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I'm not getting hung up on minor details.
I am making a very important point about the deliberate ambiguity of the Scriptures
the story of the Garden of Eden sets the tone for the rest of the book
how you interpret the fruit will dramatically affect how you interpret the rest of the Scriptures
you seem to be equating ambiguous with vague.
They are two totally different things
this is ambiguous
a picture is worth a thousand words
there is and it is a very important part of the Scriptures
it is central to the message of the Bible
the ability to speak in (multiple) tongues (at once) is the primary gift of the Holy Spirit which saves us
of course it's Jesus that saves us.
On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. 38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water. 39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
Ambiguous or fascinatingly mysterious? It keeps us coming back to it. Meanings evolve before our very eyes. Truly inspired by God.
No one can deny that the Bible is subject to widely differing interpretations due linguistic factors. I've seen opposite meanings derived from the same passage depending on how a word or phrase is translated. For believers, this should be more than just an academic concern. Different understandings of the Bible is perplexing, and is one of the reasons that Christianity has split into so many denominations. (And back in the bad old days, people could be imprisoned, or worse, for teaching or publishing unorthodox Bible doctrines.)
So why would God allow this confusion because of language? This may sound fatuous, but why would we need translations at all? If the Bible is of divine origin, why wouldn't God use his supernatural power to make it crystal clean and unambiguous to every reader, no matter what his native language?
So why would God allow this confusion because of language?
The difference is, off course, that no book in science is held up as the one and only truth.
And Jesus said “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, “ ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’God actually caused confusion because man was getting too-big-for-his-britches.
Genesis 11 - The Tower of Babel
Maybe because god doesn't exist. If he does the language of the bible is of little concern. What would be of great concern is the way we carry on treating each other, partly because he insists on staying invisible, you can only believe in him, if you believe he exists, he sent his son to a minor Roman Outpost, who never did that well, and when people see visions of god, Jesus, Mary, etc. Are the world leaders or farmers?No one can deny that the Bible is subject to widely differing interpretations due linguistic factors. I've seen opposite meanings derived from the same passage depending on how a word or phrase is translated. For believers, this should be more than just an academic concern. Different understandings of the Bible is perplexing, and is one of the reasons that Christianity has split into so many denominations. (And back in the bad old days, people could be imprisoned, or worse, for teaching or publishing unorthodox Bible doctrines.)
So why would God allow this confusion because of language? This may sound fatuous, but why would we need translations at all? If the Bible is of divine origin, why wouldn't God use his supernatural power to make it crystal clean and unambiguous to every reader, no matter what his native language?
Good post. Do you agree your Church has interpreted the bible to it's own ends many times.No, divine inspiration is not dictation, you are right. But that does not answer the question. The bible also says that God is not a God of confusion, but rather order. The answer is that Christ established a Church and the Church brought us the bible. But the bible was not given to replace the Church or interpret the Church. The Church interprets the bible and the bible was evidence, or agreement about what the Church believed and practiced already. The bible itself says the Church is the pillar and foundation of truth. This then begs the question , "what is the Church?" Thats a whole other issue, but the fact is that the Church is needed as the foundation or bulwark to the truth, including the truth in the bible.
Or are you suggesting because Paul wrote it in a letter to Timothy, it's divine?
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