Flaws In The Bible

“…God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers” (Romans 1:28-29) In Petrified Man, Eudra Welty writes s great example of mankind being given over to a debased mind. Welty’s story centers on two women, Leota the gossiping beautician and Mrs. Fletcher Leota’s vain customer, talking as hair is being made beautiful; however, the words which flow from their mouths have no semblance of beauty. Welty’s main characters retain not one redeeming quality.

There were trials and tragedies, but their greatest tragedy was expressed by the Psalmist. “They soon forgot His works; They did not wait for His council, But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tested God in the desert.” (Psalms 106: 13-14) They murmured, they complained, they practiced idolatry; they did as they pleased and that angered God and eventually His patience came to an end. God told them, “The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, all of you who were numbered, from twenty years old and above. Except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun, you shall by no means enter the land which I swore I would make you dwell in.” (Numbers 14: 29-30) And that is exactly what happened. “But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness. Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted. And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, ‘The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.’ Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell; nor let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents; nor complain as some of them also complained, and were

As time passed, and the human race grew and developed on the earth, G-d realized that they are extremely flawed, and “that every imagination of the thoughts of [their] heart was only evil continually” (Gen. 6.5). G-d “repented” (Gen. 6.6) for creating flawed individuals; “it grieved him at his heart” (Gen. 6.6). At this point, The Bible presents G-d as more human. G-d’s regret for creating the human race serves as a way to make him more relatable, showing that even G-d can regret his own actions. Therefore, humans can feel more connected to G-d, therefore being more likely to follow his will. Conversely, because humans became so fallacious, G-d no longer desired to preserve them. This interpretation completely opposes the idea that G-d is being

The forces that can undermine somebodies character are pride, arrogance, and jealousy. The bible says that you should not covet what another person possesses. You should appreciate what you have and not be obsessed with someone else’s possessions. The Bible also says that having pride and arrogance can lead to your downfall. You should not act like you are superior to anyone else and you treat people with kindness and respect. If a person works well with others, they won’t be prone to being prideful, jealous or arrogant. A good person can be tempted to do bad things and not live a righteous life.

Deuteronomy 32:8 and Genesis 49:10 are two examples of textual critical problems in the Old Testament. The phrase “sons of God” will be examined in Deuteronomy 32:8, and the word “Shiloh” in Genesis 49:10. These issues have caused much debate as to how one should interpret these verses in light of the textual critical problems. This paper will examine both passages and provide solutions to each of the textual critical issues.

The bible teaches us many things about God. From Genesis and Exodus we can learnwhat the Judeo-Christian view of God was. Genesis shows us that God made the sun, the moon,the earth and every living thing. During the days of creation God made all things good. On theseventh day of creation God rested and declared all he made to be very good (Genesis 1:31). God created human beings in his own image. We as humans can be certain of our owndignity and self worth because we have been created in the image of God. The book of Genesisshows us that people disobey God by choosing to do wrong. Even great bible heros failed Godand disobeyed him. The bible teaches us that God is forgiving. God has many attributes. God makes no mistakes and this is wisdom. God is infinite, heknows

Under the doctrine of biblical inerrancy, in what sense is the Bible authoritative? This is a question that has plagued the minds of many as a major element of historic Christian belief about Scripture as well as been a controversial topic of academic discussions. One of the major areas of conflict in the theological arena has been biblical authority as noted in

We are made in the image of God (Genesis 1:27). In knowing Christ our human identity is found and knowing our true nature God will bring salvation and eternal life to all who believe. If we refrain from wickedness we will be born again. As diciples the way we serve as instruments of his righteousness not under the law but under grace ( Romans 5-6). As humankind our sinful nature God gave us over to : muder, homosexuality, sexual immorality (shameful lust), depraved minds, envy, God haters, heartless, ruthless (Romans 1:26-31). We have things wrong with us that we can not fix, so we need Jesus to sanctify, justify, and to glorify us (Romans 8:30).Human relationshops are confusing and are the hardest part of life. Paul reminds the Romans to not judge others, God does not show favoritism as we all are sinners and God will punish all of humankind, Jews and Gentile, as He see’s necessary ( Romans 2:10). Romans 8 puts out the message of our identity that it is found in Christ call, the 8 chapter assures that our identity, is confirmed in commitment to Christ. (Romans 1:26) “God gave them over to shameful lust, even the women exchange natural relations for unnatural ones. (27) the men also abandoned natural relations with women and lusted for another, men

As a result of having imperfect parents, we all have a somewhat distorted view of God.

Merriam-Webster defines fault as a problem that prevents something from being perfect(merriam-webster.com). Dogs, political systems, schools, whatever it is, has at least one issue. Human nature however, has more flaws than anyone can count since a new one is born every second. A few defects in me, humankind, and Lord of the Flies are influence, doubt, and unprioritized thinking, which all lead us into a world where nothing can live without chaos or correlation.

Hello, Cheryl, it is great that you have overcome your lack of confidence. Learning from our mistakes is a unique process, and in some cases, it establishes a milestone in the life of a person. One recognizes what is the wrong- doing and corrects it. The prophet Joseph Smith, Jr. experienced a quite difficult time when Martin Harris lost the first 116 pages of the original manuscript of 'the Book of Mormon' translation. Joseph Smith Jr. recognized his mistake and suffered due to it. He then, said, " I made this my rule: When the Lord commands, do it."

Kurt Vonnegut points out flaws in the bible all the time in Slaughterhouse Five. “Before you kill somebody, make absolutely sure they are not well connected . . . Who? People not well connected" (Page 109). He uses Kilgore Trout’s The Gospels from Outer Space to point out the flaw in the story about Christ. In his version the lesson would be there is no right person to kill. The bible is full of easily misinterpreted lessons. He points out that because of these flaws people think doing wrongful things are perfectly fine.

"You can 't trust the Bible. I 's full of all kinds of contradictions and errors". This is a very common charge made against the Bible today. You may have heard this kind of thing from a friend or coworker. Maybe you have even heard this kind of things stated on TV, but is it true? Is the Bible an unreliable book full of errors and contradictions? To answer this question let us look at some of the more commonly cited proofs for this assertion.

The story of the Golden Calf illustrates the inherent fallibility of man. It starts out when the people ask Aaron to “make us gods, which shall go before us.” Despite the fact that God had spoken to them just days earlier commanding them not to make themselves any graven images, Aaron doesn’t argue too strongly against this, immediately asking them to turn over any gold jewelry they have so that he may make them a figure of worship. This choice of material symbolizes man’s covetous nature, perhaps also implying that Aaron feared to go against God’s wishes directly, and so he chose gold in the hope that the people would be loathe to part with it. However, they

The problem with Belshazzar is not so much about his lineage, but more on his history. Many historians, at first, doubt that he it is credible in the bible. However, his story is no longer up to debate. He is still known as a ruler that treated Jews as second class citizens, and a ruler that was too filled with pride.