Why does the Bible get misinterpreted so often????

Seems like in every debate or discussion with an agnostic or atheist...at some point, the agnostic or atheist will assert that something from the Bible is being misinterpreted...or misused in some way.

What is it with that?

Seems like in every debate or discussion with an agnostic or atheist...at some point, the agnostic or atheist will assert that something from the Bible is being misinterpreted...or misused in some way.

What is it with that?

Frank,
I might be willing to give a little credence to your argument if you could show me a book, any book, that couldn't be misinterpreted or misused.

Especially a book about subjects (gods, heaven, faith, etc) you yourself readily admit can't be proven or disproven.

slkshock7 wrote:

Seems like in every debate or discussion with an agnostic or atheist...at some point, the agnostic or atheist will assert that something from the Bible is being misinterpreted...or misused in some way.

What is it with that?

Excellent point, Slkshock7. If one doesn't think that a document as it is written is to be considered reliable and accurate, then on what basis does one assert that it is not being understood correctly?

Oh?


Pray tell me, how does it interpret itself?

Oh?


Pray tell me, how does it interpret itself?

KILL!! KILL!!!!! KILL!!!!!

There are many principles as to how the bible interprets itself...

to name a few...

1) Study...

2) Where a word has been used before
3) In the verse
4) The context
5) The remote context
6) To whom it is addressed
7) Customs and Orientalisms
9) Figures of speech

to name only a few...

slkshock7 wrote:

Seems like in every debate or discussion with an agnostic or atheist...at some point, the agnostic or atheist will assert that something from the Bible is being misinterpreted...or misused in some way.

What is it with that?

Excellent point, Slkshock7. If one doesn't think that a document as it is written is to be considered reliable and accurate, then on what basis does one assert that it is not being understood correctly?

slkshock7 wrote:

Seems like in every debate or discussion with an agnostic or atheist...at some point, the agnostic or atheist will assert that something from the Bible is being misinterpreted...or misused in some way.

What is it with that?

Most agnostics and atheists go with what is actually written in your Bible. The people claiming the Bible is being misinterpreted are the theists...not the agnostics and atheists.

slkshock7 wrote:

Frank,
I might be willing to give a little credence to your argument if you could show me a book, any book, that couldn't be misinterpreted or misused.

Especially a book about subjects (gods, heaven, faith, etc) you yourself readily admit can't be proven or disproven.

Yeah...but look at some of the supposed misinterpretations...and you will see that the theists (especially Christians) are always claiming there is a misinterpretation whenever there is a passage that shows their god to be the petty barbarian that it is.

real life wrote:

slkshock7 wrote:

Seems like in every debate or discussion with an agnostic or atheist...at some point, the agnostic or atheist will assert that something from the Bible is being misinterpreted...or misused in some way.

What is it with that?

Excellent point, Slkshock7. If one doesn't think that a document as it is written is to be considered reliable and accurate, then on what basis does one assert that it is not being understood correctly?

I think you had better take a closer look at your fellow Christians. It is they that point out mistakes in belief and errors in interpretation of the Bible of other Christians more vehemently and scornfully then agnostics and atheists.

Look at the history of your religion. See how many Christians have been persecuted, tortured and killed by other Christians because their belief did not agree with another's.

AHHHH, but atheist do not take the holier than thou position that they follow Jesus' teachings.

They don't pretend to walk on water, spouting their higher morality. They don't kill in the name of God.

Also I am not selling atheism. I am not an atheist so I see little value in anything you say about atheism.

By the way, Hitler, Himmler and Goebbles were raised Catholic. They believed they were doing God's work. Hitler's Germany was a Christian nation, not atheist.

why don't you do a comparison of how many lives XXXXX organizations have saved because of their ideology versus how many lives Christian organizations have saved because of their beliefs. I'm willing to do this with you. You identify the XXXXX-professing organizations (of course, they must truly profess XXXXX as the root of their benevolence), and I will do the same for Christian organizations. Then we'll get estimates of lives saved and compare. What do you say, are you game?

Okay, Rex.

Here is a passage from the Bible...it is the god of the Bible speaking to Moses:


"If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them shall be
put to death for their abominable deed; they have forfeited their
lives." Leviticus 20:13

I cannot speak for all agnostics and atheists...but most agnostics and atheists I know are of the opinion that this passage is clear and unambiguous. It indicates a facet of human behavior...identifies that behavior as repugnant to the god of the Bible...an "abominable deed"...and decrees that the penalty for such behavior should be death.


Now...bring to bear all the things you mentioned...and tell us how "the Bible interprets" this passage.

And I thank you in advance for helping make my point.