The Bible, Truth or Fiction?

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The Bible is a remarkable book, whatever is the version and notwithstanding whether its several versions are in total agreement. It speaks for itself.

And what it says is very, very interesting; its story narrates the beginning of time as well as time's ending and points in between, not all, just up into the first century of the oft-cited Christian era.

In the telling, however, the Bible can be terribly confusing. Why, for example, is Moses able to tell of his own demise? And how did Judas really die? Was he somehow blown up into pieces or did he just fade away to enjoy the coins paid him for betraying Jesus?

Truth is, the Bible is a very human book. And like every "human" book, penned or put together by mostly men and a few women and, thus, replete with what seem like contradictions.

To refer to the Bible as "very human" does not, however, diminish its sacredness nor its significance as the primary source of Christian and Jewish understanding of the meaning and purpose of life.

My point, let me underscore: THERE IS TRUTH IN FICTION, or in what appears to be fiction. Each of the Bible's historical accounts points to, underscores, the meaning of the events.

Of course, many adherents of the Bible want every line of it to be understood as literal truth that is not in any way to be contradicted.

Which is stupidity. One can be smart, educated and super doubtful, and still hold the Bible to be sacred and precious.

I do. And that is the Truth!