If the Bible is inerrant-without error  why does it say?
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Jesus did not make a mistake when the Bible was written.
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There is nothing much of a contradiction in the Bible. My quarrel is only with the interpretation of Bible by the church. The church and evangelists have been literally interpreting some of the allegorical stories in the Bible and creating a false dogma around them. They are responsible for the ridiculous theology that the christian the logy has turned out to be.
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Some have exploited these statements to argue their point that the Bible is unreliable or untruthful.\n\nBut, in a court judges WILL NOT BELIEVE statements by witnesses that are TOO PERFECT--without any minor inconcistencies. The judge's conclusion would always be that these statements--even under cross examination--were made up, or were too good to be true.\n\nIn reading contracts and law--w/c by the way the Bible is--we look for other provisions of these documents to really understand the whole thing.\n\nHere is a simplistic example:\n\nStatement (1): "Mike is fat".\nStatement (2): "Mike is thin".\nStatement (3): "When Mike was a kid he got sick with polio which severely affected his feet".\n\nIf you read only statements 1, and 2 you will conclude that these are really contradictory--or inconsistent--statements. But Statement (3) gives a clarification.\n\nSo, the correct conclusion considering Statement no. 3 is: "Mike is a fat man with thin legs". Agree, or disagree?\n\nNow let's go back to the 2 examples in question. Godshew(?) was correct. The case about God's warning to Adam, and his age could be reconciled. According to the apostle Peter's statement--a clarificatory one--1,000 years is just like 1 day to God. So, when Adam died at the age of 930, he died within one day in God's own time frame. \n\nAgain, Jesus did not contradict himself when he said that he and the father are one; and that the father is greater than he is. The apostle John was the one who wrote these statements and so he is the one in the better position to explain this (just like a witness in court). In John 17:20-22 he explains that the father, the son--including the disciples--are one in purpose, one in work, one in mind. \n\nFurther, if you will read John 10:25-33--and NOT just isolate John 10:30--then you will immediately notice that Jesus did not claim to be of equal power, or might, than his father. He and the Father are one in deeds (or works). Ps. read the account carefully.\n\nYou know what the problem is? some try to suit Biblical verses according to their beliefs--just like the ungodly trinity--and not suit their beliefs to what the Bible says.\n\nThis in turn is exploited by those eager to insist that the Bible is really unreliable.\n\nHope this helped a lot of people examine their Bibles closely.
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In an odd way, sweet_shy is right.  Sure, there are translation errors and parts of it may have been added or deleted, but it's still God's work.  It was divinely inspired; the only part that really matters is the message, and do you really think that he would let his message be corrupted?  The rest is just fluff to make it readable.  Now having read the New Testament, I find that what I read is entirely in line with my knowledge of God.  I think the message comes through just fine and there are no errors in it despite whatever stages the actual text has gone through.
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the bible was written by man. keep that in mind.
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I'm daring.....\n\nThe Bible is bound to contradict itself, IT WAS NOT WRITTEN BY GOD but by men!\n\nGod's inspiration cannot contradict itself
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Depending on how you interpret it, yes, the Bible can prove itself wrong, just as much as it can prove itself right.\n\nNo, the Bible didn't say don't believe anything I say. \n\nNo, you don't have to take every word of the Bible literally. So you don't have to be uptight about a "self-centered" God (as you interpreted it rather unjustly), nor to try to be like God in perfection (otherwise, you don't really need the Bible).\n\nThere's no point to asking your question if nothing exists in this world. I suggest you don't get stuck with that notion in your head. THIS WORLD IS FOR YOU TO LIVE IN. NOT FOR HEAVEN NOR FOR HELL, BUT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD THAT IS IN YOU ALL ALONG. \n\nYou found God that was staring at Satan in the face because that was the god you were looking for, thanks to hardboiled, religious fanatics out there who are just as stuck up as their religious/non-religious counterparts. Keep searching. Peace.
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Of course, we believed that the original Bible that given by God to Moses had already vanished in this world but if it can be found, we cannot follow what lies inside it because the born of Quran executed other Holy Books including Bible.\nWhy we should believed to a book that have been spoiled by reckless people, they manipulate everything, the changed every contents ? We could not consider Bible as the Holy Book anymore... Too many version of Bible and we don't know which one is the right ones !.
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First on you assertion that the Bible is infallible I know it is. I believe the standard in reference is that people are not and never will be infallible. The Bible is the living text of God, Christ his son and the Holy Sprit. The translation is subjective according to your choice of the events and how you interrupted them. The realization that the Bible also states that God is the creator of the Universe. This also being infallible. The Bible without a doubt was written my men intent on understanding something that is beyond any human comprehension. \n\nAs for murder or killing, the life and teachings of Jesus Christ simply state love your self and love you neighbor and he died so that we may live. This is in the same infallible Bible, so killing or murdering a person is wrong no matter how we do it. The other big fact stated in the Bible is that all people are born sinners and this is one of the most important facts in the Bible. So being born into sin is why we accept killing or murder, killing and murder are the biggest issues the bible tries to impress on us. After all Jesus Christ was murdered. The lessons of faith and personal accountability to the power greater than our self should lead us to the definitive answers to such questions.
