Is the Bible incomplete?
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Re: Is the Bible incomplete?
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I really like that perspective! I think it's important to realize too that God works through imperfect people and we aren't all that great at keeping complete or sensible records, especially at the beginning of civilization and record keeping. So even if we believe the collections in the Bible to be complete, were the writers really able to relay a complete understanding of the events? I think the meaning and weight to the words is more important than the completeness....in other words, focusing on the words of truth that are already there, rather than focusing on its completeness as a point of truth. Just thinking out loud.Wesley Friday wrote: ↑13 Aug 2020, 04:51 I think whether or not the Bible is complete will require a subjective answer based on the ideology of the person being questioned. The present Bible we know is a collection of books which the Catholic Church deemed fit enough to carry across the Christian message. If you view the Catholic Church as potent and right enough to do this then the Bible may be complete to you. But if you think that other written books should have not been censored by the ancient Catholic Church you may also say that the Bible as is widely distributed is incomplete and is missing some books.
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Sushan wrote: ↑01 Jun 2020, 10:06 The author gives additional descriptions, which are not found in the original Bible, to the story from creating Adam and Eve, up to the worldwide flood. Most of who has studied the Bible must have had his/her own thoughts regarding these lacking parts. Does this mean that the Bible is incomplete? On the other hand, is it righteous to add after-notes to a religious book like the Bible?
The Bible does not need to describe every single detail of mankind's history to be complete. Each book in the Bible has a target audience and specific rhetoric, rendering the end result very rich even if, at times, with a sense of being incomplete.
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Exactly! That's another wonderful position from which you can view the issue, from a point of veracity instead of how complete the book is. It can be compared to reading a series that a writer begins. The first book in the series may be incomplete but you don't stop there because its incomplete, the value of the entertainment that you derive from the book makes you want to give more attention to the series. Fantastic point made there, @@engarlengarl wrote: ↑20 Aug 2020, 12:08I really like that perspective! I think it's important to realize too that God works through imperfect people and we aren't all that great at keeping complete or sensible records, especially at the beginning of civilization and record keeping. So even if we believe the collections in the Bible to be complete, were the writers really able to relay a complete understanding of the events? I think the meaning and weight to the words is more important than the completeness....in other words, focusing on the words of truth that are already there, rather than focusing on its completeness as a point of truth. Just thinking out loud.Wesley Friday wrote: ↑13 Aug 2020, 04:51 I think whether or not the Bible is complete will require a subjective answer based on the ideology of the person being questioned. The present Bible we know is a collection of books which the Catholic Church deemed fit enough to carry across the Christian message. If you view the Catholic Church as potent and right enough to do this then the Bible may be complete to you. But if you think that other written books should have not been censored by the ancient Catholic Church you may also say that the Bible as is widely distributed is incomplete and is missing some books.
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I totally agree with this. God, in His infinite wisdom, chose what should be in the Bible. After- notes would be adding our human wisdom and trying to match it to that of God, a spiritual being.B Creech wrote: ↑01 Jun 2020, 18:13I do not believe the Bible is incomplete. There would not be enough room to write everything about God! I believe it is as complete as God wants it to be, we are not meant to know everything because we are not on the same realm as God. We are human, He is spiritual so we could not comprehend it all in our present state. That is just my opinion. Is it righteous to add after-notes to a religious book like the Bible? I say it is not righteous. I understand the author is using his imagination to fill in the gaps, which is what makes the book fiction. However, in the story of Adam and Eve, there wasn't just gaps being filled in, there were changes made to what the Bible actually says, which I have a problem with. I will continue reading to see how it goes unless I feel too much is being changed and not just being 'filled in.' Thanks for these questions!Sushan wrote: ↑01 Jun 2020, 10:06 The author gives additional descriptions, which are not found in the original Bible, to the story from creating Adam and Eve, up to the worldwide flood. Most of who has studied the Bible must have had his/her own thoughts regarding these lacking parts. Does this mean that the Bible is incomplete? On the other hand, is it righteous to add after-notes to a religious book like the Bible?
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Exactly! Each writer was "inspired" by God to write what they did. I believe God had them write only what He felt was necessary to know. Revelation 22:18-19 (NIV) says (paraphrasing) not to add anything to, or take anything away from God's Word.Lilyflower-x2 wrote: ↑22 Aug 2020, 17:21I totally agree with this. God, in His infinite wisdom, chose what should be in the Bible. After- notes would be adding our human wisdom and trying to match it to that of God, a spiritual being.B Creech wrote: ↑01 Jun 2020, 18:13I do not believe the Bible is incomplete. There would not be enough room to write everything about God! I believe it is as complete as God wants it to be, we are not meant to know everything because we are not on the same realm as God. We are human, He is spiritual so we could not comprehend it all in our present state. That is just my opinion. Is it righteous to add after-notes to a religious book like the Bible? I say it is not righteous. I understand the author is using his imagination to fill in the gaps, which is what makes the book fiction. However, in the story of Adam and Eve, there wasn't just gaps being filled in, there were changes made to what the Bible actually says, which I have a problem with. I will continue reading to see how it goes unless I feel too much is being changed and not just being 'filled in.' Thanks for these questions!Sushan wrote: ↑01 Jun 2020, 10:06 The author gives additional descriptions, which are not found in the original Bible, to the story from creating Adam and Eve, up to the worldwide flood. Most of who has studied the Bible must have had his/her own thoughts regarding these lacking parts. Does this mean that the Bible is incomplete? On the other hand, is it righteous to add after-notes to a religious book like the Bible?
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