15 Dec '05 09:27>
Originally posted by sonhouseWell there are various possiblilites.
How much of the bible is totally true?
1. If you dont believe in God then about 90% of the Bible appears to be parables whose origin is often not what is claimed. For example very few non-christians could be convinced that Moses wrote any of it.
2. If you are Christian and believe that divine intervention has ensured its accuracy right down to each word then it is 100% correct. The only problem with this view is it implies that every translation in existance is correct - now that requires a really big leap of faith. Or that only one particular translation is correct, for example the King James version. (which by the way some people think was written by King James)
3. You may be a Christian and believe that most of the new Testament is accurate at least in terms of the general teachings and the basic story and miracles of Jesus. But some parts of the Old testament such as Creation and Noahs flood could be taken as Jewish traditions rather than hard fast fact.
What amazes me is how many people are willing to take the whole Bible as fact without ever finding out where it comes from. There is also a myth that it says somewhere in the Bible that the whole Bible is 1005 true.