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Originally posted by Eclipse:
I understand what you are saying. Some of the stuff in the Bible just does not jive with our view of our selves and the world today. I believe that the Bible is God's revealed word, that the original Hebrew and Greek text were inspired by God and are without error. Where we get into trouble, I think, is when we say the Bible was written by man and man is subject to error. O.K. So if that is the case, how do we determine what parts are true and what parts are 'man'? I think we have to say all of the Bible is true or all of if is subject (including the 'good' parts like enternal life, forgiveness of sins, supplying all of our needs according to His riches in glory, no weapon formed against me shall prosper etc.) to throwing out. Then the question becomes "How much can we throw out and still be considered Christians?"
I do believe however, that it is important to take part in a good Bible Study (with others and on your own) if you are truly concerned about doing the will of God because as someone stated there are some things, again this is my inter. that are referring to the cultural norms or the day or speak in the natural something that signifies the Spiritual. I can't read a word of Greek or Hebrew, but I can read a concordance and try to do so, especially when there is something that I don't understand.
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the problem lies in the translation from hebrew/greek to english/other languages...and yes...i do believe then we would have to say that portions of it are subject not to being thrown out but rather questioned and investigated more thoroughly...not everyone will have sense enough to grab a concordance when they don't understand something...and not everyone studies for themself beyond reinforcing what has been taught to them...nor do they dare even question the validity of a particular text as is in its modern form out of fear and the false belief that if you question any portion of the bible , you are questioning the reality of god, the inspiration under which the disciples wrote, and are undermining the core doctrine of christianity...
[This message has been edited by SableCherub (edited June 08, 2001).]