{"id":39973,"date":"2015-10-06T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-06T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=39973"},"modified":"2017-10-24T14:52:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T21:52:03","slug":"is-the-bible-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/is-the-bible-true\/","title":{"rendered":"The Question is not, “Is the Bible True?” but rather, “How is the Bible True?”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thinking about the nature of truth helps us understand how the Bible is (and is not) true. <\/p>\n

And don’t get nervous … I believe all the Bible is true … but you need to read on to discover what I mean by this.<\/p>\n

Beginning with Truth<\/h2>\n

There are different types of truth. <\/p>\n

There is logical truth, scientific truth, historical truth, relational truth, poetic truth, and yes, even universal truth. There is a lot of overlap between some of these types of truth, but there are also some areas that might be true in one category, but not true in another. <\/p>\n

Various Types of Truth Claims<\/h2>\n

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For example, the statement \u201c2+2=4\u201d is mathematically true, while the statement \u201cI love my wife\u201d is relationally true. But I cannot use mathematics to defend the truth that I love my wife, so the statement “I love my wife” is not mathematically true. <\/p>\n

Then there are statements which are true for some and not true for others. The statement, \u201cHalloween is a day on which children get candy,\u201d is true for children who go Trick-or-Treating on Halloween, but is not true for those who don\u2019t. <\/p>\n

Many historical truth claims are true when they are made, but are not true later. For example, “King George is the King of England” was true when he was king, but is no longer true today. <\/p>\n

Then there are experiential truths and truths from a certain perspective. Consider these two statements: \u201cThe sun rises in the east. The sun rises in the west.\u201d Which statement is true? Everybody would agree that first statement is true. Yet from a scientific perspective, the sun does not rise in the east. This is an illusion based on our experience of seeing the sun rise up out of the Eastern horizon. Scientifically, however, the sun is stationary and the earth rotates around the sun. <\/p>\n

Of course, even that is not a scientifically true statement, since in reality, the sun is not even close to stationary. The sun it is moving through the Milky Way galaxy at a speed of 450,000 mph. And when you consider that the Milky Way galaxy is moving toward the Andromeda galaxy at a speed of about 150,000 mph, and the earth is moving around the sun at a speed of about 70,000 mph, what this means is that when you were a child and your mother told you to \u201cSit still\u201d you were still moving at a rate of about 670,000 mph. <\/p>\n

So as you sit there reading this text, are you sitting still or are you moving? <\/p>\n

You might say, \u201cWell, I\u2019m sitting still relative to my chair, but not sitting still relative to the universe.\u201d Fine. Except that even relative to your chair, you are not sitting still. For the word \u201cstill\u201d means \u201cabsent of all movement.\u201d Yet your blood is moving, your eyes are blinking, your cells are reproducing, and your molecules are vibrating around like crazy. You are not remotely \u201cstill.\u201d So you see? The truth claim that you are sitting still relative to your chair requires even further clarification to be truly true. <\/p>\n

This dilemma about truth becomes even more convoluted when we begin to discuss history, poetry, and literature.<\/p>\n

The statement, \u201cI ate porridge for breakfast this morning,\u201d is a true statement (Relative, of course, to how I am using the words \u201cporridge\u201d and \u201cmorning.\u201d) But if I say, \u201cThe porridge was good,\u201d we now have a truth dilemma. What do I mean by \u201cgood\u201d? I could mean that it tasted good, or that it was morally good, or that it was not rotten, or maybe that it manufactured and sold by a company named \u201cGood.\u201d <\/p>\n

And what about the statement, \u201cI will eat porridge next Monday morning?\u201d It is my plan to eat porridge next Monday, but does this plan make the statement true today? In other words, can a statement about the future be true? <\/p>\n

Then there is the language of poetry. Take this statement: \u201cThe color of love is red?\u201d Is that true? Yes, it is true. But not from a scientific, or logical, or mathematical, or historical perspective. Love has no color. And in fact, what exactly is \u201cred\u201d? For that matter, what is \u201clove\u201d? (Baby, don\u2019t hurt me, don\u2019t hurt me, no more!)<\/p>\n

Or take fiction and literature as an example. Here is a True or False question for you to answer: Aesop\u2019s Fables are true. <\/p>\n

Well, of course they\u2019re false! In fact, the word \u201cfable\u201d means \u201cmyth\u201d or fictional story, which by definition, means they are not true. <\/p>\n

And yet Aesop\u2019s Fables contains some of the greatest truths in literature. Truths about greed, teamwork, hard work, and self-discipline. So in this sense, Aesop\u2019s Fables are amazingly true. <\/p>\n

Enough with all this though. I hope you see that the truthfulness of a statement depends almost entirely on the type of truth statement it is,<\/strong> the context in which it is said, and numerous other factors. <\/p>\n

So what about the truthfulness of the Bible? <\/h2>\n

The discussion above is why it is so difficult for some people to answer the question, “Is the Bible true?” Is that question referring to scientific truth, historical truth, relational truth, mathematical truth, poetic truth, or some other type of truth? <\/p>\n

Initially, the answer to all these questions seems to be “Yes.” Many would state that “No matter what type of proposition or claim the Bible is making, it is true.”<\/p>\n

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Okay, let’s consider a few examples. <\/p>\n

Earlier in this post, we talked about mathematical and scientific truth claims in the Bible. <\/p>\n

