Is the Bible incomplete?

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I think the bible is complete. Whatever is missing is not relevant. since the bible is inspired by God, it means only relevant things were added and whatever was not added meant it wouldn't change much of our situations.It starts with the genesis and ends with the revelation. I belief whatever is not in the bible God did not intend it to be there.In other words the bible is complete.
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I do believe that the Bible is complete and there is no question in this area. There is no reason comparing the bible and the book. The Bible is based on facts. As we all know the book is a work of fiction that is pushed in between bible stories.
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To me the Bible is complete. In the book of Revelation there is a stunning warning no one is supposed to add or subtract anything. remember it was written by inspired men so they couldn't have left out anything.
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Sushan wrote: 01 Jun 2020, 20:11
AmyMarie2171 wrote: 01 Jun 2020, 16:12 I don't think the two are connected at all. If the Bible had included every detail about every story beyond what is absolutely critical, then we'd never be able to finish reading it. Since the Bible was put together by councils who chose what would be canon, we know that some of what was originally written was left out. Nevertheless, 2 Timothy 3:16 says that "All scripture is given by inspiration of God," so I tend to believe that what is in the Bible now is complete due to divine inspiration.
That is reasonable. So the bible might have been more lengthy in the early days of writing it?
Like it is said in the book of 2 Timothy 3:16 that "All scripture is given by inspiration of God," which means, what we have now as the Bible is all we need.
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Sushan wrote: 01 Jun 2020, 20:05
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 thought the same. But what about the feeling of 'stories are jumping from one point to the other', when reading the parts of creation?
Yes, I did feel that, but I realized that those supposed missing information were not worth it, if they were, they would have been inspired into the bible.
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The Bible is complete. Adding afternotes is just like reviewing a book. That's why God gave us opinions and choices.
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Leen282 wrote: 01 Jun 2020, 15:08 Since the book is presented as fiction, I don't think it is meant to be read as trying to complete the Bible. For me one has nothing to do with the other.
I agree!
As it is fiction, anything goes. Adding or subtracting to or from the bible in the book is of no real world consequence.
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I think the bible is incomplete.. and i think it should have been written again and again with the development of civilisation.. more developed the man is, he forget s the moral values and bible should "update" to bring him again to the righteous path
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I don't think the Bible is incomplete. The author is just being creative that the readers may enjoy the story.
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Leen282 wrote: 01 Jun 2020, 15:08 Since the book is presented as fiction, I don't think it is meant to be read as trying to complete the Bible. For me one has nothing to do with the other.
I agree, seeing that the book is fictional so it has no bases of comparison with the bible.
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Ogbara wrote: 23 Oct 2020, 08:45
Sushan wrote: 01 Jun 2020, 20:05
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 thought the same. But what about the feeling of 'stories are jumping from one point to the other', when reading the parts of creation?
Yes, I did feel that, but I realized that those supposed missing information were not worth it, if they were, they would have been inspired into the bible.
That is true!
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I think the best explanation would be, some Churches make modified bibles out of the Bible itself and teach it to their congregation as well as sell them.
I know a church that does that.
But also, the book is fiction, it's all about the author's imagination.
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The thing about the bible that people need to understand is that it is only an interpretation. Originally it was written by the followers of Jesus Christ, but many of the original writings have been lost. The bible we all have access to nowadays is a heavily revised version. It has been revised by popes and kings alike. What makes the religion is the overall morals, not the outdated and nonoriginal stories passed off as the word of God. Which it isn't. Because, as we know, God doesn't have a hand to write us notes or a mouth to speak to us. For this reason, everything is up for interpretation, and the religion itself relies entirely upon your faith to believe it with no physical proof (the bible is not proof, as stated it is man made not God-made).
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We are told it's incomplete it's a known truth. I first wondered what the incomplete part has to do with it. Of course, the author refers to the missing parts and we are only to wonder what we have missed. Maybe giants did build the ark It makes sense and so does this book. It's at the very least fun to wonder if it could be true.
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The Christian Bible was conceived quite a long time back. Since then, it has been revised multiple times by many a contemporary clergymen. These men didn't all belong to one specific time period. They were at times were centuries apart. I think these repeated revisions are the reason for 'gaps' in the narration as well the issue of Bible being somewhat 'incomplete'.
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