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The Bible is a mythological tale. Do you actually believe that the red seas parted or that stone became bread? Perhaps there was a saint and he had many followers, Also perhaps some of the incidents described did happen, but the truth has been exxagerated to become a description of a super-human. And therefore, take the Bible, or for that matter most of the Holy Books with a pinch of salt. It is meant to evoke faith and thankfulness that there is a superpower above us who can do things that we can't(simply translated to hope!) Again, many versions of The Bible exist. Popular ones do not refer to Mary or his descendents.
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There are all kinds of contradictions in the bible.
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I don't know how others rationalize their errors, but as a Christian I can speak for myself. I have read and studied the Bible, but I also believe (right or wrong) that the Bible was written by humans\nand that the Bible has been translated so many times that it would be difficult to even know what was originally written, and it is also open to interpretation.\nSo MY life as a Christian is based on my belief in God, Jesus Christ as his son, live by the 10 commandments and try to do the best I can.
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Back to the "leap of faith." \n\nPeople like you and I cannot accept that simply because the bible says something, that it must be true. However, there are billions of people who think otherwise.\n\nWe cannot accept this argument because it cannot be tested. They feel that they can accept it because reason has no place in matters of faith.\n\nThis is pretty much the whole issue in a nutshell.
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that might have been contradicting to the ideas of some other author.  This way you can see how the Bible is tried to be manipulated by some shrewd persons. In that case where remains the authenticity of the Bible, where any body can modify any part of the Bible?
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I understand what you mean- most people choose to believe only what agrees with them. If something written says what they are doing is wrong they then decide that specific passage is not correct. They want to be seen as perfect so they pick and choose what they want to benefit them. I believe the Bible in its entirety- If you do that then you can't go wrong!
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No the Bible does not contradict itself.  There are those who do not want to believe in what the Bible says, so they will take a verse and read it out of context and then interpret it to mean something it does not.  These people are foolish, and when you actually read and study the Bible you will truly see that God does and will not ever contradict Himself.
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You want to know the answers to why the Bible is historically accurate and reliable? Well this is going to be long but it will answer your question. This writing discusses common myths held by most people concerning the Bible and analyzes the evidence that points to the Bible’s authenticity.\n\nMyth #1: The Bible’s been copied, translated, and handed down for so long it looks nothing like the original and cannot be reliable anymore.\n\n    This is undeniably a misconception and misinterpretation that’s been around for over a century. It is probably the most common and told myth of the Bible. It has no doubt hindered many people from ever reading and even considering the Word of God.\n\nThe Facts\n    In the early nineteen hundreds scholars started to seriously question the Word of God particularly the Old Testament. Since the earliest copies we had dated to around 900 AD, they started to question how reliable are copies really were. Since we didn’t have the original and since they’ve been copied so many times, we had no idea how accurate our version was. Critics mocked believers of the Bible claiming that the prophecies (particularly about Jesus) could have easily been altered to fit history.\n\n    Enter a small Bedouin boy. In 1947 in an effort to recapture a lost goat he accidentally stumbled upon a cave with hundreds of clay jars found near the Dead Sea in Israel. Further investigation revealed that inside those clay jars lay ancient copies of the Bible written over a century before Jesus. Here were copies of the Old Testament dated around 130 BC written a thousand years earlier than our oldest copies!\n \n    When compared to our version of the Old Testament it was analyzed that the two versions were 95% identical. The 5% variation consisted chiefly of obvious slips of the pen and variations in spelling. Not a single teaching or main passage of the Bible was in question or in error.  So now we can rest assured that our current Old Testament is completely and utterly reliable because it has not changed in over 2,000 years!\n\nMyth #2 of the Bible: It’s contradictory.\nThe Bible is unbelievably and completely harmonious with itself. In simpler terms the Bible addresses hundreds of controversial topics (i.e., marriage, divorce, salvation, morality) yet from Genesis to Revelation (the first and last books) the Bible is in complete agreement with all of these topics. \n\n    Let me just put this into perspective for you. How often do two people agree on anything? How often do three people agree on the same issue? How about 30? The point is that given the hundreds of books out there hardly any of them agree on any one issue. They are all horribly contradictory with each other. One book says to eat eggs, another says to not eat eggs, yet another one says to eat only the whites of eggs. Which one is right? \n\n    Yet when it comes to the Bible every single topic is completely in agreement with each of the 40+ authors. “But what about the contradictions in the Bible?” you ask. Well, show me them, or simply show me one. Every contradiction that people claim are never actually checked up on. People just believe what other people say and they believe because someone else said it, so on, and so forth. If they actually read the passage they might see that there is no contradiction. In any event saying that there are contradictions in the Bible is just an excuse to keep people from reading the Bible which might contain the very thing people are looking for.\n\nThe Facts\n    Most if not all contradictions are due to interpretation error. There are several tests or principles you must use to determine the meaning of any given passage in the Bible. Some include: 1. You must understand the context of the passage, 2. Interpret difficult passages in the light of clear ones, 3. The Bible uses non-technical, everyday language, 4. Note when the Bible uses different literary devices, 5. Don’t base teaching on obscure passages.