Why Do So Many Christians Have Such Different Interpretations Of The Bible?

[MissKate12]

Hebrews 10:25 says not to forsake our own assembling together
Acts 20:7 On the first day of the week the disciples gathered together to break bread
1 Cor. 16:1-2 on the first day of every week let each one of you put aside and save as he may prosper that no collections be made when I come.
There are numerous examples in the New Testament where the disciples assembled. They are our examples. God commanded us to worship.
As for the church I think it is both physical and spiritual as shown on the day of Pentecost, Acts 2 (read the whole chapter). 2:47 says " And the Lord added to the church day by day those who were being saved."

[brooklynborndad]

Originally Posted by MontanaGuy

If the Bible had been clearly written in a manner that could be understood by anyone who read it then we wouldn't have countless interpretations of what various passages mean. I truly believe that the Bible is one of the most poorly written books I've ever read for the simple reason that it is for the most part completely incomprehensible. I also think that one of the major reasons that the Christian faith has split into such a large number of sects and denominations is because Christians have been arguing among themselves about what it actually says and when like minded Christians became forceful about a particular issue they just formed another branch of Christianity.
I think every Christian would agree that the Bible is the most important book that was ever written and they would also agree that it's the inspired word of God which was given to mankind. So I have a simple question. If God is in fact the real author of the Bible and he inspired various men to write it down then why did he do such a poor job? There is controversy about the real meaning of virtually every book in the Bible. That controversy would not exist if every detail was written so clearly that that the meaning of every single passage could only be interpreted in one way. Why should that be so difficult? Afterall this is God we're talking about who never makes mistakes. Any thoughts?

maybe God intended people to have different interpretations - maybe we learn more that way. We can even learn from the debates about it?

of course thats a jewish POV. Traditional jews do not believe the Hebrew bible was every meant for christians, anyway.

[brooklynborndad]

Originally Posted by Tymberwulf

One, if this is just an attempt to slam the Bible and Christianity, then shame on you.

Two, the reason that so many different religions talk about parts of the bible in different ways is purely due to the translations. It all depends on who translated it, when it was translated, is it a translation of a translation, etc..

You havent read the talmud, have you?

[MysticPhD]

Originally Posted by TKramar

Perhaps he's limited by the abilities of the human mind.

Originally Posted by Rafius

So he has limitations...he's not omnipotent??? That would explain a lot.

WE have the limitations. Species and their abilities mature over generations just as the individual members must within each generation. Our species is barely out of high school spiritually. Many (if not most) have not left grade school.