Flaws In The Bible

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

What is human nature? The Bible says in Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” We are all fallen, sinful and depraved, all of us are. Humans are evil. Genesis 1-3 shows us that God made us whole and good, but we have ruined his perfect plan. The greatest of men were all sinners. Moses, the leader of Israel was a murder (Exodus 2:11-15), David slept with Bathsheba and then killed her husband (2 Samuel 11-12), Paul murdered christians (Acts 9), and the list goes on and on.

God has perfect morals but yet again it begs us to question that. If god created us and he, himself is perfect why are we not perfect? Why did he create us to be so imperfect? if god himself is perfect; does a god like that deserve to be worship? If god has this attribute then god would actually want his creation to be just as perfect as himself. If god is perfect and we are mirror image of god then we too should be perfect, and if we are in fact perfect then we should acquire the moral perfection attribute. But this is not the case, humans are imperfect by nature. Humans lie, disobey, steal, and murder amongst many other things. Some are better at resisting visceral urges than others but Humans are anything but perfection. We lack the moral perfection attribute that God possesses. If Moral perfection refers to doing good deeds, why are we not given such attributes if we are to live among one another in this

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

God, everyone has heard of this being, some believe in it while others don’t. Many people blindly follow or stay away from God and the holy book, but have no proof of god being real or fake. Non-believers say its fake and for people with desperate mindsets, others say the bible is there proof and that the word is god’s word. I myself am a man of religion who believes there’s a god, but my question is could the bible really be true?

The Bible is composed of many different stories and narratives. Each one of these individual stories contributes to the greater story of the Bible; sometimes called the Grand Story of Scripture. Within each Story, they have elements that define the setting, characters, climax, and themes. The overall Grand Story of Scripture contains these elements in each of the five divisions: prologue, epilogue, and three acts in between.

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

Oswalt first learned about the issues in “The Bible Among the Myths” while taking a class taught by Dennis Kinlaw at Asbury Theological Seminary. His interest in the subject has grown since with graduate study and his own classes which he taught. William F. Albright, his students, and G. Ernest Wright led the rethinking of the evolutionary paradigm within the philosophy of Idealism. Although they believed the differences between the ways the Israelites thought and their neighbor’s thoughts of reality caused no evolutionary explanation to show, today it is found that Israelite faith can be explained by evolutionary change. Scholars today say that it is no longer about the differences between the two, but more about the

Mankind has many weaknesses, but the main weakness that can be seen in the bible is jealousy whether that be Cain killing Abel or if that be eve being jealous she cant having the forbidden fruit. Jealousy has many forms such a greediness and temptation and in todays society it has pushed mankind to judgment and warfare. Mankind judges on how a territory or land is ruled and if mankind does not agree with the ruler’s action it can lead to warfare or murder. Many examples of murder can be found today. The assassination of Martin Luther King

Rick Warren writes “The truth is, God created you with weaknesses. And, since he’s God, he couldn’t have made a mistake. Is it possible he created you with weaknesses in order to keep you on your knees before him? With you dependent upon him, you’re able to do all things through him who strengthens you.” (Philippians 4:13–14)

Beloved never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." (Romans 12:9-21,ESV) In order to be strengthened to live this lifestyle we must be completely dependent upon God. If not we will live a life a of vice which looks like. the Bible says in 2 Timothy "But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people." (2Timothy 3:1-5,ESV) In conclusion, virtue comes from God, therefore in order to live a virtuous life we must live a godly life. In order to learn virtue we must seek God since all knowledge comes from

"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 bible is a book, used as a guide, and the vital proof of the faith of many

Created by Johannes Gutenberg, The Gutenberg Bible was the first mass produced book through the use of a moveable printer. Known for its artistic Latin writing, the Bible only has forty-nine copies remaining, one residing at the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin. The Gutenberg Bible exhibits religious qualities from the message, directly from God, and the original purpose of the creation of the Bible.

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.