Is the Bible incomplete?

Elvis Best · Post by **Elvis Best** » 27 Jun 2020, 15:18

Sushan 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?

I don't think the bible is incomplete. I believe the bible recounts the most important events in Christian. If the bible were to attempt to provide a recount of every single event, I dont think anyone can actually finish reading the bible in his or lifetime.

Also I don't think the author blasphemes. This book is a work of fiction that is derived from the author's imagination. So anything stated in there is not supposed to be taken for the actual truth.

Maconstewart · Post by **Maconstewart** » 27 Jun 2020, 17:11

As Killing Abel is presented as a fictional work, I don't believe the author intends for it to be an addendum to the Bible. I am currently reading this, and feel that it could be used as commentary and/or a discussion starter on the issues covered between Adam/Eve and the Great Flood.

yosek123 · Post by **yosek123** » 27 Jun 2020, 17:27

Holy texts, like the Bible, are often ambiguous at times. They are meant to be read and interpreted and examined. I simply took this as an examination of three stories, with the author's imagination and personal religious beliefs acting in conversation with the original text. I can't say that it is righteous or that it isn't, but I think it is a healthy exercise to actively engage and explore.

paul masikini · Post by **paul masikini** » 28 Jun 2020, 04:48

that's true the Bible contains some hidden information which which they have not included in it.

Post by **Sushan Ekanayake** » 28 Jun 2020, 04:58

Becccccca+98 wrote: ↑25 Jun 2020, 10:44 Considering that this book is a work of fiction I don't think that it was the authors intent to try and 'complete the bible' I think he used the bible as a guide to create this book. That being said, there is many speculations as to whether or not the bible is actually complete. It is said, that there is a collection of books called the Apocrypha which were considered for inclusion but were ultimately deemed to not be authoritative, and was not written by the Prophets or Apostles. As such they were not included in the official Christian bible.

I have heard of these apocrypha too. And it is true that the author had no intention to complete the bible

Post by **Sushan Ekanayake** » 28 Jun 2020, 04:59

Hassanah wrote: ↑25 Jun 2020, 14:07 This book is labeled as fiction, so I believe it does not make the Bible appear incomplete.

Definitely the book doesn't do so, and the author has shown no intention of doing so

Post by **Sushan Ekanayake** » 28 Jun 2020, 05:00

gayscott wrote: ↑26 Jun 2020, 08:11 The Bible is the inspired written word of God. Yes it is complete. There is more written material from this era that has been found but it was not intended to be in the Bible.

Those texts might not have been intended to be included in the bible. But who decided that?

Githadun · Post by **Githadun** » 28 Jun 2020, 05:08

The Bible is definitely complete. It only avoids too much details.

Chimasia · Post by **Chimasia** » 28 Jun 2020, 09:46

Bible is complete according to God's will,the most vital Message was completely portrayed in the available scripture

morijin · Post by **morijin** » 29 Jun 2020, 05:38

i believe that despite how the Bible may seems with all the parts, God has given us everything we need in there and we should simply take it as it is without trying to find any missing parts. So yes the bible is complete.

HRuddell · Post by **HRuddell** » 29 Jun 2020, 07:28

This is an important question, and in-so-being, it has been heavily contested for centuries. I think that to be a competent believer, I would also have to be a questioning one. This is contrary to some parables in the bible, such as the story of Abraham and the story of the disciple, Thomas. Abraham is prepared to kill his son to honor God's wishes, and Thomas does not believe in Jesus' resurrection until he touches the wounds on Jesus' hands. Because of this parable, we have the expression, "a doubting Thomas." But there are inconsistencies within the bible and translations have affected the meaning of what we read, so it's important to entertain ambiguity as we read the bible's contents. If people would like to learn about the history of the bible's composition, Bart Ehrman has written numerous books about the bible's historicity.

do20 · Post by **do20** » 29 Jun 2020, 11:03

I think that the point here is the depiction of the ideas that book is trying to deliver to the readers since it is a fiction. otherwise , in reality I believe that the bible is complete.

Justjaal_ · Post by **Justjaal_** » 30 Jun 2020, 00:02

It's a good possibility that the Bible is incomplete, or at least different from the one we have right now since it has been traduced from ancient languages such as Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. Nonetheless, the book is fictional, so I don't think they need to be compared to each other.

S Chifunda · Post by **S Chifunda** » 30 Jun 2020, 07:08

I think that the bible is complete and cannot be made better. The authority to determine if any piece of work is complete or adequate rests with the author. Examining the purpose is key here, so getting to know why the bible was written would help.

gayscott · Post by **gayscott** » 30 Jun 2020, 08:15

The reasons given for rejecting these and other “lost gospels” are compelling. The main criticisms of these gospels and their authors: the Jesus they depict is not recognizable as the Jesus known in the Bible Gospels; they skew God’s nature; they contain errors on important Christian basics like sin, holiness, ethics, and redemption; and they can’t be proven to have origins among Jesus’ earliest followers. The date of a manuscript is key to determining the authenticity of writings outside the canon. Most weren’t written until the 2nd century and beyond.