How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

[KanadaHye]

Re: How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

Blah blah blah... Stop diverting. You make a claim, I ask for evidence, you ignore it and make another claim. No. Show me where Jesus expressed disagreement with something in the OT.

I didn't think I'd need evidence since it's common knowledge...

Jesus faced a mob that was eager to execute a woman caught in adultery. He put a stop to it with a simple challenge: anyone who has no sin in their life should step forward and throw the first stone. That sentence is often cited as a reminder to avoid judging others when there are faults in your own life that need to be addressed.

"So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her."

[One-Way]

Re: How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

This thread is absurd.

[KanadaHye]

Re: How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

This thread is absurd.

I know eh. What does the bible have to do with belief.

[Siggie]

Re: How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

I know eh. What does the bible have to do with belief.

So your answer to the question in the the OP of "how much of the bible must be historically accurate for you to believe in it?" is "none." You could have just answered the question and left it at that.

[KanadaHye]

Re: How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

So your answer to the question in the the OP of "how much of the bible must be historically accurate for you to believe in it?" is "none." You could have just answered the question and left it at that.

No... what I meant was, you can't believe in a book. It's there for information. I don't believe in my car manual, it can't diagnose and fix my car. That is left up to me. However, it can give me information about how to diagnose and fix my car. If I'm smart enough to figure it out without the book, then it stays on the shelf.

[Haykakan]

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Yeh but hopefully yoour car manual does not give u false information but the bible does.

No... what I meant was, you can't believe in a book. It's there for information. I don't believe in my car manual, it can't diagnose and fix my car. That is left up to me. However, it can give me information about how to diagnose and fix my car. If I'm smart enough to figure it out without the book, then it stays on the shelf.

[KanadaHye]

Re: How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

Yeh but hopefully yoour car manual does not give u false information but the bible does.

I keep hearing this but nobody seems to be pointing out what part is false.

[KarotheGreat]

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I keep hearing this but nobody seems to be pointing out what part is false.

How about the fact that bats are called birds?

[KanadaHye]

Re: How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

How about the fact that bats are called birds?

I've heard this one and it's pretty funny. My guess is any animal that flew was considered a bird regardless of biological function. I mean, Linnaeus's classification of mammals wasn't around back then.

There is an entire website dealing with bible errancy...

http://errancy.org/

[Siggie]

Re: How Much of the Bible Must Be Historical to Believe?

That there was a flood that covered all of the Earth. Or that all of the animals came to exist at the same time? The timeline of things coming to exist. Or that the universe, the matter in it, or anything living was created by any supernatural being.
Or how to treat any of the health issues mentioned. Don't give me the time of the bible's writing as an excuse, if it's divinely inspired, the word or god, etc. then s/he would know how to treat them.
Or the paradox of evil and an omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent deity.