Bible is inspired of God??????

by Crazyguy 23 Replies latest jw friends

  • EdenOne
    EdenOne

    With the exception of the prophets, none of the writers of the Bible had any concept that what they were writing was "inspired of God". Not even the NT writers, such as the apostle Paul. The more you investigate the Bible, the more you realize that it's a collection of texts that were gathered together in an anthology, most of then heavily redacted in later times to suit a specific religious agenda. I doubt that God ever intended to produce a "Bible" as we have it today.

    For example, ask yourself: What did Paul considered "All Scripture" in his day? Evidence is available that the Christians in the days of Paul were using the OT Septuagint. What is included in the Septuagint? The OT apocrypha. There are several references in the NT to texts in the OT apocrypha. The decision to leave out those texts out of the Jewish Cannon was taken only towards the end of the 1st century; the decision to leave them out of the Christian Cannon was taken only in the 4th century; and the decision to leave them out of the Bible entirely was taken by Martin Luther in the 16th century.

    Eden

  • Apognophos
    Apognophos

    Well said EdenOne. One of the biggest kickers for me, after I had read enough arguments against the Society's teachings and realized it wasn't the truth, was finding out later on that none of the writers of the gospels even identify themselves. And if one accepts the current scholarly opinion that they were written decades after Jesus died, the authors were not necessarily present for any of the events they write about (certainly the writer of Luke already admits this). There were so many assumptions behind my education in the Bible that it makes my head spin. Making Paul's words about "all scripture" apply to his own letters as well as later NT books that Paul never saw (like Revelation) is ridiculous.

  • Rattigan350
    Rattigan350

    Yes, it is inspired of God if you know the meaning of Inspired.

    "having a particular cause or influence"

    Inspired means where the idea came from.

    The writings, prophecies, the letters were caused or influenced by the belief or purpose of God.

    It does not mean that God told them what to write and that it is perfect because of that, other than the 10 commandments and the

    other laws given to Moses.

  • eyeuse2badub
    eyeuse2badub

    I think that the WTBTS could easily make (up) a case the Bible is not "inspired" but "spirit directed". All JW's would then have to believe the 'nu-lite' teaching.

    Just saying

    eyeuse2bdub

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