Is the Bible incomplete?

Nelson Chocha · Post by **Nelson Chocha** » 16 Jun 2020, 20:09

The Bible is complete, Killing Abel is a fictional art. So regardless of its plots filling the chasms of the Bible; The author did not eliminate any concept from the Bible.

Post by **Sushan Ekanayake** » 16 Jun 2020, 20:21

Tochukwu Godson wrote: ↑16 Jun 2020, 11:54 The Bible is a complete book. There nothing needful which is not found on it's pages. The truth is that, apart from the the 66 books of the Bible, there are other historical accounts which can't be counted as part of the Bible, even though they are important encyclopedias of religion.

Well, the bible has only what is needful, and the rest of historical books are just for reading

Post by **Sushan Ekanayake** » 16 Jun 2020, 20:21

Pretty giftee wrote: ↑16 Jun 2020, 14:49 I think the Bible is incomplete, but I believe whatever was left out of the content of the bible, is truly not necessary.

That is a fair point. Being complete and including what is necessary are two different things

Post by **Sushan Ekanayake** » 16 Jun 2020, 23:48

Nelson Chocha wrote: ↑16 Jun 2020, 20:09 The Bible is complete, Killing Abel is a fictional art. So regardless of its plots filling the chasms of the Bible; The author did not eliminate any concept from the Bible.

The author does not mean to harm or disrespect the bible. Please don't be misguided

tieman55 · Post by **tieman55** » 17 Jun 2020, 11:37

Nerea wrote: ↑01 Jun 2020, 14:46 I believe that the Bible is complete. When you read the book of Revelation 22:18,19 you'll realize that adding or subtracting contents into or from the Bible is not right whatsoever.

I say and say again, that Killing Abel is largely fictional.

Question to you, do you make a distinction between bible "commentaries" and or the biblical "commentators" and the author of a biblical fiction? If you can't read what others think/imagine/believe about the Bible, how do you gain insight about what was said and done so long ago?

I was raised reading the commentaries that are in many bibles. The commentaries come with no disclosure that they are largely conjecture. I haven't stopped reading the commentaries, but I now understand they are to some degree fiction as well.

Adanna Inya · Post by **Adanna Inya** » 17 Jun 2020, 17:43

Before coming across this book, I've asked myself same question severally. However, I choose to believe that the bible is complete.

Another thing that I've noticed is that the Bible contradicts itself sometimes. But thats story for another day.

Post by **Sushan Ekanayake** » 17 Jun 2020, 20:11

tieman55 wrote: ↑17 Jun 2020, 11:37
Nerea wrote: ↑01 Jun 2020, 14:46 I believe that the Bible is complete. When you read the book of Revelation 22:18,19 you'll realize that adding or subtracting contents into or from the Bible is not right whatsoever.
I say and say again, that Killing Abel is largely fictional.

Question to you, do you make a distinction between bible "commentaries" and or the biblical "commentators" and the author of a biblical fiction? If you can't read what others think/imagine/believe about the Bible, how do you gain insight about what was said and done so long ago?

I was raised reading the commentaries that are in many bibles. The commentaries come with no disclosure that they are largely conjecture. I haven't stopped reading the commentaries, but I now understand they are to some degree fiction as well.

There is more or less fiction in every historical book

Post by **Sushan Ekanayake** » 17 Jun 2020, 20:12

Adanna Inya wrote: ↑17 Jun 2020, 17:43 Before coming across this book, I've asked myself same question severally. However, I choose to believe that the bible is complete.

Another thing that I've noticed is that the Bible contradicts itself sometimes. But thats story for another day.

Biblical stories contradicting each other is seen occasionally

Aditi Sapate · Post by **Aditi Sapate** » 18 Jun 2020, 00:37

I haven't really studied the bible so I don't know a lot about the additions. I don't think it's wrong to add one's own interpretations at the end though.

Terracutie · Post by **Terracutie** » 18 Jun 2020, 00:39

The bible is incomplete. There are multiple types of bibles used today by each type of Christianity, from Catholic to Baptist, people are finding older copies of the bible that include books not in todays bible (example being: Enoch) there was a time when Christianity was illegal. And a timw when the pope had banned the bible and had copies burned, there are also thoasands fo copies in different languages in latin, Hebrew, early forms of greek and othwr languages that mix together ans get confused. TLDR: the bible has been written, translated, burned, lost, banned, disregarded, destroyed, and had books removed. It is imcomplete

Post by **Sushan Ekanayake** » 18 Jun 2020, 01:18

Aditi Sapate wrote: ↑18 Jun 2020, 00:37 I haven't really studied the bible so I don't know a lot about the additions. I don't think it's wrong to add one's own interpretations at the end though.

Yeah, but not to the original book, for the author's own book

Zeix · Post by **Zeix** » 18 Jun 2020, 02:10

A lot of centuries have past after the release of the Bible and it has passed thorough a lot of hands so we will never know if they left things out when they weir writing it

ardalgarcia · Post by **ardalgarcia** » 18 Jun 2020, 05:27

I think the Bible is complete but I don't think it's wrong to add interpretations as long as it's clear that it's fiction. Michael Tieman isn't pretending to add to the Bible so it doesn't bother me. If no interpretation is allowed, surely all nativity plays should be identical?

Kenesha Latoya Fowler · Post by **Kenesha Latoya Fowler** » 18 Jun 2020, 07:27

The Bible is said to be the written by the inspiration of God. In my opinion, it is complete. There is a scripture in Revelations that warns against adding to or subtracting from the Word of God. This book is fictional, which is important to note, because it not only adds stuff to "fill in the gaps", it changes some things. I can't say whether this is unrighteous or not, but I do think it could be problematic.

Kenesha Latoya Fowler · Post by **Kenesha Latoya Fowler** » 18 Jun 2020, 07:35

Adanna Inya wrote: ↑17 Jun 2020, 17:43 Before coming across this book, I've asked myself same question severally. However, I choose to believe that the bible is complete.

Another thing that I've noticed is that the Bible contradicts itself sometimes. But thats story for another day.

I'm curious to know what [some of] those contradictions are. As it is, I'm currently studying some purported contradictions myself. Just found your comment interesting.