[size=15pt]Catholic Church no longer swears by truth of the Bible[/size]

THE hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church has published a teaching document instructing the faithful that some parts of the Bible are not actually true. The Catholic bishops of England, Wales and Scotland are warning their five million worshippers, as well as any others drawn to the study of scripture, that they should not expect “total accuracy” from the Bible. “We should not expect to find in Scripture full scientific accuracy or complete historical precision,” they say in The Gift of Scripture. The document is timely, coming as it does amid the rise of the religious Right, in particular in the US. Some Christians want a literal interpretation of the story of creation, as told in Genesis, taught alongside Darwin’s theory of evolution in schools, believing “intelligent design” to be an equally plausible theory of how the world began. But the first 11 chapters of Genesis, in which two different and at times conflicting stories of creation are told, are among those that this country’s Catholic bishops insist cannot be “historical”. At most, they say, they may contain “historical traces”. The document shows how far the Catholic Church has come since the 17th century, when Galileo was condemned as a heretic for flouting a near-universal belief in the divine inspiration of the Bible by advocating the Copernican view of the solar system. Only a century ago, Pope Pius X condemned Modernist Catholic scholars who adapted historical-critical methods of analysing ancient literature to the Bible. In the document, the bishops acknowledge their debt to biblical scholars. They say the Bible must be approached in the knowledge that it is “God’s word expressed in human language” and that proper acknowledgement should be given both to the word of God and its human dimensions. They say the Church must offer the gospel in ways “appropriate to changing times, intelligible and attractive to our contemporaries”. The Bible is true in passages relating to human salvation, they say, but continue: “We should not expect total accuracy from the Bible in other, secular matters.” They go on to condemn fundamentalism for its “intransigent intolerance” and to warn of “significant dangers” involved in a fundamentalist approach. “Such an approach is dangerous, for example, when people of one nation or group see in the Bible a mandate for their own superiority, and even consider themselves permitted by the Bible to use violence against others.”

Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article574768.ece

Hmmmm!The truth that lies underneath this religion is slowly coming out from the folks who help spread it.

hmm the Catholic church has been stepping up lately

It has indeed.Catholic priests are on record supporting mainstream spiritual teachers like, Eckhart Tolle.Now that is a huge shift because Tolle and the spritiual traditions teach that God is withing us all,and not someone out there up in the sky somewhere.
The catholic church has been secretly sending it's priests for spiritual teachings that differs to what has been taught all these centuries.Interesting times ahead.

bawomolo:

hmm the Catholic church has been stepping up lately

jagunlabi:

Hmmmm!The truth that lies underneath this religion is slowly coming out from the folks who help spread it.

so true. . . . . .the catholic church has now concede that the "word" of their perfect god is no longer perfect eh?

So so confusion, if you know ure a christian its hightime you be a muslim,because that's where peace is

uplawal:

So so confusion, if you know ure a christian its hightime you be a muslim,because that's where peace is

keep deceiving urself sis

jagunlabi:

Hmmmm!The truth that lies underneath this religion is slowly coming out from the folks who help spread it.

why is it taking 2000 years to get unearthed? any chance it is actually the TRUTH?

@sissy
am not deceiving myself for accepting ISLAM, if u know me verywell you will never believe i could change, if am not judging myself i try to keep GODS commandment active in the church, study BIBLE, atleast i was not a kind of christian that sleep with my boyfriend and still jump in the choir to sing GOD IS SO GOOD, GOD IS SO GOOD,HES SO GOOD TO ME, and still not okay with the ways the bible was constructed,its upto anyone to receive him as ONE ALMIHJTY GOD OF ALL CREATURES

uplawal:

So so confusion, if you know ure a christian its hightime you be a muslim,because that's where peace is

You say this because you're a muslim. If you were a christian you'll be singing a different tune.

uplawal:

@sissy
am not deceiving myself for accepting ISLAM, if u know me verywell you will never believe i could change, if am not judging myself i try to keep GODS commandment active in the church, study BIBLE, atleast i was not a kind of christian that sleep with my boyfriend and still jump in the choir to sing GOD IS SO GOOD, GOD IS SO GOOD,HES SO GOOD TO ME, and still not okay with the ways the bible was constructed,its upto anyone to receive him as ONE ALMIHJTY GOD OF ALL CREATURES

if mohammed could have lied, misled and deceived many, why should u be believed?

Badriyyah:

You say this because you're a muslim. If you were a christian you'll be singing a different tune.

and what tune are u singing?

uplawal:

@sissy
am not deceiving myself for accepting ISLAM, if u know me verywell you will never believe i could change, if am not judging myself i try to keep GODS commandment active in the church, study BIBLE, atleast i was not a kind of christian that sleep with my boyfriend and still jump in the choir to sing GOD IS SO GOOD, GOD IS SO GOOD,HES SO GOOD TO ME, and still not okay with the ways the bible was constructed,its upto anyone to receive him as ONE ALMIHJTY GOD OF ALL CREATURES

I thank God for your life. Its not easy becoming a muslim especially in Nigeria today because of the way christianity is being advertised. Most christians dont even know what the Quran is. They are usually scared of picking up the Quran. I have been a muslim all my life but i still take time to read the bible which had further strengthen my Islamic faith. You took the right decision sister. Its a good thing that christians are finally realizing that the bible is not 100% Gods word.

ok.gerald:

I thank God for your life. Its not easy becoming a muslim especially in Nigeria today because of the way christianity is being advertised. Most christians dont even know what the Quran is. They are usually scared of picking up the Quran. I have been a muslim all my life but i still take time to read the bible which had further strengthen my Islamic faith. You took the right decision sister. Its a good thing that christians are finally realizing that the bible is not 100% Gods word.

. . . . and the koran is 100% allahs word eh?. . . . . . . delusion at its finest. . .

noetic:

and what tune are u singing?

I sing my own tune.

@ thanks so much ok gerald