+196 The bible wasn't necessarily written to be taken literally... but rather to show people how to live their lives with morals and values, amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Nope. According to God and Jesus, the bible is the WORD of God and everything that happened in it is absolutely true.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Really? You've talked to them recently? Tell my homeboy Jesus I said "what's up." I haven't talked to that dude in forever.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You're a dumbass. Those are the beliefs held by Christians. The bible is the literal word of God, written by man. But it's still the word of God.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Neither God nor Jesus has ever shown up and said "Hey, the Bible is word of God", therefore you cannot say that "according to God and Jesus, the Bible is the word of God." God does not communicate verbally with man. God did not dictate the Bible, especially seeing as it was written and rewritten by multiple people, multiple times. The Bible is the word of humans. More religious (and non-religious, because they often look just as ridiculous as people like you) people need to study these texts from a factual, UNBIASED point of view, otherwise they'll just continue to spew the garbage dictated to them.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Yes I look ridiculous..when I know more about the Christianity religion than you. The bible states that God and Jesus have both proclaimed their word to be law, I know men wrote the bible, but they were listening to the words of Jesus as he walked the Earth and according to them that's what Jesus said. So according to Christianity the word of the bible is to be taken literally and true. And if you can't read the bible correctly, that's not my fault.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

yes it is absolutely true and it all happened to show how to live your life.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The Bible was written to be taken literally. However, it was written by Man, even though it IS the Word of the LORD, therefore this is *probably* error within it's pages.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

the Bible is God's word=100%true. People suck for not believing it and will realize it too late

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Morals and values don't come from the bible and the bible often contradicts what would be considered moral.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

it supposedly hasnt been "rewritten" but "more clearly translated"...or so my christian mother says. im agnostic. but i do enjoy debates :)

by Anonymous 13 years ago