truth is lighted on faith - that's the term that just believe and don't ask or no question as long as you believe even if there are conflicts.
we know darn well that there are plenty of flaws in the bible. for instance, that the earth is just a mere hundreds of thousand years old but the science dated it as millions of years old. bible says that it's a sin to eat shellfish, but why do we have shellfish and still eat them. the old testament legalizes the stoning to death and it was restated in new testament that those who don't have sins can cast the first stone. these are just a few that i can remember but certainly there are more. I am not a bible reader but certainly i have my own thinking to think what is right and what is wrong (f0r me) and I am not pushing it to have everyone believe what i believe.
The Holy Bible was written by men that were of faith, and we refer to them, and its writings in scriptural symbolism.
My friend, you have very good points, and your questions can be answered quite easily by reading the Bible from cover to cover.
In regards to shellfish, that is seen in chapter 18 of Leviticus, in the Old Testament (prior to Christ's coming), and this was overturned later in the new testament when Christ said:
14Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, "Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. 15Nothing outside a man can make him 'unclean' by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a man that makes him 'unclean.' "
17After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable. 18"Are you so dull?" he asked. "Don't you see that nothing that enters a man from the outside can make him 'unclean'? 19For it doesn't go into his heart but into his stomach, and then out of his body." (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods "clean.")
-Mark 7:14-18In regards to the 'Casting of the Stone', this refers to Christ's interjection of the would-be stoners of Mary of Magdalene. In doing so, Christ tells us that none is righteous or free of sin (Romans 3:23 clarifies this). Jesus Christ, in doing this, told the pharisees, Sadducees and all jewish men at the time that God is the judge of all things. Christ makes this so when he asked Mary Magdalene, "Where are your accusers?" And when Mary Magdalene looked back, all of them walked away, humbled by Christ's Truth.
Understanding the Bible requires reading it from cover to cover, and not judging it, because, likewise, most of your uncertainties and questions will be answered when accomplishing it.
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