Now, to be clear, I’m not really religious anymore and have my own belief system now. But I was raised Christian, and it annoys me how much of a voice “uneducated” Christians have for the narrative. One of the important things taught was: “regardless of the influence god had on bible writers, they were still human, so the bible is not a perfect record.” And for the four gospel writers, they still had different personalities and thought different details were more important than others. And really, it makes sense that it wouldn’t be 100% accurate at all times. I don’t expect any biography or memoir to be such. There would absolutely be embellishments and inferences, if not straight lies.
Bible literatists are more of a USA thing. Its funny that the opposition are also bible literatists but arguing for the contrary. Internet Le epic critical thinkers never fail to deliver.
Now, to be clear, I’m not really religious anymore and have my own belief system now. But I was raised Christian, and it annoys me how much of a voice “uneducated” Christians have for the narrative. One of the important things taught was: “regardless of the influence god had on bible writers, they were still human, so the bible is not a perfect record.” And for the four gospel writers, they still had different personalities and thought different details were more important than others. And really, it makes sense that it wouldn’t be 100% accurate at all times. I don’t expect any biography or memoir to be such. There would absolutely be embellishments and inferences, if not straight lies.
I had never thought of the Bible as Jesus’ memoir but that is a great way to put it
Bible literatists are more of a USA thing. Its funny that the opposition are also bible literatists but arguing for the contrary. Internet Le epic critical thinkers never fail to deliver.
No, that’s what your specific sect taught you.
That’s not even close to being a universal Christian belief.