Is the Bible incomplete?

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Re: Is the Bible incomplete?

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I wouldn't really say the Bible is incomplete but there are some stories that wasn't given a detailed description of what happened, and sometimes we begin to wonder what transpired there. The author tries to fill this gap with his thoughts and view of what could have happened.
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Well looking at the question at hand "Is the bible complete?" Looking at the different denominations in today's wold and how many times the bible was translated, then yes the bible of today is incomplete. Various books are shortened to make it easier for the new generation to "Understand" and some books are completely left out e.g Book of Enoch. The first scriptures (2 Timothy 3:16 says that "All scripture is given by inspiration of God,") were complete, I believe, but a lot got lost in the new releases. I also cant see a comparison in the book to the Bible as the book is presented as fiction. Meaning do we compare every fictional religious book to the bible?
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Theologically, some books are missing in the Bible and some stories are incomplete or untold. Those missing stories are what the author is trying to picture.
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Well, at first when I read the book I thought the Bible omitted a lot but as a Christian, I think the Bible is complete. I mean it has every details
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As a religious and spiritual text teaching people about the ways and words of God, the Bible is astonishingly complete.
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Methuselah helping Noah with the ark despite knowing he won't enter it.
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Your question is thought provoking!
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"Killing Abel" is a fiction book. The author makesan effort to mark when he's using Bible's passages and when he's "filling the blanks" of his own narrative.
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Sushan Ekanayake wrote: 01 Jun 2020, 10:06 The author gives additional descriptions, which are not found in the original Bible, to the story from creating Adam and Eve, up to the worldwide flood. Most of who has studied the Bible must have had his/her own thoughts regarding these lacking parts. Does this mean that the Bible is incomplete? On the other hand, is it righteous to add after-notes to a religious book like the Bible?
The Bible is complete in my opinion and it is okay to add after-notes to the Bible if it is a good one and helps explain your narration.
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I do believe the Bible is complete, and we must give time to read it, and act on what is the teaching in the Bible.
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The Bible left out some parts and details but maybe it was meant to be like that.
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The bible cannot be interpreted individually by man, it only God that can give man understanding of the teachings in the bible. And because of this, I disagree with afternotes for the bible. Also, the bible seems complete to me.
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I don't believe that the Bible is incomplete, the Bible is complete and whole, the author just wrote a frictional account of the Bible.
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I think the Bible is very complete and this comparison is baseless considering the fact this book was a fiction of the authors imagination.
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The Bible is not incomplete, whatever was not in the Bible was therefore declared by God to not be needed for us to understand it. To add to the Bible is incorrect because the Bible was blessed by God, the writings that we add to it have not been blessed by God. And therefore, any writings not in the Bible should never be considered as such.
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