The Bible, man made book or God inspired?

Saidar: I love your insight! I would like to hear more. Also, in I or II Corinthians, God states the "earth is fixed, and does not move".....I would like your take on that one.

(I may have posted this in the wrong place earlier.)

Really? No that would indeed be something to discuss about! I've read the entire I and II COR, but didn't find it. Maybe you have a verse?

reply to post by OldThinker

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Thanks for your inout. Didn't know of those other verses, thanks for the good find! Now if anyone still thinks the Bible says the earth is flat, cmon... Then you must have bind faith

reply to post by switching yard

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What is that going to help?? It won't even be a percent of the money that the US needs. Face it, America is doomed in all ways possible. Thank God I'm not there

That's one hefty question.

Are you referring to the bible itself or the ideas presented in the bible?

The ideas presented in the bible predated the birth of Christianity. Many stories were taken from various cultures. Most of the stories began as folklore. So it cannot be honestly defined as being man made because lore is passed down through generations and cultures and people may intrepret it differently.

Yet if you are referring to the book itself, yes it was man made. The bible was heavily based off the Dead Sea Scrolls.

-Ign0RanT

reply to post by Ign0rant

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What I meant by that, is was the Bible only the work of man or did some supernatural being, called God, inspire it?

I would say both.. The beginning inspired by god, then over time it was mis-translated and mis-interpreted, probaly even some entirely man made books inserted, at a later stage...

That is a possibility, but the ultimate question is will God allow something like that to happen?

reply to post by Saidar

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I dont know 100%. Maybe not entirely man made books, but mis-translations which leads to false interpretation has happened. Ultimately if you believe in a day of judgment, we will be judged as individuals anyway. I think the message is clear in terms of love peace and unity and to give thanks through prayer. It's my belief that any laws in the bible that relate to the principles of love for all, has to be inspired by god.. People have used mis translations to exhalt one group over another or for political gains.

reply to post by Prima Facie

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So true what you are saying. Politics when it comes to religion is big. But from my experience most of the Christians groups all use the Bible, some just use the word of the Bible for their own gain. I think if you read the entire Bible, you'll get the message, but if you take a sentence out of the Bible, it can mean anything. That is where people go wrong

I think it's obvious that every thing and every being are all part of a totality. The totality is what I would call God. I think it is silly to think that God is some separate entity. God is everything. The fact that everything is not perfect is the basis of the most fundamental question about the nature of the universe and our place in it. If God is everything, then why isn't everything perfect? That's a very good question.