Originally posted by shutterbug0303
Sorry...I was having a hard time with wording...uumm...what "concerns"/"questions"/"disagreements" do you find? Did that help clarify? I am going by the orginal post

Posted by Micki - "I don't believe in everything the bible says."

Just curious as to what parts...
Ok this makes sense I don't believe that the bible should/can be taken literally. I can't comment on the Quaran because I don't know anything about it. Basically, I believe that the bible is a work of history, or even a story. It was first written in Hebrew (I think), and, in translation things HAVE to be interpreted. For example, in Hebrew there are no spaces, and all letters were capitals. Look at this example:

GODISNOWHERE

it can say "God is now here" and it says "God is no where" So who made the decision to say He is here? Also, there aren't always English translations for some Hebrew words, and so people had to make the "best choice" even though it's not exact.

Also, because the written record was written in a different time and life, it just isn't practical to apply it to our lives in a literal sense. For example, there is a verse in the bible that says never strike your wife with a whip bigger than your wrist (this is a horrible paraphrase but it works in this context). In our day and age, domestic abuse isn't acceptable - period! So we have to adapt the bible to work with the change in society, and I think it can be done as long as we take the underlying messages like "love thy neighbour" etc etc.

Does that answer your questions at all? I hope it makes sense!