100%. I agree whole-heartedly. Glad to see you think so too. You can never go wrong with the Bible.

I believe the breathing, living Word of God...... is God- inspired, yes.  LOL  And I also believe that it's accurate.

going on the idea that the writers all believed it then yes they saw it as his word, but assuming god is real it wouldnt be his literal word, due to inconsistancys.
Tbh if you dont think the bible was inspired by god then are you really christian? Its the only thing that states what it is to be christian.
Unless youre asking if you think certain parts dont belong?
If I was a peacefull christian or jew id say tear out leviticus and burn that stuff, thats a particularly dark section. Id hope no one follows it, but I know some do.
However you stated the whole bible. Are you including the old testament?

thenumberone : What inconsistancys? History proves the accuracy of the Bible. Some christians do not believe that parts of the Bible are correct, though I do. I want to mention that not all of the Old testament is applicable today. For instance, I believe that we are not required to sacrifice animals anymore, like they did in the OT. Jesus sacrificed Himself for us, the perfect sacrifice. Because He sacrificed Himself, we are no longer required to sacrifice animals at the altar. An example of those who don't believe all of the Bible would be: Those who follow the Gap theory, the Bible says that the world was created in 7 days, not billions of years. Anyway, I am a strong believer in the accuracy of the Word of God. But, again, what inconsistancys have you noticed? I'm curious!

Singelli: How did I know?!?

Man How I wish I could change my vote.

But no, While other bibles are accurate and are inspired the word of god

Other bibles are made-up and only have put a few words of god, then the rest are just the words that people put in there own words.  O3O

mrfe : Haha!  Because you're a really smart guy?  

And yes, the OT is full of traditions we no longer have to keep.
This I agree with.

There are also no inconsistencies... IF you use the KJV.  It's a matter of knowing all the scripture, the context surrounding the verses, and the implications of certain events.

DwarvenKnuckleBuster : I agree that there are flawed translations, I am blessed with an uncle who's hobby is studying original versions of the bible. I'm not going to say that all translations are correct, neither am I going to say that they are all wrong.
Singelli : This summon will prob. fail too, lol. KJV is a good translation, I also like the NKJV. Context is VERY important in the Bible, I've got family who take scripture out of context and now they believe that demons make you sin, not you yourself. They still have some accountibility, they believe that they let the demon in. Praying that they see the flaws in that. Derek prince is their source. I have a problem with adding to scripture, which is what he does.

Hm.  That's not good at all.

So to make sure I understand correctly, they basically think that once you let a demon in, you're a puppet to that demon's whims?

Have you tried asking them how they suppose someone gets free of the demon, if they have no will?

Singelli : They believe that there are many demons per person, the demon of sloth, of hate, ect. Pretty much, you let the demon do bad things through you, it's not you who's doing the bad things.

mrfe :  We make our own decisions and act upon them.
It's very dangerous thinking indeed, and I'll pray. Thanks for letting me know.  I won't post here again and keep us off topic.

Singelli : I totally agree, we are responsible for our decisions. Now, back to the topic! Anyone else want to vote? It's free! lol

Yes, I do believe the Bible whole-heatedly and truly if you didn't you would be calling God a liar. Saying that things are not true in the scriptures is like saying "God is a smart guy, but he kinda got this wrong in this peticular area you know."  God is all knowing and is everywhere all the time, so If you are so smart to know more then he does, then go ahead and make you own judgement calls on the matter.
     BUT for those who don't, they need to bow there heads and make peace and repent from there wicked deed and turn to him and trust in him so that they may be made whole. Amen.

like one author stating men shouldnt cut there hair, another that said men with long hair were an abomination.
If i focus on inconsistancys however, certain individuals will cry anti christian hate, as oposed to stimulating debate, I cant really be bothered with that right now.

