Bible Question (short): Should the Bible be taken literally? |
Question (full): I'm not talking about what God has changed or the perceived differences between the OT and NT. I'm talking about a precept, statue, or command that is minimized by man as being nothing more than the writer addressing a social situation of the time. My question is why would an all knowing, all seeing God allow something to be included into the Bible, a book given to us for life’s direction, knowing that it would cause confusion in later generations that had no direct knowledge of the existing situation? If I lived on the make believe island of Jabuck. And I had no religious training or knowledge of Bible times and was given a Bible in my language. If I read and studied it with purity of heart and with the guidance of the Holy Spirit would I ever conclude, “this” precept, ordinance, statue, or commandment, while it doesn’t say so, was in fact addressing a social situation that doesn’t exist today, therefore I should discount it? |