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MORMONS True or False: 'The Bible could not be God's Word because it contains a lot of contradictions.' Please start your answer with either "True" or "False" and then explain your answer.

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by Bridget_D8547 on March 3rd, 2011

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False. The Bible is the word of God. The Holy Spirit is well able to clarify passages that seem contradictory. In fact, if you're not reading the Bible with the help of the Holy Spirit, you're pretty much losing out.
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  Another "Asker's Pick" for you Bridget.
  
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by East Hill on December 9th, 2009
Absolutely false.

The bible is a true book and contains God's word.

That would be like dismissing the Book of Mormon simply because on the title page there is the disclaimer that "if there are faults they are the mistakes of men."
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by Does it matter? on December 9th, 2009
.false(in the traditional use of the phrase)We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.
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true(sort of)- i find that calling the bible the "word of god" misleading about the origin of the bible. while much of the bible contains word spoken by god to man, one should remember that it is words spoken to man and told to another man and then recorded and translated and retranslated with the opinions and biases of the translator included.
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that being said i do believe that many versions of the bible are translated mostly correct and contain many great truths. my objection is that most of the bible is not literally the "word of god" as many would mistakenly believe by that title.
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- Thank you for your answer. +6
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  So since you don't like the way that the question is framed, how about this instead:
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  "MORMONS True or False: 'The Bible we have today can't be trusted because it contains a lot of contradictions.' Please start your answer with either "True" or "False" and then explain your answer."
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  Is that better? And would THAT be "True" or "False"?
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  >that being said i do believe that many versions of the bible are translated mostly correct and contain many great truths<
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  So how do you determine what's true and what isn't?
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- to your restated question: i would see that as less ambiguous and would answer as fallows (I would say false; the caveat would be mans understanding of biblical passages in historical context.)
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  truth is a funny word and in many instances can be based on ones perception of reality (Plato's cave comes to mind) and other than my own judgement the best answer i can give is this 1. study and poner 2.have faith in christ 3.pray with sincerity 4. listen for the answer 5.act, fallow and share
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- "People often ask me, “How do you know? How can you know that God lives and that Jesus is the Christ?” While there seems to be no exact formula by which each of us receives a testimony, there does seem to be a discernable pattern. Though prayer is important in gaining a testimony, we cannot merely ask in prayer for a testimony and expect it to be given immediately to us.
  
  Generally, testimony emerges over time and through life’s experiences. We can compare testimony to the process of watching a photograph develop. Powerful impressions of the Spirit come like flashes of light on receptive photographic film. Like the chemicals needed to develop the picture, certain spiritual conditions and experiences are needed in our lives for our personal testimony to develop into a certain truth and knowledge. And like a photograph, a testimony, if not carefully preserved, will fade with time."
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- People often ask me, “How do you know? How can you know that God lives and that Jesus is the Christ?” While there seems to be no exact formula by which each of us receives a testimony, there does seem to be a discernable pattern. Though prayer is important in gaining a testimony, we cannot merely ask in prayer for a testimony and expect it to be given immediately to us.
  
  Generally, testimony emerges over time and through life’s experiences. We can compare testimony to the process of watching a photograph develop. Powerful impressions of the Spirit come like flashes of light on receptive photographic film. Like the chemicals needed to develop the picture, certain spiritual conditions and experiences are needed in our lives for our personal testimony to develop into a certain truth and knowledge. And like a photograph, a testimony, if not carefully preserved, will fade with time.
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  Thank you for clarifying.
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by kvnsmnsn on April 7th, 2011
False. The idea that God's Word cannot contain contradictions is incredibly naive.

If you're dealing with formal mathematical systems then yes, if you have a contradiction then something in there must be false. Any question you ask in mathematics has a yes or not answer. Is seven a prime number? Either it is or it isn't. Is the sine function the first derivative of the cosine function? Either it is or it isn't. If you were to ask a rigorously defined mathematical question you would never expect someone to answer with, "Yes and no." That would be a contradiction, and therefore would be false.

But in natural language one hears that answer, "Yes and no." Not all the time, but frequently enough. It means that the question wasn't rigorously defined; there's some ambiguity there. It's definitely not lying, necessarily, for someone who says, "Yes and no"; instead it could very possibly to be the absolute truth. And yet, mathematically, it is still a contradiction.

If humans can use contradiction in a natural language to make a point, why can't God?

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by John Cox on April 23rd, 2010
False.
The Bible is God's word. Yes it does contain some errors, for example I'm sure the original author of Kings did not actually write about zombies here:
"when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses" 2 Kings 19:35
It also contains some contradictions. But for as old as it is and for as many translations and recopyings as it's been through the errors are remarkably few, and nearly non-existant when it comes to important matters.
The Bible is God's word, or to be more accurate, it is a record of many of the splenderous words God has given to man either through face to face communication or by the whisperings of the Holy Ghost.
And any errors contained with in the Bible are simply the result of the imperfection of man.
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by whew4 on December 9th, 2009
IT...you always try to frame your questions in such a way as to catch us in our words, much like the Scribes and Pharisee's did with Christ.

This particular question cannot be answered with a simple "True" or "False" statement on our part.

Does the Bible contain Words spoken by God? Absolutely! Does the Bible also contain words substituted by men? Absolutely!

Does this concern us greatly? NO! Because we have in our Church, Prophets, Seers and Revelators, who can know the mind and will of God and can interpret the scriptures according to God's will.

And since we do not depend entirely on the Bible for the source of our doctrines, we have the best of both worlds. That which came from God in the Bible. And that which came from the same God to modern day Prophets.

And because of that we have the whole truth, of which we will gladly share with anyone who wishes to broaden their horizons...Later
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- And Whew you always try to dodge, deflect, and evade before you spew a bunch of LdS Church dogma as if it's the absolute and only valid stance on the planet.
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  And that's exactly what you've done here.
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  So is your answer "True" or "False"?
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  AND . . . then you can clarify these points:
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  >Does the Bible contain Words spoken by God? Absolutely!<
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  Great! What and where are they in the Bible?
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  >Does the Bible also contain words substituted by men? Absolutely!<
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  Again, great! What and where are they in the Bible?
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  >Does this concern us greatly? NO! Because we have in our Church, Prophets, Seers and Revelators, who can know the mind and will of God and can interpret the scriptures according to God's will<
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  And the reason why you can't think, reason and discern these things for yourself under guidance of the the Holy Spirit are . . . . ?
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- Clearly, the Bible is the word of God. Anyone who does not thoroughly know the Bible will pretty much miss out on at least half of what the Book of Mormon is saying. The Bible is the foundation of scripture. It is absolutely true and the Holy Spirit testifies of this.
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- Thank you Bridget. And all I would add to that superb comment is:
  
  Amen!
  
  Thank you again.
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