I will say though, that a common argument of why such inconsistencys exist is that it was written by different people over a long period. If i believed the bible that would be the only viabld reason in my mind.
I would also mention a story.
There were a group of christians in south france (trivia, legend has it they possesed the holy grail) that believed every person could commune with god. They didnt accept hierarchy like priests and cardinals etc. Naturaly the pope had them massacred as heretics.
A pity because thats ideal religion. They cant be controled by those in power, faith is used like a weapon by governments and church leaders alike.
If god were real, and guiding you, he would tell you what the scripture meant. People should decide what parts of the bible they think god commanded, if you replace your belief with that of your priest, minister or church, its not really faith, not yours anyway. Youre just following like sheep. If you have faith in god then i cant see why youd doubt your take on the bible.
And if god was loving he'd surely apreciate that you tried to adhere to what he said, and eliminate other sources from your thought.
If i was christian, and believed god was righteous, i would literaly rip leviticus out of my bible, because that is so far the other way its insane.

Thats all hypothetical though, since i am not christian.

Its not really that relevant, but id say, if christians followed the bible more strictly, you'd be a lot more like muslims, much of there practices like fasting etc used to be practiced by christians.

thenumberone : I agree on that statement where you talked about how there should not be a pope and a Govermental church. Because of what happened in the dark ages with the pope having superb power and the burning at the steak of the prophets. They were most certainly NOT true Christians they were Religious (blinded by tradition) but not spiritual. And it all began with the pharacies in Jesus's time. Despicable. . .

Which part of the Bible do you think are true and which are Apochryph? Not only there are lots of old scripture by the early christians that were left out of the bible but there are even today some who doubt which parts should have been left in and left out.

Also I would like to hear some reasoning other than "this is the bible my mother read so it has to be true".Also if you argue "the older the better" then the only true Bible are the Fifty bibles of Constatine and editetd by Eusebius.

Yes, I believe that the whole bible is inspired because seriously, the stories in there sound too good to be made up! All of it has to be true.

As a student of theology yes I do believe the Bible to be the word of God.
Also I am aware of Mans manipulation of the text.
However as a student learning Koine Biblical Greek I can see exactly why debates can arise about what the text actually means.
All the major rewritings happened in the 1500s by people like Erasmus, Luther and Zwingli.
How we interpret Gods word is a more important question for a Christian.
A none Christian I can understand the doubts.
Hebrew however (OT) is very unique and complex language which leaves surprisingly little room for error.
So the Old Testament as a historical document and therefore God breathed scripture is much easier to validify than the New Testament.
Something to perhaps look up would be the Skit guys. A video group online from the States that teach the scriptures in a fun way that are great for introducing these complex concepts to non Christians and agnostics.
As for modern translations of the text it is important to bear in mind that the diversity is mainly due to the individual needs of the Christian.
NIV is wonderful for study, Old King James is great for preaching and NLT is good for personal devotion as it is very poetic.
I think perhaps I have rambled a bit. And maybe lost track of the conversation a little.
Oh how I love theology!

I agree that it is mainly up to the person interpreting the scripture. Most people also need to realize that when an inspiration comes to mind you never truly record it as accurately as it came to mind. The four gospels (Old English for Good Tale) of the four disciples (Mathew, Mark, Luke, and John) were four stories requisitioned by one entity to record the life of one MAN (regardless of the circumstances of his birth he even refers to himself as "Son of Man"). This observation in itself tells you that the story of the gospel isn't completely accurate or "God" would have filled in the blanks.

So as for my vote: Some of the bible is inspired by God, NONE of it was ever truly WRITTEN by god, and MAN did a horribly bad time converting the original inspiration into the original text and a HORRIBLE job converting it to different languages.

The questions:
"Is the Bible true?" NO;
"Is it based on a true story?" Sure;
"Was it inspired by God?" absolutely, but that doesn't make the book TRUE.

(I could be inspired by anything in the world, even God, but unless God actually takes my hand and writes the words FOR me then it is never really God's word it is MY word, inspired by God)

Without a doubt. I most certainly believe every word of it even though I have had my doubts. History proves the divine events of the past and the signs of the end are beginning to be proved now. As well as all the prophecy Jesus fulfilled. The odds simply aren't there to be that spot on. And the word itself simply does not in any way contradict itself. I also have an understanding of scripture that a college student in theology would have, as well as an understanding of christian apologetics all mostly from reading books and my own study rather than going to college. So I might not be as good at understanding scripture as those who've had an education on it, but I still have a good understanding of scripture to be able to defend it and I've even given the message in my youth group.