Inerrancy? Do mis-translations and omissions harm Bible's credibility? (prophet, agnostics, priest)

[GCSTroop]

Originally Posted by ian6479

strange.. the bible states that "pie" is 3.14, although the Egyptians calculated "pie" to 5 decimal places over a 1000 years before the gospels.

weird that God created a group of people who were more mathematically astute than himself??

As a matter of fact, I just recently saw somewhere where the Great Pyramid was built with such precision that if you take the circu****ence of the pyramid and divide it by 2 , then multiply by the pyramid's height you get exactly pie. It really is quite amazing.

[pladecalvo]

Originally Posted by urbanlemur

If you search carefully, you will find the most of the errors are numerical and related to a persons name. The scriptures have stood the test of time and recent archeological discoveries have only backed up their validity. So in case anyone thinks they can negate the Bible's validity historically are out of luck. Like others here though, it relies a lot on ones' faith too. Gotta have faith.....

Would you like to give us a few "archaeological discoveries" that have backed up the bible?

[kawgpz550]

Moderator cut: off-topic posts above taken from King Herod thread & made new topic here (rather than deleted)


Since it is still going:
I believe there is more to the Bible than what we have. Do I believe it is wrong in anyway? NO! I believe there were more books and other elements that may not have made it into the Bible, but that doesn't change the Bible ONE BIT. There is nothing in the Bible that should be unworthy of validity. Just because our society has changed, thus changing the way we "think" things should be, I still thinkg that God's Word is timeless. He is the same yesterday, today and forever...right? So why should the Bible not hold validity now except for the face that there are things in the Bible that we CHOOSE to not obey and listen to? I am just as guilt as everyone else here. As for women and covering their heads, to women not speaking in church (whether that was meant to be literal OR miinterpretation), woman adorning themselves with make up and jewelry or whatever else.
This same thing goes for homosexuality, fornication, adultery (and divorce) and anything else you want to pick out of the Bible. Ok, so even us Christians SIN and "...fall short of the glory of God", but does that make it right? NO! I think it just means that even us Christians are guilty of not abiding completely by god's laws...that doesn't mean that GOd's laws have changed or that the Bible is misinterpreted

[Alpha8207]

Originally Posted by GCSTroop

As a matter of fact, I just recently saw somewhere where the Great Pyramid was built with such precision that if you take the circu****ence of the pyramid and divide it by 2 , then multiply by the pyramid's height you get exactly pie. It really is quite amazing.

Do we know who built the pyramids?

[dncngrl1964]

Originally Posted by Alpha8207

Do we know who built the pyramids?

aliens right?????

[pladecalvo]

This is a wild stab in the dark right!! How about the Egyptians?

[Lisa_from_Debary]

My Father who was a minister explained to me that a true theologian had to be able to read the bible in its original language and be able to translate for himself what it said so he would be aware if any liberties had been taken with a new translation.

I have seen him make comparisons back and forth alot on different parts of the bible, he relied on the KJV but would also look into other versions because some for example the Living Bible were easier to read.

There were also times when a word in the original language lost some meaning in the translation and that something he would often explain in his sermons. Of course you have to be concerned about the body pushing a certain translation, that they not put their own spin on the bible...which in his opinion had been done.

I have many of my Fathers books that he used in his own devotion and in the writing of his sermons, one bible that is very interesting is a New Testament only that has 4 versions each chapter side by side so you can compare the different versions on the same areas.

[JerZ]

Originally Posted by dncngrl1964

aliens right?????

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, I do think there are contemporary accounts of certain pyramids' progress as they were being erected, so some of them at least aren't so mysterious. But HOLY COW, talk about a bunch of mathematicians. I too have heard about the pi equation.

As far as archaeological evidence for certain events in the Bible, naturally many cities listed in the Bible have been "dug up" and discovered. I mean whomever you believe wrote the Bible--God, man, Moses (well, okay--he was a man), God via man, some dude who worked at the urnmaker's, whatever--certainly that people/those people had at least a rudimentary knowledge of history. Or when writing contemporary or near-contemporary accounts, surely they at least knew who the King was...how an accused person was tried...what food was eaten...what cloths were worn...etc. So it shouldn't be such a surprise that cities in ancient Mesopotamia have been found, tablets showing clothing as described in one passage or another in the OT, tablets with stories and traditions inscribed in them, or what have you, are accurate.

[dncngrl1964]

Originally Posted by pladecalvo

This is a wild stab in the dark right!! How about the Egyptians?

actually all joking aside
i have a game for my PC it is like a civilization game called Pharoah
and it has my little "peeps" making pyramids
well if this is how the actual construction of it happened
I can see how this is feasible
Dang it all hard
but completely feasible

[Mark S.]

Originally Posted by pladecalvo

Would you like to give us a few "archaeological discoveries" that have backed up the bible?

The Hittites.

200 years ago, all of the "learned' and "scholars" and "intelligentsia" doubted the Bible because it had all these tales of the Hittites, a people for whom there was no evidence. Even the famed French philosopher Voltarie got on the bandwagon.

Then in the 19th century, archaeologists started digging up lots of evidence of the Hittites. Turns out they were not only very real, but they were probably the ones who brought the Iron Age to the Near East.