I'll sum it up in 2 words..."Read It"
“THE Bible is a plain, honest, straightforward, simple Book. It is easy to read and easy to understand. It needs no learned introduction, no expert scholarship to enable us to grasp its meaning.”
Tell that to the Ethiopian eunuch.
Really? Then there should be no denominations, no religious wars within the church, no challenges, etc? The Bible may be all true, but man is flawed, very flawed and has a history of misinterpreting or twisting the Bible to suit his own purpose, all while declaring his translation was the 'true' one. A whole world opens up when you do dig into it with scholarship, with learning, studying the language, culture, and history, not just trusting what someone in sunday school said it means.
Stopped reading after that little bit of claptrap.
As a child, I was taught the bible rigorously over six years of primary, Catholic education.
I never needed “learned interpretations” then, and I surely don’t need them now.
Of course, plenty of religo-crats, including many here on FR, will provide multi-page “translations” of the most simple ideas.
What other man-made god would do something like that?
Which Bible....THE Catholic Bible inspired by the Holy spirit and used for all times or a non catholic Bible in use for 4 centuries differentiated by a Man removing 7 books?? Just asking...
How to understand the bible:
“Literally = Literately”
That's assuming you can read Hebrew, Aramaic and Koine Greek...
I've never agreed with this many RC posters before. They say they don't understand the word of God, and I believe them.
"...We must be faithful, and stand fast in our liberty; we must follow the rule which is given us in the Word of God, and not suffer our souls to be brought into slavery by new laws, forged by men. For it is a hellish tyranny, which lesseneth God's authority and mixeth the truth of the gospel with figures of the law; and perverteth and corrupteth the true service of God, which ought to be spiritual. Therefore, let us consider how precious a privilege it is to give thanks to God with quietness of conscience, being assured it is His will and pleasure that we should enjoy His blessings: and that we may do so, let us not entangle ourselves with the superstitions of men, but be content with what is contained in the pure simplicity of the gospel. Then, as we have shown concerning the first part of our text, unto them that are pure, all things will be pure..."
The arguments on this thread have effectively torpedoed the poor Reverend's thesis, lol.
I read it several times, but it wasn’t until I read a chronological Bible that it all clicked. They aren’t that hard to find and there are also chronological reading plans online.
hmmm...