spirit to understand. All other should go to bible school and be taught by scholars of christianity.\n\nIn Gen 6:3 we read a remark. In laymans terms "My spirit will not be in man because he is corrupt. His days will be limited."\nHe says this after witnesses Angels (Sons of God) mixing with (daughters of man) and seeing the result. Was he talking about the Nephilim or natural man? Maybe upon using the phrase "They will (instead of shall) live to be..." meant that in the end days the years would be limited to 120? In Gen 11 we read recorded history of the lifetime of different individuals. Notice in the Bible that most recorded lifespans are referring to the timeline of Jesus. Maybe only Hebrews were living longer than Gentiles. Laws written in the past have been modified.\n-------------------------------\nSingers? How is this relative to the Salvation of Mankind. Under stand that unless you have the original ancient Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic transcripts we can only argue the possibilty that among the many scholars there was a typo.  \n---------------------------------------------\nOne version called the Wycliffe New Testament Says:\n(18) And this Judas had a field of the hire of wickedness, and he was hanged, and burst apart the middle [And forsooth this wielded a field of the hire of wickedness, and he hanged, burst apart the middle], and all his entrails were shed abroad. \n----\nPoint of the matter is that he killed himself. He will never see heaven. \n------------------------------------\nDeny Divinity? He didn't deny divinity at this point. He was speaking with a young rich man who had done good all his life. He thought that just being good was enough. He spoke to Jesus calling him good Teacher, but Jesus, making a point, said that only God is good (excellent, first class, first rate). He never made himself out to be superior to God. \nMatthew 26:63-64\n(63)But Jesus remained silent. The high priest said to him, "I charge you under oath by the living God: Tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God."\n(64)"Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied. "But I say to all of you: In the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven." \nJohn 1:14\nThe Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.\nJohn 8:54\nJesus replied, "If I glorify myself, my glory means nothing. My Father, whom you claim as your God, is the one who glorifies me.\n-----------------------------------\nAre you argueing that God is or is not Jesus.\nJesus is and is not God.  Let me give you an example me and my wife are one. God unified us to depend on each other as 1 government of the family. In this way The Father, Son and Holy Spirit together are one deciding unit. Some call it The Trinity. \n\n1 John 5\n(7)For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. \n\nJesus says:\nJohn 1:1-3\nIn the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made.\nGod says:\nGenesis 1:26\nThen God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."\n---------------------------\nALSO\n- trust in God: Trust in me also\n- If you hate me you hate my father also\n-I am The Way, The Truth and The Life, no Man Cometh unto the Father but through Me.\n--------------------------\ngod thank another GOD. (There is only one GOD)\nJesus was sent in the flesh. He was sent as the Son Of God. The Son thanke