Post by Arlon10 on Aug 15, 2020 23:25:25 GMT
The thing about "truth" is that it makes no difference whether it's "true" until you know what it means. If you failed calculus and are asked whether a certain calculation is "true" you really can't say till you know what it means. The Bible might well be "true" but there are obviously some people who failed calculus and other sciences and arts who still don't know what it means. Until anyone knows what it means, what possible difference could it make if you think its "true"?
Perhaps you would like to expand your own thoughts first. How for example did you get from "God-breathed" to "true"?
So, you wanna know, "Gee, just because scripture is "God-breathed", why should we think it would necessarily be claiming to be true?"
First, my own thoughts. The connection between "God-breathed" and "true" can be assumed by default. If any "God-breathed" scripture is untrue, then God has mishandled inspiration; and God, by any religion's teaching, could not or would not do that. Therefore, the burden of proof is not on the one who accepts this connection, but rather on anyone who suggest it's not there.
For further arguments regarding where the Bible (with other scriptures in addition to that one) CLAIMS that it is true, there are plenty of articles on line by the people who have made the Bible their field of study. If you need more info on how the Bible says it's true, just look them up.
Or, if you want to save yourself the trouble, just jettison your unschooled notion that the Bible doesn't say it's true.
When I first started on the original board at IMDb I noticed that atheists here are "dull witted, artless, and pedestrian." So far you have not proved me wrong.
I suppose you will claim you missed it, but the "color green" explanation has been on this board countless times. How do you describe the color green to a person blind since before birth "literally"? You can not! Only people who have already experienced green can know what you mean "literally" by the word "green." People who have seen green can readily know the "truth" about green. Other people must depend on indirect speech, allegory, parables, and other highly symbolic communication. Actually developing an understanding of green might take a lifetime. The Bible might be "true" as I already explained, but it cannot be literally true.
Are parables "true"?
The Bible does not say it is true because in fact it contains allegory, parable, and symbolism to point a person toward the truth, however the journey is not easy because the Bible deals with things that are beyond common experience and plain speech.
There are plenty of people who can read above a third year elementary level. However you will probably have difficulty finding them online because the internet is dominated by the plainspoken, dull witted, artless and pedestrian.
As for calculus you probably don't want to mess with that anyway.