Is the bible true? "Holy men of old, spake as they were moved by the Spirit of God." Ist Peter 1:21-well ?????
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the bible is true  ,for me ,i believe god is mind ,thought love even ego that lies within all of us ,for man to think ,logus comes from god ,when i see anyone i see god ,not the god but the iam god is giving us each to be\nthus yes the holy [and yes even the not] all have that of god within,that we do to the least we do to god\nwe shall know our leader because he will be the servant to all of us\nour bodies are warm because god ,love truth  ie god gives us life\nthat life ,animus is from god\nthrough him you believe in him that i am is being  who raise man from the dead of the flesh into the life of man and man glory so in that glory of him ,so your fath and hope are in god\nby obeying the truth and the way you have sincere love for your brothers and sisters ,love one and other deeply  ,from your heart\nthe pure white throne of god,\nset ther prisoners free ,feed the world ,love one and other as i have loved you.\nsee he see the father \nlove the least who yet is greater than john the baptiser.
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Seems that every person walking has a slightly different view of the Scriptures than anyone else. You're no different. Neither am I.\n\nUnlike you, I do believe that every word of the Bible is true. God's word would be way too important for Him to let it get distorted.\n\nLike you, however, I wonder A LOT about the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, and what it really meant for humanity. \n\nSince the Bible says, "If you believe in your heart and confess with your mouth that God has raised Him (Jesus)from the dead, thou shalt be saved." AND it also says, "Every knee will bow, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.", it sure sounds to me like everyone will be saved because of Jesus Christ's work on the cross.\n\nI just don't know and I continue to think about it. I know it is totally against everything I've been taught as a Christian, but Martin Luther thought on his own too, thank God.\n\nAnyway, that's where I am today in my faith walk, and I pray that you and I both can get peace with this issue.
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well, you have to keep in mind that the stories in the bible are probably misconstrued. if i tell you a story, and you tell it someone else, etc, eventually its going to change somewhat. now, those stories are from 2000 years ago or more, back when the only ppl that could write were the richest most powerful ppl. and the first thing that the bible teaches us is that man is flawed. so, wouldnt it make sense to think that those stories are at least a little bit incorrect from how they started? as in jesus asking why he was forsaken. we dont have any real evidence that it happened. \n\nthat all said, i think that the idea of the holy spirit was what god used when he needed to intervene in human affairs, without having a corporeal form.
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The Bible speaks of spirits. Is that not ghosts?
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It makes sense, but what about the Old Testament times when there was no Grace (in the sense of Christ)?\n\nThose people couldn't follow His law perfectly, either. The Old Testament speaks of those who were considered righteous by God because they believed. Not necessarily because they did the right things all the time. Look at David - he broke every one of the 10 Commandments! Saving grace wasn't part of the equation then - at least not the way we understand it from the Gospels. \n\nBut since God still loved the righteous (believers), I suppose you could consider that Grace. It becomes a matter of semantics. It just makes me wonder why - if He intended to provide saving grace from His law - He couldn't have just explained the gospel of grace to those people?
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I don't know much about the bible but, the book of Revalations seems to be falling in place. If you are not saved, you might want to get right before it is too late!!!!
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The bible was written by human beings, so who is to say that any of it is true? Show me something tangible, and not just something that is written down by people, who for all we know, could have just been yankin our chains. As for priests, pastors and the like, every one of them has their own interpretation of the bible, so if you believe, why in the world would you need someone to be a "relay" from you to god??? I don`t know how many times I have heard the saying, "god hears all prayers", so why go to church to have the priest or whoever, tell you what is what, when you could do it in the privacy of your own home, and I will even answer that as well, $$$$$$$, have any of you ever checked out how much the catholic church is worth, tunzamoney, thats how much, not too mention the real evil types, the televangelists, who rake in who knows how many millions a year, and look at all the trouble they are constantly getting into, and yet, there are so many Gullible people that still continue to send them money.  Religion=Money, and none of it is intended for your benefit.
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Yes. The Bible tells it.
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Didn't one of them take a wife from some other "people" living nearby? Neanderthals perhaps?\n\nThe bible is full of contradictions and plot holes. That's why considering it literally true is a sign of a logical defect in the mind. As a metaphor or allegory, it may have merit, though I'm not buying it personally.
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The bottom line of Poki's post is "because someone said so". But that isn't true. \n\nThe oldest book on earth, a copy of Isaiah found with the dead sea scrolls, is essentially identical to what we have today. Through the dead sea scrolls we have again proven that the Bible that we have is reliable and accurate and consistent in it's message. There is no scholarly authority or archaeological evidence that proves otherwise. Nada. \n\nSaying the Bible is corrupt is just the same old lie; "Yea, hath God said...?"
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LOL!!! Hey, if it is in the bible, it is God's words right?
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No, I don't think so. That's not what Gods all about. That's just what the so called "Apostle" Paul was all about. Paul's dead. Let him and his ideas rest. Your ancestors? Those who believed in the spiritist-animist thing? Kind of like what I believe in NOW? Oh, they're walking the spirit world, content in their ignorance of Paul, and just as content in their relationship with Spirit. ;-) ~ Peace & Blessings ~
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Acts 8:9  But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:\n10  To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.\n11  And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.\n12  But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.\n13  Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.\n\nOf course he was treated fairly.  He was shown his mistake and allowed to change from the error of his ways.\n\nMagicians can't do miracles.  Only God can do those or empower others to do them.
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The Bible tells us not to be like reeds shaking in the wind, blowing to a fro...going from one mans doctrine to another.  The "new age" movement won't move TRUE Christians that are SEALED in their foreheads, in their minds by God.
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Back then the word basically traveled by word of mouth.  The bible is a collection of writhings..66 to be exact.  Faith and trust in Jesus  'blossomed' and florished right from the day he began his ministry.  And it is still blossoming today.
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my favorite Bible story is found in the NT - where Peter steps out of the boat and walks on water, in the midst of a stormy sea...\n\nI like this story in particular, simply because metaphorically it teaches us that we need to keep our eyes on JESUS, and not look at the 'waves' (circumstances, problems, etc) in our life. \n\nIf we fail to keep our eyes on JESUS than we go under - just like Peter did once he start looking at the waves.\n\n\nYes, I believe it's true.\n\nThank you by the way, for asking this question. I think it's a wonderful question and you are to be commended for asking it.\n\nGod Bless.
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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.