In my One Verse Podcast<\/a>, we have been looking at some of the claims in Genesis 1 (which some people believe are scientific truth claims … but I don’t). In Genesis 1:6, we read that God placed a firmament in the sky to separate the waters above from the waters below. <\/p>\n

As I pointed out in the podcast, the word “firmament” means a hard dome. So is it true that there is a hard dome up in the sky which holds back a heavenly ocean from falling upon us? <\/p>\n

Well, no, this isn’t true. <\/p>\n

Ah, so then the Bible has errors? <\/p>\n

I do not believe so (as I explain the Podcast). While Genesis 1:6 may not be scientifically true, there are other ways that a statement can be true. The key is figuring out how<\/em> Genesis 1:6 is true.<\/p>\n

Take the truth claim of the Bible that \u201cGod is love.\u201d Is that true? Well, of course it\u2019s true. But it is not mathematically or scientifically true. It is relationally true. It is a statement about God’s character and nature. <\/p>\n

Or what about the numerous statement in the Psalms about how God looks and acts? I just randomly opened to the Psalms and found the statement in Psalm 68:4 that God rides on the clouds. Is this true? If you look up at the clouds and see them moving across the sky, is God up there riding across the sky on the clouds like a person rides a horse? Or maybe God is into cloud surfing the way people surf waves? <\/p>\n

No, of course not. Psalm 68:4 is poetically true, describing the glory and majesty and power of God. <\/p>\n

Or how about the parables of Jesus? Are they true? <\/p>\n

Well, of course they are true! <\/p>\n

But was there really a landowner who went away and when he sent back servants to receive the income from the land, the tenants of the land killed all the servants? And so the landowner finally sent his son, thinking the tenants would listen to him, but instead, the tenants killed the son as well? Did that really happen? Maybe \u2026 but its highly unlikely, and the reason Jesus told this parable, was not to teach a historical truth, but to teach a theological and relational truth about his own mission and ministry. <\/p>\n

\"theOr take prophecy. Are prophetical statements about future events true? Well, they do reveal divine intent, and since God can bring about what He intends, we could say that prophetical statement are more true than the statements about any human intent, but again, are statement about future historical events actually true before they occur? <\/p>\n

We could go on and on, but here\u2019s the point:<\/p>\n

The question is not \u201cIs the Bible true?\u201d but rather, \u201cHow<\/em> is the Bible true?\u201d<\/h2>\n

Asking that second<\/em> question is key in properly studying and understanding the Bible. <\/p>\n

This sort of approach to Scripture allows us to take a more nuanced view of the doctrine of inerrancy. <\/p>\n

I Believe in Inerrancy<\/h2>\n

Biblical Inerrancy is loosely defined as the idea that the Bible is without error. That everything on which it speaks, it speaks truly. <\/p>\n

I agree with this. <\/p>\n

I believe the Bible is true. I believe every word of it is true. <\/p>\n

And in fact, I am going to go further than most inerrantists I know. I believe the Bible is more true than most of them believe. <\/p>\n

Most inerrantists qualify their belief in the truth of the Bible by saying that the Bible is without error in the original manuscripts<\/em>. That is, most inerrantists only believe the original manuscripts <\/em>of the Bible are inerrant. They freely admit that the manuscripts which we have now are full of errors. <\/p>\n

But I do not qualify my belief in the truth of Scripture this way at all. Because of how I understand truth, I believe the Bible is true more than inerrantists do.<\/strong><\/p>\n

While I do believe that the original manuscripts were completely true, I also believe that the copies of these original manuscripts are completely true, and I believe that all translations and Bible versions are completely true, including not only the KJV, but also the NIV, the NASB, the Message, the Living Bible, and even translations into Swahili or Klingon. Yes, did you know there is a Klingon version of the Bible? There is. And I believe it is true. <\/p>\n

I know these sorts of statement will make people mad, but here\u2019s the thing: I believe that these debates about who truly believes the Bible and who doesn\u2019t are just the smoke and mirrors of religion.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Debates About Inerrancy are Debates for Control<\/h2>\n

Debates about inerrancy are nothing more than ways for one particular group of religious leaders to manipulate and control their followers into submission and to keep them from listening to the ideas or teachings of another group of religious leaders \u2014 who, incidentally, use the same arguments to control and manipulate their followers to keep them from listening to the first group! <\/p>\n

It is a powerful argument in the minds of many to be able to say, \u201cI am right and those people over there are wrong because they don\u2019t believe the Bible, and so you better listen to me.\u201d But every time I hear this sort of language coming out of a teacher or a ministry, I run away faster than I would run from a roaring lion. <\/p>\n

But if my understanding of what the Bible says is different than your understanding of what the Bible says, you cannot say that I don\u2019t believe the Bible is true, for I do. I simply believe that the Bible is true in a different way than you believe it is true, and I believe that the truth claims it makes are different than the truth claims you believe it makes.<\/p>\n

The claim, \u201cYou don\u2019t believe the Bible is true\u201d is nothing more than a smokescreen put up by manipulative religion to discredit or ignore a challenging teaching or idea about the Bible which disagrees or contradicts what that religion teaches. This accusation is played as a trump card, but it turns out to be nothing more than a joker. <\/p>\n

But if we can stop arguing about inerrancy, we can return instead to what has true value, which is actually discussing the biblical text itself. We can talk about how a passage is true, even if we know it is not scientifically or historically true. <\/p>\n

Does this way of thinking help you know that you can trust Scripture as true? I hope so. Let me know your thoughts and questions in the comments below.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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